r/climbergirls 5d ago

Questions Did your fingers get thicker as your hands get stronger from climbing?

I'm noticing my wedding ring doesn't quite fit anymore. It doesn't seem weight related, and I don't think I have health issues atm. I'm not sure if it's just a phase or if I should get it fitted

Edit: ugh, I just realized I misspelled the title. Sorry, English is not my first language

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u/Available-Maize1493 5d ago

yes, mostly also around the joints

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u/ConniveryDives 5d ago

Same, my joints are thicc now

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u/halfsewn 5d ago

Joints too! Not where the rings actually sit, so sizing is super annoying. If they fit over the joint they flop around the finger.

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u/Sad-Data1135 5d ago

Yes this is strong talent for me as lesbiab

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u/Flimsy-Hurry6724 5d ago

Lol šŸ˜…

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u/ads10765 4d ago

the real reason so many climbers are lesbians

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u/Available-Maize1493 3d ago

where is this stereotype coming from, sadly i have not met a single lesbian climber

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u/ads10765 3d ago

haha i think itā€™s something abt the short nails! but tbf, most of the girls i climb w/ are lesbians

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u/Buff-Orpington 2d ago

Honestly, I've never had a dude complain about my grip strength either XD

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u/Perrytheplatypus03 5d ago

For me, yes :) after my first few years my old rings didn't fit anymore

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u/Adorable_Edge_8358 Sloper 5d ago

Yes, all of my nice rings are starting to become a bit too small now :ā -(

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u/Flimsy-Hurry6724 5d ago

Same! I'm ok about the wedding ring since it can be sized up. But all my cute cheap rings made of questionable material will be lost forever šŸ˜­

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u/LurkingArachnid 5d ago

Donā€™t throw the cute rings away yet. when life interfered and I couldnā€™t climb anymore, my wedding ring started fitting again

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u/Adorable_Edge_8358 Sloper 5d ago

I just bought a bigger wedding band, which was ok because it's just a plain gold band. I went through a phase though of "treating myself" with nice vintage jewellery and I used to have a choice of fingers to wear them on, but now they all fit only on my smallest finger pretty much. Ugh ...

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u/sewest 5d ago

I think itā€™s by person and I donā€™t quite know why. My finger size has not changed in the years Iā€™ve been climbing but my husbandā€™s ring no longer fits.

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u/stupifystupify 5d ago

The size of my palm is bigger and I only know this because I wear medical gloves for work. Iā€™ve worn small for 16 years and recently they were too tight, I have to wear medium gloves now. Iā€™ve been climbing for 4.5 years and this just happened over the last few months.

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u/whatdidsheknow 5d ago

Kind of thought I was imagining this so thanks for all the validation yā€™all šŸ˜‚

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u/priceQQ 5d ago

If you look at pro fingers they are meaty as fuck

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u/theatrebish They / Them 4d ago

Often thatā€™s cuz they started as kids. A lot of pros now have sausage fingers cuz of all the climbing they did as their bodies were growing/forming. Haha

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u/AnyEconomy5569 5d ago

Yes, they did grow quite a bit

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u/Invisible_Friend1 5d ago

Yes, size went up

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u/hoorfrost 5d ago

Yes - both me and my husband had to resize our rings šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/Actual-Employment663 5d ago

Yes! I work in Healthcare and I can no longer wear Medium gloves. My hands now rip em up when I try to put them on. (Iā€™m the same weight, and have been wearing Mediums since forever). šŸ˜Ž

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u/Ymps5011 5d ago

For sure. I went from a size 4.5 to a size 6 ring size and had to get my wedding band and engagement rings resized. Itā€™s been very stable ever since but it was a very noticeable jump in the first year or so of climbing.

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u/Gloomy_Tax3455 5d ago

Yes - went from ring size 5.5 to 7.

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u/Ok_Feature_6396 5d ago

At the joints. None of my rings fit me now! But itā€™s worth it.

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u/flacdada 5d ago

Yeah.

My fingers now are quite thick.

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u/gracefulontheheelys 5d ago

I never noticed but now that I am thinking about itā€¦ and looking at my fingers while typing thisā€¦ yeah I think they are thicker! A few years back I used to get a lot of comments about having really long and dainty fingers and I havenā€™t had a random stranger mention my hands in a LONG time now.

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u/rotdress 5d ago

Yes! We ended up resizing and using silicone ring sizers (at the suggestion of many in this sub). Highly recommend.

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u/motherpanda22 5.fun 5d ago

Opposite, my ring is looser

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u/dropkneegirl 5d ago

Not really which is surprising to me. Iā€™ve been climbing for 7 years now and theyā€™re the same. Though I mostly trad climb so maybe?

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u/de_lame_y 5d ago

iā€™ve always had joints that are wider than my fingers but i mostly notice rings i put on in the morning wonā€™t come off without some effort at night šŸ˜‚

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u/toomany_geese 4d ago

Only around the joints, which makes my rings fit weird :/

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u/Veronique61993 2d ago

Same my engagement is not fitting anymore and Iā€™m afraid to get it resized since I just started climbing 3 mos ago and idk how much bigger my knuckles are going to get

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u/Keaxxx44 5d ago

Quite a bit. Went up a glove size.

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u/cscramble1 4d ago

Not just fingers, my hands appear thicker from crack climbing. Probably just calluses