WAG No grips?

[Iwannabemargo]

Interesting - over here you pretty much get them when you up the hours from rec to team.

 

[marie83]

At our gym everyone wears grips. It's just easier. Even our rec kids wear palm guards. Main reason is that we like our bars chalky. No grips = non chalky bar.

I think it's similar in lots of clubs. Either everyone wears them or nobody wears them.

However, having said this I prefer keeping them out of dowell grips until they have grown to at least fit our xs guards (they start at xxs) purely because their hands are way too small. Some can only just grip the bar at 5 yrs old and I don't need them to have an extra piece of leather between them and the bar making it even harder!

 

[Jenny]

The reason for waiting to a certain age is that grips too early can damage the immature growth plates which can cause premature arthiritis when the kids get older.

Never heard this before. Anyone else?

 

[emilykatherine]

At my gym you get grips once you get to level 4 and before that you use tape grips

 

[emorymom]

Never heard this before. Anyone else?

Yup I also want an elaboration ... DS is 8 and grips are optional.

 

[skschlag]

our coach likes to wait until they are necessary for the boys. D got them when he was starting giants on High bar. Rings grips would have waited longer but he peeled off the back of the rings one day, so we got grips! LOL! Rings grips are hard for the boys until they dont have to do the muscle up anymore. Not sure why they wait on hb unless it is hand size. Usually around level 6 they start to use them.

 

[Foreveragymnast]

I started using grips on level 5 but my sister doesn't wear grips and she's level 7

 

[Skadoodle]

My daughter got grips at the end of level 5- starting level 6 skills- meaning giants



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