I don't see how wearing gloves will weaken your forearms, if anything it will let you carry more weight, as it does for me, for the simple fact that int he gym I go to, they have those risges and bumps on the section of the bar that you grip, and when you're deadlifting a certain amount, those things reeealy start to dig into your hands and it reeealy distracts you from just trying to lift the weight up.