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I am a level 7 gymnast and I cannot stop ripping!!! I have had nine rips in a 5 day week of practice. And this has been happening for the past month or so. I was wondering though, should I moisturize my hands regularly or will that just add to my rips. Many articles online say that you should moisturize your hands regularly but at least in my gym, we try to let the skin on our hands dry out. Whats your take?
I've always heard that you should moisturize your hands a lot. If you have callouses that are ripping, try using a pumice stone to "shave" them down. There is another thread on here about hand care. I think it's called "Help for her hands" in the Parents' forum.
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My dd's coaches are big on moisturizing hands also. My dd actually keeps some in her locker. Keep in mind too that a lot of girls start ripping again in level 7 even though they may not have in years. Swinging those giants over and over again is rough on the hands.
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One of my gymnasts (Alex) who does not wear hand guards at all has rips every day, and im not talking little baby ones, she has huge rips from doing kips to handstands and giants, but she never complains once.
If you want to be a good gymnast you kinda just have to get on with it!!!
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I would suggest moisturing your hands. Keep them clean to, to prevent infection. We had one girl where gloves () after she got rips, but you should check with your coach before you do that. Rips are bad...and they HURT ! I'm ripping () too right now, so we're in the same boat. I usually wrap mine up or wear gloves when I'm not in the gym.
I wish I could just keep doing bars. I am very used to the slight stinging of rips but my coaches make me stop cars because they don't want blood on the bars and were not allowed to wear tape grips either so I am stuck between a rock and a hard place because they won't let me do bars but I want to get better!
Can you wear real grips and pre-wrap/tape under them?
Yeah keep hands moisturized, dry hands give you soooo many more rips. Pumice stone is good, and there's this stuff called Hand-E-Balm I think that's really good.
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) after she got rips, but you should check with your coach before you do that. 
Rips are bad...and they HURT 
! I'm ripping (
I usually wrap mine up or wear gloves when I'm not in the gym.
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