Donny Shankle is bigger than you, stronger than you, and knows more about hand care for weightlifters than you.  When your profession is lifting heavy objects over your head, taking care of your money makers is a must. If you can't hold the bar anymore, your training suffers.  In the following video, Shankle will walk you through how to properly take care of weightlifting hands, and which products he uses (can someone please get this man a RIPT kit?). Specifically a waxy hand balm (a la Quick Fix) rather than a hand cream, and a pumice stone to smooth down dead and dry calluses.  While Donny nails hand care on the head, the only point we would add is that...

Meet Kate Richardson:

Kate learned about hand rips at a young age. The two-time Canadian Olympic gymnast was already going through multiple rolls of athletic tape per week at the age of eight.

Although gymnasts wear grips when they perform on the bars, rips sometimes still happen, making bar routines painful, not to mention psychologically daunting....

Fortune favors the brave. A FREE RIPT kit went to anyone willing to take our 50 Pull-up Challenge. A few CrossFitters accepted and a few now have happy CrossFit hands from their effort… including this guy.