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Dug out my old Powerball last weekend that I bought on a whim a few years ago and never really used for any length of time.
For the last 3 days I've spent 10/15mins spinning the blighter up and as a result am feeling an effect of sorts In my forearm muscles. How good are these things long term?
They are excellent for getting a bit competitive with friends. Not only is there the who can get the highest RPM challenge but there is the far more entertaining who can pull the stupidest face and adopt the strangest pose competition. Long term I think the novelty wears off but well worth finding in a cupboard every few years
Good for keeping forearms in shape and avoiding tennis-elbow, or recovering from it after heavy massage.
How good are these things long term?
Research has shown,that after a few weeks,you will no longer feel the need to pee in the shower.
Use one before wake board and sailing holidays. Good for grip.
Remember it's not only about grip, but also finesse.
Are we still talking about Powerballs?
I could never use one. Made my wrist 'click' on every single revolution. Weird, no other activity or repetitive wrist movement causes this.
90,000.
I'm sure they're useful for rehab but not as a general grip strength building tool.
Deadlifts & pull-ups are the key exercises there IMO.
Thought they were more about training to resist arm pump than grip?
I did use a climbers grip training thing (gripmaster) for a while especially before Alpine holidays. Dunno if it helped much or not...
same thing.Thought they were more about training to resist arm pump than grip?
They're great for spinning up to 12K then handing to an unsuspecting mate whose arm will then flail around wildly.
Sadly mines developed a slight vibration and steadfastly refuses to go over about 10.5K now after being dropped while spinning due to the above mentioned shenanigans. 😥
Thought they were more about training to resist arm pump than grip?
same thing
Depends on how you look at it I guess. I think of grip training as increasing the static strength of my grip whereas arm pump is due to duration of gripping and motion and vibrations causing swelling in forearm. So you could have a feeble grip strength and not suffer from arm pump and vice-versa.
Maybe static grip training helps combat arm pump but most (MX) articles don't seem to think so.
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Thought they were more about training to resist arm pump than grip?same thing.
NOT the same thing.
I've got one and I think it's good for some gentle rehab, particularly after popping one of my pulleys during climbing.
particularly after popping one of my pulleys during climbing.
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I bought one when I had some arm/wrist discomfort due to posture at my desk, I felt it helped quite a bit to recover quickly, although I now have a gel mouse and keyboard pad to prevent it happening again.
Used one for a while post-recovery, both arms in casts for 12 weeks, 9 months physio meant I had saggy noodles for forearms, had me back to the full (self-loving)Sexual-Tyrannosaurs within a few weeks, lost interest after-that, as I 'naturally' maintained my grip strength.
It dipped again quite a bit when I settled down with my OH, but we got married a few years ago so I'm back having forearms of steel again.