Aug. 11, 2025
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Sure, golf gloves are not a requirement to play, but golf gloves are extremely common because they offer golfers of any level numerous benefits. Bionic golf gloves offer both protection and comfort for your hands when gripping the club on the tee box. The glove is worn on the lead hand, or the hand that is at the top of the grip. Some golfers chose to remove their glove for short iron shots and putting so that they may better “feel” the clubface as it is striking the ball.
There are a lot out there to choose from, but Bionic gloves offer things that no other company does.
Bionic has patented innovations specifically designed to improve performance, achieve a lighter more stable grip, and terrycloth pads to keep your hands dry. Not to mention the Bionic golf gloves, with proper care, have been proven to last two times longer than other brands on the market.
Check out the top 5 reasons to wear Bionic golf gloves below and be sure to look at our glove recommendations for every kind of golfer at the bottom of the page:
Professional and amateur golfers need golf gloves so they can exercise better control of the club when standing over the ball. If you were teeing up on the 18th hole to win a PGA major tournament, you would want every bit of control over your shots, right? Just one little slip of the hand could send your ball into the rough, woods, sand trap or heaven forbid out of bounds.
Even though most of us will not be playing in professional tournaments in our lifetime, we can still enjoy the benefits whether you play three times a week or once a year.
Most golf gloves out there do little more than provide a barrier between your hands and the club. However, an orthopedic hand specialist developed Bionic’s leather golf gloves. These gloves were designed with the hand’s natural anatomy in mind, accounting for the natural peaks and valleys of the hand and evening out the surface with relief pads to promote a more secure grip.
Most of us spend less than a few hours a month at the golf course or driving range. But for those times the benefits of the Bionic golf gloves can give you the edge you need to play your best. But there are times when you might spend more than a couple of hours golfing.
Whether you are taking a golf trip with old friends or are starting to conduct more and more business on the course, if your hands are not used to playing, they can become very fatigued. Bionic gloves boasts a patented relief padding system that offloads pressure by evening out the surface of your hands. This allows you to have a lighter grip without sacrificing any control and achieving as relaxed swing as possible.
Whether you’re an avid golfer or a casual participant, Bionic golf gloves work to keep your hands happy and comfortable in a few different ways:
Let’s quickly review the main points discussed about Bionic golf gloves. 5 reasons to wear golf gloves below:
PerformanceGrip Pro: Designed for competitive golfers - The PerformanceGrip® Pro golf gloves lead the industry in flexibility, comfort and moisture control. The glove was designed alongside a hand specialist and is constructed with high-quality, breathable leather. The inside of the glove is lined with a network of 10 terrycloth micro-pads to absorb perspiration, while our patented multi-dimensional wraparound pad technology helps protect the integrity of your grip and swing. This glove offers the best ‘feel’ of the club in our catalog.
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StableGrip with NaturalFit: Designed for golfers of all skill levels - Regardless of your experience level, your game will benefit from our patented pad technology, which helps even out the surface of your hand, providing a better grip. The tapered, pre-rotated finger design conforms to the natural shape and contours of your hand, while terrycloth micro-pads absorb moisture, even on the hottest days. Lycra gussets and web zones eliminate uncomfortable bunching between the fingers, resulting in a more confident, effective shot.
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RelaxGrip 2.0: Designed for the casual golfer - The NEW! RelaxGrip® 2.0 golf gloves add an extra relaxation layer to your hand, providing instant control and balance. The breathable, elastic honeycomb design and Terrycloth lining creates a snug hand climate and getting into the Zone comes more naturally – as does your performance.
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ReliefGrip: Designed for golfers who need additional padding – The ReliefGrip golf glove boasts the most padding of all the gloves in our catalog. This glove is perfect for people with hand ailments are hands with weak grip. The thicker pads allow for the golfer to achieve a more secure grip without having to close their hand as much as traditional gloves.
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I started CrossFit a few years ago, after ending my career as a professional track and field athlete. My goal was to get back in shape and to improve my functional fitness. And one thing I learned quickly was that I needed a high-quality set of gymnastic grips to prevent tearing my hands during bar movements like pull-ups, toes-to-bar and even kettlebell swings.
Based on recommendations from fellow athletes at my local CrossFit box, I got a pair of Bear KompleX three-hole leather grips that I later replaced with the company’s Carbon Comp grips.
During that period, my wife had been working out without any grips at all — until she badly ripped her hands and started looking for solutions. Instead of blindly following my advice as to what grips to get, she did her own research and ordered both the Bear KompleX Carbon Comp (which was my recommendation at the time) and the women’s Tactical three-finger grips from Victory Grips.
After trying both grips during workouts involving kipping pull-ups and toes-to-bar, she immediately told me that the Victory Grips offered better grip and contact with the pull-up bar than the Bear KompleX — it wasn’t even close.
Impressed by her findings, I reached out to Victory Grips and asked if they could send me a cross-section of their product line, so I could try them all and see for myself how their grips compared to the ones I had been using for years.
Vic, the owner of the company, was kind enough to send me five pairs of grips, a false grip strap, and wristbands to try out and review. It’s been a few weeks since I received the package and I’ve had a chance to try most of the grips during intense CrossFit workouts to find out how they perform on the bare steel bars in our box.
In a nutshell, I can tell you that Victory Grips performed exceptionally well. And one model of grips in particular just blows the competition out of the water. To learn why that is and which model of grips has become my favorite, continue reading!
Victory Grips was founded by Victor (Vic) Pellegrino, who is an enthusiastic CrossFitter and the guy who designed all of the grips from the company’s headquarters near Savannah, Georgia.
What makes Victory Grips different is that all of their products are the result of an ongoing collaboration with athletes of all levels — not just the pros who compete at the CrossFit Games.
Every grip is designed and manufactured in the United States using carefully-selected materials of the highest quality.
Victory Grips offers gymnastics grips in four different materials and styles. That makes it easy to pick a pair of grips that best matches your personal preferences (i.e., desired level of protection) and the environment you’re in (i.e., the type of pull-up bar you have to use).
The matrix below shows the available material and model combinations.
Victory Grips offers one natural and three synthetic materials, including:
Besides having a choice of material, you can also choose from four different grip styles, including:
As you can see, Victory Grips offers plenty of grip choices. And depending on how seriously you take CrossFit, you might even end up with more than one pair of grips in your gym bag. For a complete comparison matrix of all available grip materials and styles, check out this page.
In addition to the material quality and outstanding craftsmanship, Victory Grips offers a couple of features that sets their products apart from the competition, making them the best gymnastic grips you can buy for CrossFit.
The first thing I noticed when putting on the grips was their ergonomic design. It naturally follows the shape of my palm, which means the fabric doesn’t bend or fold in odd places when gripping a bar.
Additionally, Victory Grips doesn’t use metal (or similar materials) to strengthen the loop where the velcro strap goes through. That’s important to avoid anything from digging into your skin. With my Bear KompleX grips, I have to use wristbands to protect my wrists from the metal loops. If I don’t, I look like I just got out of jail (thanks to the cuff marks) after a set of toes-to-bar.
Note that Victory Grips sent me a pair of wristbands to further increase the comfort of their grips. But even without them, they’re so much more comfortable to wear during workouts than the Bear KompleX.
One of the reasons athletes wear grips is to protect their skin. If you’re a professional athlete, ripped palms will impact your ability to train and compete. But even if you’re an amateur or hobby athlete (like I am), torn skin can impact your personal life by impeding your daily activities.
Just imagine a surgeon or someone who uses their hands to perform their job, and who can’t risk injuring them.
That’s why it’s important to protect your hands. Tears are not a sign of strength, just a sign of bad protection.
Victory Grips offers different models of grips based on the level and area of protection you need. You can get the best protection from either the three-finger or the fingerless styles, because they cover your entire palm.
The two-finger and three-finger models provide slightly less protection, depending on your grip and the areas you are prone to tear at.
I’ve used three-finger grips for most of my CrossFit career and only ripped where my bare skin was exposed once or twice.
The other unique feature Victory Grips offers is false grip protection. The extra fabric that protects the outside of your palms when performing ring muscle-ups makes the movement a lot more comfortable (especially if you’re not used to it).
Aside from being comfortable and providing protection, performance is another important factor when choosing grips.
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A good set of grips can help you perform more reps by taking some of the load (from your body weight) off your fingers and shifting it to the straps around your wrists, while allowing you to maintain close contact with the bar.
For that to work, your grips have to be long enough to create a fold that wraps around the bar. That’s called the dowel effect.
Most of the grips that I’ve seen or used from other brands aren’t long enough to create a dowel effect; they don’t provide the fold you need in order to wrap the grip around the bar and take the load off your fingers.
Victory Grips are longer than competing designs to ensure that you have enough fabric to create that fold.
Note: Make sure to use Victory Grips’ sizing chart. And if you’re in between sizes, go with the larger one. I ended up with mostly 2XL (and some XL) grips, which look gigantic but provide the best dowel effect for the size of my hands.
The leather and synthetic Victory Grips cost $45, while the Tactical grips (made out of rubber and woven Kevlar) cost $55. That’s pretty much in line with other brands (Bear KompleX runs between $40 and $50) and very reasonable considering the grips are made in the U.S. using high-quality materials and craftsmanship.
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Here’s a detailed review of each of the grips I’ve been using over the past few weeks. Keep in mind that some of the factors I mention below are based on my individual workout style and environmental factors (such as the inability to use chalk).
I absolutely love Victory’s tactical grips and consider them the best grips I’ve ever used. The primary reason for that is because they literally stick to the bar, even without the use of chalk.
To accomplish that feat, Victory uses rubber as the primary outside material. That significantly increases friction and improves your grip. The inside is covered with woven Kevlar, which is not only abrasion-resistant but also moisture-wicking.
The problem with combining non-slip rubber on the outside and abrasion-resistant Kevlar on the inside is that your skin can suffer during high-repetition workouts, especially if you don’t apply chalk to your skin before putting on the grips.
Think about it; the non-slip rubber on the outside transfers most of the rotational energy to the inside where your skin will start rubbing against the Kevlar as you fatigue and your grip weakens. The resulting sliding movement of your palms against the inside of the grips can cause friction and abrasions (without the use of chalk).
I haven’t had any issues. But I loaned the grips to my workout buddy for a high-rep WOD, and he ripped his hands towards the end. On the bright side, he never felt like his grip was weakening — only his skin was.
So if I had to do a workout like Murph or Cindy, I’d use chalk on the inside of the grips or switch to another material (such as leather).
The only problem I had with these gloves occurred during a workout where I accidentally got a ton of sweat onto the grips. When that happened, they started getting slippery and I didn’t have any chalk or a towel available to remedy the issue. So make sure to keep them dry on the outside, especially on bare steel bars!
If you’re looking for grips that offer an almost bare-handed feel while providing full protection, the Stealth grips are a great option. What I really like about them is that I can throw them in the washing machine (on the gentle cycle) and hang them to dry.
The downside of the Stealth grips is that you need chalk for optimal performance. I’ve tried them without chalk on a bare steel bar and the performance was below that of the Tactical grips (as I had expected). But if you’re allowed to use chalk, both the three-hole and four-hole versions of these grips offer excellent performance and protection, especially on powder-coated bars.
(Note: This item has been discontinued).
The X2 is very similar to the Stealth and shares many of its characteristics. However, the microfiber material of the X2 is thicker (2.2 mm vs. 1.7 mm), but compresses down to 1.7 mm when you hang on the bar.
That extra thickness and compression increases the comfort and protection of the grips, especially during workouts with high rep counts.
The other difference between the X2 and the Stealth grips is that the X2 performs better on bare steel bars because of a higher coefficient of friction.
What I liked about the X2 Freedom grips is how quickly I could transition between movements by simply folding them back with the opposite hand, thanks to the thick X2 fabric.
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The two-finger X2 shares the same material as the X2 Freedom but offers two finger holes. This makes the grips look more like traditional gymnastic grips.
I recently used these grips for a workout that involved burpee pull-ups and kettlebell swings, and they performed exceptionally well — even without the use of chalk.
What’s so great about these grips is that they allow parts of your palm to come into direct contact with the pull-up bar. Some athletes like that because they feel like they have more control over their grip and the movement.
I also like that the narrower X2 grips don’t get in the way at all during kettlebell swings where you have both hands on the curved handle.
My recommendation is to use the two-finger X2 grips for movements involving rings, kettlebells or fast transitions (you can also fold them back relatively easily).
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I love leather because it’s a natural material that feels great on my skin. After the initial break-in period, it almost becomes one with my palm. It’s also the traditional grip material that many athletes have come to love.
One of the reasons why leather is such an excellent material for gymnastics grips is because it provides excellent protection for beat up and sore hands. Plus, it performs exceptionally well on bare steel bars.
The downside of leather is that it stretches over time (up to half an inch) and thus has a limited lifespan of about six months, depending on the workout volume. On average, I use grips only two times a week, so I expect mine to last much longer than half a year.
Note that leather grips have a short break-in period. The best way to expedite that process (besides using them) is to apply chalk inside and out and then rub your hands together to loosen the fibers.
Speaking of chalk and fibers, Victory Grips recommends using a wire brush from time to time to remove any chalk that has accumulated in the leather.
My recommendation is to use leather grips if your box has steel bars and if you like how leather feels on your skin.
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While they’re not actual grips, I also wanted to mention the false grip straps Victory Grips offers.
They look like someone cut off a pair of grips and left only the velcro loop and a small patch of fabric. That small patch protects the side of your palm that’s in contact with the rings during movements that benefit from a “false grip,” such as ring muscle-ups.
But you might be wondering why you wouldn’t just use regular gymnastics grips. Well, ring muscle-ups are a technically difficult movement and many athletes prefer direct contact with the rings. However, using a false grip can be very uncomfortable and painful, especially if you’re not used to it.
That’s where false grip straps can help. They offer a bit of a cushion and protection while still allowing you to grip the rings with your bare hands.
I recommend using these wrist straps if you’re just learning how to perform ring muscle-ups using a false grip.
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For the past three years, I’ve been recommending Bear KompleX to anyone who asked me what grips I use. They were the best grips that I knew of.
When my wife got a pair of Victory Grips, she told me, after her first workout with them, that she’d be returning her Bear KompleX because the Victory Grips were so much better.
I couldn’t believe it — until I got to use Victory Grips myself. The difference was like night and day! I admit that under perfect conditions, including powder-coated bars and a brick of chalk to dig your hands and grips into, the difference might be less severe.
But guess what: we don’t have perfect conditions all the time. That’s particularly true when you participate in competitions at other gyms that might have the most slippery bars you’ve laid your hands on, or that don’t allow community chalk.
Performance aside, I’ve found no grips that provide the same level of comfort and ergonomic design as Victory Grips. I’ve become a true believer in this brand and its products, and I’ll be wholeheartedly recommending Victory Grips going forward.
If you have any questions about Victory Grips or how I use them, feel free to leave me a comment below or shoot me an and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
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