When it comes to gymnastics, or basically any kind of physical activity, your grip is one of the most important things that you must take care of. A large number of these fitness activities (including CrossFit) involve the use of various equipment such as barbells, pull-up bars, rings, etc. If your grip is not right, you might slip and hurt yourself.
Furthermore, if your grip isn’t right and you’re doing something like powerlifting or trying to balance yourself parallel to the ground, you will end up causing damage to your hand and to your wrists. Since a large number of CrossFit training involves holding on to various objects and balancing yourself to improve your strength or pulling and pushing stuff to improve your stamina, you need a good grip.
Another reason why anyone who is into gymnastics or even basic workouts needs to have good grip protection is that unless you are using that, you will end up with blisters or rips, which are both unpleasant scenarios and are quite painful.
Apart from the protective reasons, another major reason as to why hand grips are important for gymnasts is that they help them improve their overall hold over the equipment. Let us now proceed to the topic at hand, which is a very special kind of hand grip – one that is used during CrossFit training.
