Glossary
Gymnastics grips
Leather hand guards with a dowel or a hole, worn on bars. Chalk goes on the leather and the palm.
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Grips are equipment. They protect the palm on high bar, uneven bars, and rings. Chalk on the palm and on the leather keeps the grip from slipping on the bar. Magnesium is part of normal bar work. The FIG women's code gives gymnasts the right to use magnesium on uneven bars. The men's code tells gymnasts not to mark the floor carpet with magnesium.
Liquid chalk can be a tidy base under a grip in a dusty gym. It does not replace the grip, and a thick wet coat makes leather slick until it dries. Let it dry before you swing.
SPORTMEDIQ Pro Grade Liquid Chalk
Liquid chalk whose listing title names the gym, weightlifting, rock climbing, and gymnastics. This is the bottle the old site linked for every article.
The title says it dries in seconds. That is the brand's claim. Wait until the coat looks dry before you pull.
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Narrow athletic tape for fingers. Climbers use it on splits. It is not grip by itself.
Tape a flapper before alcohol chalk touches it. Tape does not fix an injured pulley.
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