Is using grips cheating? 🤔

It's not cheating, just helps with not tearing up your hands as fast so you can at least finish the competition before you black out from blood loss

People who think that's cheating need to get a grip.

that comparison to a baseball glove is so right!

If it were cheating, somebody in this highly regulated organizational sport would’ve said something by now. ☠️

It's not cheating because literally everyone uses grips. Men and women. Men use it on rings and high bar and women on uneven bars. Lower levels don't use grips, but once skills get tougher, grips are surely needed.

They're really gonna lose it when they hear about the springs under the floor.

People who say grips are cheating have never done gymnastics lol

For those who think it's cheating, you should try these skills with and without grips... and the fact that you probably can't do it either way, should shut your mouth.

Bro said fake blood 😂

It's like saying skis are cheating because you're not straight up falling down the mountain side or sliding down on your arse or something. Or saddles are cheating when horseriding. Or basically anything ever that's not someone running around completely naked. It doesn't make any sense.

If they say it’s cheating they don’t know gymnastics 😭 I’ve done gymnastics my whole life and from using grips to no grips is a hugeee difference it’s almost impossible with out them

Me: **puts on grips** Also me: **suddenly does Olympic level gymnastics**

If it’s competition legal it’s objectively not cheating

I guess marathon runners are cheating when they use shoes.

So true, it's like saying using chalk or climbing shoes is cheating with bouldering. They’re simply tools to make it better and more possible.

If everyone is "cheating", then it's part of the rule.

Bro as a competitive women’s gymnast I would die without grips so would my hands. It’s awful when you forget them ngl

Cricket players be like you wear gloves

Using grips just increases the standard of trick difficulty. It's like using sites on a bow. You don't need them but if you do it just tightens up your groups at longer distance and moves up the standard that everyone has to meet.

Considering in another video he shows that literal STEAM comes off the bars from the amount of friction generated from these skills… Yeah, I’d be mad if you DIDN’T use them😅

It’s like saying the goalie in soccer can’t use their goalie gloves 🤦‍♀️

using the bar is cheating smh, real athletes just levitate 🙄

People who wear grips know that it’s literally impossible to do most tricks without them

We all know that wasn't actually fake blood and he just doesn't want to get demonized

As a ex gymnast I can confidently say people won’t ever be able to truly understand some of the things we do and the same can be said about every sport it’s not just gymnastics

this is what i got from this, grips not only help with not destroying your hands while simultaneously let gymnasts do more crazy tricks so that people like us will have a better show

Whoever said grips are cheating are not gymnast 😂

Now we all know that’s not fake blood 💀

your comparison to baseball is a perfect way to explain it. much love man 🙏

Is it cheating to wear shoes when running?

As a baseball player, our hands would not survive without a glove 💀

When I watch gymnasts, the last thing in the world I’m thinking is, “Jeez, they’ve got it easy with the grips.” Everything looks difficult. All the time.

Okay as a female gymnast let me explain this from out side. Woman’s gymnastics uses 2 pieces of wood just like the boys parallel bars to make uneven bars. With the skills we do their not only for grip, but their also for safety. A lot of the skills you do after a certain level when your younger you start using girls because it’s just really hard, almost impossible to keep your grip and stay on without slipping. Sure the grips can slip sometimes. It’s not always a guaranteed security, but it definitely helps ALOT. And the judges and everyone who runs the books and the rules for gymnastics are the ones who okayd it. Because it’s safer for you to wear them when your flipping around on a piece of slippery wood.

It’s basically telling a boxer to not wear wraps under his gloves. They’d finish the fight but his skin would leak out of their gloves

People who have never touched a gymnastics bar in their life saying that grips is cheating

People that say grips are cheating in gymnastics also think using a rope in rock climbing is cheating.

Ain't no way people actually think using grips is cheating they're used from very early on in gymnastics. u start using them at level 4-5 they become apart of your equipment for gymnastics

Grips are just needed in gymnastics… I don’t know where people even got the idea of “cheating” from lol

You are so awesome and like you said: every sport has equipment that the participants use to accomplish their sport!!

Bro just said “fake blood” so he didn’t get demonetised, 😂😂 actually fucking hilarious. He a real one

People: I've never done gymnastics in my life People: i, a keyboard warrior, know everything about gymnastics

It’s not cheating if everyone uses them…

Bro if I didn’t have grips I would have gone flying off the bars so many times. Even just the part with the dowel has saved me from falling off so many times. Grips are such a game changer.

Correct my man. It's kind of an essential element of Gymnastics. It helped shape the sport by enabling the athletes to do the skills they do.

If its allowed in professional situations it ain't cheating That argument is valid for all other things

Imagine telling a D1 gymsnast that they’re cheating like you know what you’re talking about.

The people who say that it's cheating haven't done a day of gymnastics in their lives

I think it's crazy that people who don't do or have never done gymnastics have any opinion of what is considered cheating. Or any sport for that matter. Just because they make it look easy it definitely is not that's just what a great athlete looks like.

You know there are dowl grips for P-bars! It's just that most people don't use them, as the swing on P-bars is perpendicular vs in line with the hands on rings and hi-bar

no it’s not. As a JO gymnast I can say no it’s not

If everybody can benefit from it… it’s not cheating

Gloves or anything like that is not cheating, I used to do gymnastics, I stopped because one day I didn't wear gloves and I tore the skin on both hands, that day I almost passed out...

If we did have grips I would die 😂😂

That’s like calling the lifting straps strongmen use as cheating.

It's only cheating if you're the only one using it. If everyone's using it, it isn't cheating, it's the standard

Is it cheating when runners wear sneakers? NO! It’s the sports equipment! Is it cheating when skiers ⛷ wear skis?

Of course it’s not cheating! What’s wrong with some people

Grips also help prevent rips after doing skills

Unless something is against the rules, it’s not cheating. Didn’t think I had to spell that one out.

If its allowed its not cheating

Obviously using your hands is illegal

Saying that using grips is cheating is like saying that wearing ice skates in figure skating is cheating

I'm pretty sure something is only cheating if it violates a rule. Since everyone is allowed to use them and it doesn't break any rules, it can't be considered cheating.

lmfaooo people think it's cheating?? is NBA players wearing shoes to basketball games cheating? is NFL players wearing helmets cheating??? people who think it's cheating can't be for real 😂

"grips are cheating" okay, then YOU do gymnastics on metal without them and tell me if you don't need them

Someone who did gymnastics for 8 years (age 4 to 12 year old) grips are a LIFE SAVER especially as a young gymnast, even when I was doing simple skills I would use grips because they are very helpful and useful, grips help reduce blistering and tearing and they help gymnasts have a firmer grasp on the bar when swinging and performing release moves.

Bro ppl r literally saying this??? Do your research ppl 😂

Fake blood… hmm yes xD

Not cheating bruh every single Olympian gymnast would use them and compete with them

if they want to go that far, they can tell track and field athletes to not use spikes and other sports without shoes

i think we can all agree, fingernails on a magged up high bar is THE WORST

First! And I love your channel

how bad did your hand hurt in the clip with the (fake blood)

"Using grips is cheating" -somebody that hasn't touched a ball, ran, or sat outside in 10 years

100% correct! Soccer players wear shoes and shin guards. Baseball players use gloves. Motorcycle and car racers have helmets, gloves and other gear.

Its the equivalent to using protective equipment in hockey or baseball.

Yea you are totally right, grips are just a big help in gymnastics and you couldn't do a lot of stuff without them.

Right like the first time I used a grip I believed it would mean that I’d never again get calluses, I was soon to be wrong

If it’s cheating to use grips for gymnastics then it’s cheating to use a baseball bat for baseball

Simple thing is, it’s not cheating when anybody can take advantage. It’s within the rules, period.

never heard people say it's cheating, must be one of those rare smart individuals

Not cheating at all. What you guys do is awesome and freaking hard. So big props to you all

I thought people knew that grips are basically a necessity

“Riding a motorcycle with* a helmet is cheating” * - the edited word

People that say it is cheating are probably not even capable of doing 10 pull ups on a static bar

No wonder I can't flip around like you guys can, I have no grips

Cheating is only cheating if not everyone is/can use them.

Basically, it’s not cheating because it’s built into the sport. It’s also not cheating to wear cleats or helmets in other sports lol

Cricket players catch balls that are just as hard and just as fast as in baseball and they do it bare handed, that wasn't the best analogy

I go to the gym and do deadhangs frequently, for multiple reasons. The burning pain in my fingers are unbearable when i hang.

I did gymnastics as a teen until level 5, refused to wear grips. Please never do this to yourself, my hands never recovered

People think that’s cheating, they just need a good grip

Anybody told you that it's cheating tell them to wear those and do the same movements to see if they can do the same move

It would be like telling ballerinas to wear regular slippers, or boxers to only go bare knuckle

It's like saying that wearing shoes while playing basketball is cheating cause they help you jump higher. The people that make such comments probably never tried any kind of sport in their lives.

This just made me appreciate Simon pronk on a whole other level though

Exactly-How else is anyone supposed to do those skills?

THE VOICE CRACK WHEN HE SAID DOWEL😭😭😭😭😭😭💀💀💀💀

is like saying that the support layers inside pointe shoes is "cheating" like ????

its not cheating for runners to wear shoes, it’s because shoes are very cool and keep your feet from getting destroyed. its the same thing here