it is possible that the golden gauntlets instead of giving strength to the link speed strenght process that link could use? they are only gloves! he uses the muscles of the hands or he does not have no ability to hold hands?
I doubt that the Golden Gauntlets even work all the time. Link still has to hold small rocks two handed, so I always assumed that whenever he willed it it would always give Link a super powerful boost of strength for a short amount of time.
The Gauntlets are magical items. As such, they don't really need to be connected to the area of effect. After all, the power bracelets and rings in past games only touched Link's hands.