Review and Giveaway: Fit Four Gloves…Less IS More!

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And the winner randomly chosen by Random.org was:

Comment #6!

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RunFastMama, email me with your full name, address and size and I’ll forward it all to Fit Four so they can send you your gloves!!

Congratulations and thanks to all who entered!!! :-)

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It’s well-documented throughout my blog that I was a crazy Cardio Queen for pretty much all of this weight loss journey. But finally sometime this past December, I started to come to the realization that cardio was not the only way. Since then, I’ve been learning to love the weights and hitting them hard. And heavy.

But along with all of this weight-lifting, I’ll be doggone if I’m going to mess up my pretty hands with calluses!

Keeping that in mind, I needed a really good pair of gloves to keep my hands in tip-top condition while I pumped some iron. I NEVER lift without gloves, y’all. I have a pair of men’s gloves that I found at Walmart, but they are too big–even the smalls. I also bought a pair of women’s gloves that I found at my old employer’s {Dick’s}, and they fit okay, but again–there’s soooo much “glove”. They can almost be too restricting. I continued to rotate between those two pairs and then I saw a random tweet about Fit Four Gloves.

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“Well those little things look interesting,” I thought. It looks like a glove that was cut in half, but still covers the main part that needs to be covered–the callus-forming area. Minimalist weight lifting gloves–genius! I contacted the company right away and here I am, reviewing a pair AND having a giveaway for one pair for one of you lucky people!

Picking the right size is HIGHLY important. There are solid directions on their website for sizing yourself.  If you do it correctly, you’ll be golden. I needed the small, but accidentally was sent one medium and one small originally. The small was fabulous while I was lifting, the medium was slipping all about and it was almost crazy disastrous for me while I was on the assisted pullup machine! So yes–MAKE SURE YOU MEASURE AND SELECT THE RIGHT SIZE!

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Once I got both smalls in the mail {they were great with fixing the error and sent me a whole new pair quite quickly}, I was ready to seriously test them out.

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I put them both on, outstretched my hands and took a look. Yup, they’re on, snug and felt like they’d protect without getting in my way. I just needed to make sure they’d do so while I was holding on to the weights.

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No matter if it was bicep curls, lateral raises, overhead tricep extensions, kettle bell swings, barbell squats, cable pulls–whatever–these gloves held up! I never once felt like I didn’t have enough coverage or protection. The pads of my hands weren’t raw or sore. They didn’t slip off my hands or wiggle around. Again–the ONLY trouble I had was on the assisted pull up machine, but as I said, I wasn’t wearing the right size!

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So overall, these Fit Four Gloves lived up to my expectations and then some. I’m very pleased with how they worked out. I’ll be honest when I first saw them, in the back of my mind I thought, “These little things?? Haha, how on Earth are they going to work?!!”  But they did! It does go to show that sometimes less IS more!

***If you’d like to get your hands on a pair {or a pair on your hands}, you get buy them directly from Fit Four on their website. When you check out, use the code “CHER20″ for 20% off!!! ***

You can also take your chances at winning a pair right here!
HERE’S HOW TO ENTER:

You will receive one entry for every one of these items–the more you do, the more entries for you. The FIRST ONE is mandatory all others are extra entries for you! {You may only enter the giveaway once. Duplicate entries will be deleted.}:

-Leave me a COMMENT BELOW telling me WHY you want to win! {again, this one is REQUIRED}
-Follow me on Twitter @cherielianne and comment below telling me you did so.
-Follow @FitFourGloves  on Twitter and comment below telling me you did so.
-TWEET about the giveaway using the following sentence {copy and paste it}:  “I entered to win a pair of @FitFourGloves from @cherielianne. You can too! http://wp.me/p2VbDW-1kP ”
Comment below telling me you did so.
-Follow me on Instagram @CherieRunsThis and comment below telling me you did so.

***Fit Four can be found on Facebook if you’d like to check them out there, too! I’m also on Facebook if you’d like to see me there as well! {Liking on Facebook is not necessary for an entry.}

This giveaway is open to everyone {yes, outside the US, too!} and will end on Wednesday, February 13, at 11:59 PM EST!!! The winner will be announced the evening of Thursday, February 14th. I will use random.org to select a winner and will contact him/her. The winner’s information will be forwarded to Fit Four and they will ship him/her the gloves! I’ll just need your address and size.

Good luck! :-D

36 thoughts on “Review and Giveaway: Fit Four Gloves…Less IS More!”

  1. Cherie, I lift at least 4-5 times a week and it would be great to try out these gloves. I have developed callouses – not cute – but I still lift without gloves….no bueno! So I would love to win these gloves.

  2. those gloves are awesome! i would love to have a pair, i feel like regular lifting gloves get in the way around my wrist

  4. I would like to win because I already have calluses from knitting and cleaning, I don’t need them to be worse from lifting (which I do 5 days a week). I have a pair of gloves but at this point, they smell so bad not even washing them helps for long and they’re gonna have to go in the trash soon. lol

  11. Hey there Cherie! I’d love to win those gloves so I can get more into Beast Mode at the gym! I tend to shake my hands off after each set since I don’t use gloves or wraps:-/. Love your blog and motivational posts! Trying to run a 10K this spring and look strong and ripped while doing it heeeyyy!

  12. I think these look cool. I’m not a heavy lifter but after my half marathon run, I may look into doing more weights and strength workouts! These will sure come in handy!

  14. Ahhhh these would be great because my lovely Lab ate one of my gloves & chewed up the other beyond use!

  17. I’ve been longingly staring at the weights side of the gym for a while now but I’ve got to say it’s pretty intimidating. These. Gloves could be the motivation to give it a try. Like new sneakers for a new runner, only for weights! I need a pair!

  21. I’ve been lifting 3-4 times a week, and I can tell that I need some kind of gloves because these calluses are nasty!

  25. These look awesome!! I’ve always felt a little too silly to wear full gloves (but wanted to), so these look perfect for quick throwing on and not feeling like I think I’m some macho person.

  26. I am in need of some new workout gloves and these look FABULOUS!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your posts, pins, etc. Would love to try these out!!! I do follow you on Pinterest and don’t have twitter or I totally WOULD! Good Luck to you ALL!!!

  27. I have been lifting for almost two years and I have noticed the wear and tear my hands take. I am an nurse so my hands are exposed to everything. I am proud to explain my working hands when I get those funny looks as pts feel the roughness they have. I would love a pair to help protect my healing hands as well as helping me grip the bar to set some PR’s.

  35. I would like to win these gloves because its going to be 1 year since I gave birth to my 2nd child in march. During this past year I have started educating myself about lifting weights, eating clean and all the benitfits I will gain from doing both. I’ve lost all my baby weight from this pregnancy and am almost back to my prepregnancy weight from before my 1st child. However, I have miles to go before I am as physically fit as I would like to be. Winning your gloves would be a great way to celebrate everything I have been through thus far and help me stay on track with my goals.

  36. Thank you so much for posting this and sharing the code! I just ordered them :) Love your blog!