I lift weights and sometimes a little water on my hands makes it easier to grip barbells, why???
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Just curious but is this from dry hands to water hands or are your hands a little sweaty first then you splash water and you feel better grip?
My thinking is sweat carries oils and oil is slicker than water, so you are washing off the oil to increase friction.
Another thought is the way finger skin works when it gets wet it wrinkles, and those wrinkles are made to improve grip but that is more so for a lot of water, like submerged in water.
There is also something like surface area, water acting like an extension of your hand just ever so slightly that it increases the surface area of your hand, just enough that you feel like it’s gripping better. It’s filling in air gaps that could cause you to lose surface tension with the weights as your hand is moving.
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