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Reddit mentions of XSHIELD 17-PUG,Polyurethane/Nylon Safety WORK Glove,BLACK,12 Pairs (Medium)
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- Knit gloves with black PU coating
- Made of nylon/polyurethane
- Black color
- Large size
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Check YouTube for some StrongFirst or RKC swing videos. Karen Smith has some great instructional videos.
Hinge, do not squat. Look at your hips in the video. Your hips are dropping down, your knees are bending and traveling out over your toes. What you should be seeing is:
Personally, I would ditch the gloves as well. However, if your work requires a lack of callouses on your hands, I understand. You might want to try these. They are not as thick and give you a much better feel for the bell while still offering grip and protection.
Buy a pack of cheap gloves and you can make them last all season. Go into a place like IRL in PG and there will be some hanging on a rack, and if you just buy the box/bag of them you'll be set all season+ be able to sell some to folks mid season. Or get some online or another work-wear dealer, Marks or Home Depot might, but they usually get their $$ by selling them for 3-4 per glove.
Then at the end of the day I take the tape off. I've accidentally had it run through the wash before and it usually melts into the glove slightly and makes it tough to get all the grit out. It's a bit of a chore, but it beats jamming your nail on a rock and having your glove split at 9AM and your backup fail an hour later. This way you save your gloves lots of wear and tear.
I like wearing a padded glove for the shovel hand some days, or one thicker for wet and cold days. Cutting out finger-holes in the end of a wool sock can make a nice arm warmer & also sort of protects vs devils club and retains some nice residual head in the shovel arm. For the tree-hand I like to use thinner nitrile gloves but guarding them from wear like described above. During the day I never take off my tree-hand glove since it's taped up, and use my right hand for food. And since the tree-hand will be more damp from going in the ground it makes sense to sometimes wear some different style on the shovel hand.
As for pants there's a few useful types
I prefer just tights/shorts/gaiters for most days, though in the hot summer the light quick-dry ones are good to keep your legs cool, and some people really enjoy having a stout pair of denim or somesuch - I just find thicker fabrics to make me sweat too much. On crazy devils-club blocks it might be nice to have a thick pair of pants, but other than that I have come to like the simplicity and comfort of tights/courtesy shorts.