Gear Review: Wrist Assured Gloves

FitSugar — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:00:00 -0800

We can blame our sore wrists on overuse in certain exercises or too many hours at the keyboard, but there's no reason you can't continue to do some of the weight-bearing exercises that you love. Your wrists might just need a little assistance to achieve a pain-free push-up or downward dog, and that's where Wrist Assured Gloves ($70) could come in handy.

The gloves are padded in such a way that your weight is redistributed away from your wrists. They were extremely effective when I tested them with a set of push-ups, and I also noticed a difference when doing triceps dips. The gloves worked noticeably better than gripping free weights as a means to take pressure of my sometimes sensitive wrists. If you're someone who is deterred from doing these exercises or certain positions in yoga and Pilates, these gloves will enable you to incorporate the things that have been giving you a pain in your wrist.

At $70, a painless experience does not come cheap. However, Joint Protection Products offers a 30-day, money-back guarantee if your experience doesn't live up to expectations.

Get in Gear: Wrist Assured Gloves

FitSugar — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:30:00 -0700

We all love doing push-ups, right? However there are times when our wrists just don't agree with weight bearing exercise. There are wrist wedges you can use, or you can try these new Wrist Assured Gloves ($68).

The gloves are ergonomically designed to ease wrist pain. By raising the back of your hand up a bit to take pressure out of your wrist joints, the gloves help you by spreading some of the burden of supporting your body weight to your fingers. Essentially the gloves create a wearable wrist wedge. Pretty cool! The gel padding also cushions the hands and the suede palm provides traction too.

While they are a bit pricey, I think avoiding wrist pain while doing push-ups or holding a down dog for 20 breaths is priceless.

You can buy them directly from Joint Protection Products. The gloves are available in small, medium and large sizes and come with their own tote bag.