Gloves

[Servius]

So, I'm in Minnesota and may be lifting outside starting this Summer but I was thinking.

If I'm lifting outside at -20, do my gloves still have to match my purse?

[Mark Rippetoe]

If you're lifting outside at -20, you can use any gloves you want. But it's important to note that you are a fool.

[Aslin]

If you're lifting outside at -20, you can use any gloves you want. But it's important to note that you are a fool.

Smile.

[Karl Schudt]

Just heat your bar. I put mine on top of an electric oil heater with a blanket, and it gets toasty warm. With a warm bar, I was able to train through the Worst Winter Ever here in Chicago.

[Servius]

If you're lifting outside at -20, you can use any gloves you want. But it's important to note that you are a fool.

I live in Minnesota, I already knew that.

[TinyArnold]

If you happen to find a pair of gloves that do the job let me know!

[Jonathon Sullivan]

Use a car battery. Apply electrodes to each end of the bar while lifting. Toasty.

[wal]

Use a car battery. Apply electrodes to each end of the bar while lifting. Toasty.

No. Don't do that. That is a dead short. There is no resistance in a barbell. Bang and splat and you loose an eye or two.

[Michael Loucas]

http://startingstrength.com/index.ph...n_cold_weather

[Servius]

If you happen to find a pair of gloves that do the job let me know!

I was thinking glove liners covered by mittens. Cabelas has some for hunting. Pull the mittens off for the set, lift with the thin gloves and put the mittens back on to rest.

Although heating the bar is an idea. I can get reusable handwarmers. I'd be at a park. Pull the bar out of the car first, activate the handwarmers and put them on the bar first while I get the plates out. Replace them between sets. I don't know if the handwarmer is enough energy, but maybe.