Glossary
Competition chalk
Whatever the rulebook for that meet allows on the body, which is not always what the gym allows.
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IPF Technical Rules, version 3, effective 1 March 2026, allow baby powder, resin, talc, or magnesium carbonates on the body and attire, not on wraps, and they ban foreign substances on the bar, bench, and platform. IWF's 2025 technical rules say the use of chalk (magnesium carbonate) is permitted, and they ban grease, oil, water, talcum, or cream on the thighs.
World Climbing's January 2026 rules allow dry or liquid magnesium-carbonate chalk and restrict tack additives. FIG artistic gymnastics rules talk about magnesium on the bars and penalize magnesium used to mark the floor. Read the page for your sport and then ask the technical official at the meet you are actually entering. A brand's "approved everywhere" bullet is not a rulebook.
Friction Labs Secret Stuff Quick Grip Liquid Chalk
Friction Labs liquid chalk. The title is Secret Stuff Quick Grip. A second ASIN, B07S2TK63Y, carries the same title, so match the listing you open.
The November 14 check did not print a formula or a size. Read the bullets before you assume alcohol-free, hygienic, or original.
Check price on AmazonFriction Labs Premium loose climbing chalk
Friction Labs loose chalk for climbing and the gym. Same brand as Secret Stuff, different package.
Loose chalk dusts. Use it where powder is allowed, including over a dried liquid base.
Check price on AmazonBlack Diamond White Gold loose chalk
Loose chalk. The title says 100% magnesium carbonate, in a loose or refillable format.
This is powder. Gyms that ban dry chalk are talking about this category. It is the comparison piece next to a liquid bottle, not a liquid itself.
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