so gross!

gross

Ya gross! One of the previous coaches at my gym would tell the girls to spit on their grips when they're chalking especially when breaking in the grips...eewww!! lol Water works good people!

:shock: well i thick that is gross lol i just use water

yeah we actually have 2 spray bottles but ppl still spit just cuz theyre impaitent. gross!

The boys don't have a spray bottle for their grips in our gym...they do use their spit! yuck!

we use a water bottle instead of spit. does kind of seem like spit would be stickier lol. but it also does sound gross like u guys r saying, so we dont do it! guess u would use a combo of spit and water then right, first some water spray, then chalk, then maybe a little more water spray, and then some spit for kind of an extra 'glue'? cuz we use a lot of water on our grips, more than u would[ Read More... ]

eewww! ya, i know what u mean!

ohmigosh everyone at my gym spits on their grips and its so nasty cuz it goes on the bars and then gets all over you . . .if ya know what i mean.

at the Worlds, there was a lot of spitting for vault too! guess the chalk is too dry.

Yeah, we have a spray bottle.

lol it is sugar water!! Dominique Dawes talks about it in an interview on wcsn.com: [quote]For those who watched Jana spray water on the bar prior to her performance may have questioned, why add water and not just more chalk? From my international experience, it is not uncommon for the bars to be slick after competitors that do not use grips. The use of sugar water is common for many[ Read More... ]

cool! eeww on the spitting thing! lol :D

Oksana Chusovitina!! She's competing at the Worlds this year for Germany. http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=237#237

we choose water spray bottle over spit too! lol :D we also use some rough fabrix thingy to take off the old chalk on the bar expecially when it gets clumpy, and then spray some water, some chalk, and then some more water spray!

The point of the spit on the grips is cuz they think it helps make the grips stickier to the bar and they won't slip, or cuz they are away from the water bottle and just need a little bit more wetness on the grips! lol I use water bottle for my grips too. kat, who is the European elite gymnast you're talking about?

We do the water bottle instead of spitting also! We had a European elite gymnast at our gym once, and she uses some kind of formula in a bottle - it was kind of sticky - instead of grips and chalk. It was kind of watery, and cloudy mixture, like it had sugar in it.

Lol, ya I think that's gross too! We don't do that on our team, but other girls do, I know. Seems like water works good, without the grossness! :D

Just wondering, does anyone on your team spit in their grips? You see it a lot on tv. We just use water instead! Seems kind of gross to use your spit.....what do you guys do?