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... i'd like to pass along.
Commuting in freezing air is hard on the fingers. Sub-zero boots have sorted the feet, but even Specialized's supposedly "warm at -5c" gloves were struggling on this morning's commute.
However, a skier passed on a useful tip. Windmilling the arms increases the blood flow to the fingers. I tried it and it really works, warming up the digits nicely.
Of course, by the time I hit Laaahndaaaaaaan and joined bunches of other cyclists at traffic lights, it would have got a bit ant-social to do the full windmill, so I adapted it to energetically swinging the arms forwards and back wards and it had the same effect...
Happy days.
Funny. I was just riding with someone who did this, and while I assumed they were getting the blood flowing, it wasn't something I had heard of until now.
And I grew up in Canada.
Thanks for that, Woppit. 8)
you see it in cross races, it never looks like it actually works.
Remember to attach your gloves to each other with a long bit of string through your sleeves before attempting this.
shrugging is a good alternative, and less attention grabbing.
arms by your sides, with your hands sticking out, palms down, like you're going to do an impression of a penguin.
shoulders up by your ears, then push your shoulders/arms sharply down, hands still out, palms down.
Don't know quite what's going on, but it pumps a lot of blood down to your hands.
Do it 10 times, forcefully and deliberately, shoulders all the way up, and all the way down. Should help a lot!
Remember to attach your gloves to each other with a long bit of string through your sleeves before attempting this.
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I've always preferred the penguin dance.
Arms by side, lift up your hands so they are horizontal. palms down then shrug your shoulders.
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Comedy leg movements and trousers optional.
of course, it could look like you're just having a hissy fit at the lights!
Comedy leg movements and trousers optional.
As is the comedy 'cock-er-ney' accent!
Wish I'd known this on Sunday. I had resorted to stuffing my hands into places they really shouldn't be stuffed in public. 😳
No the accent is what makes it work.
I tried the trick on the way home this evening, but after one rotation, I felt far too self-conscious so decided to put up with frozen fingers.
I expected this thread to be about peeing on your hands to warm them up - an old walker me and a friend once met in a pub in the lakes told us this, I did think he was taking the pee so have never tried it but I suppose it could work.
I find clenching your hand into a fist and squeezing hard works well for me, this also seems to help if you do it with your feet (obviously you can't clench them into a fist 😀 )
it would have got a bit ant-social to do the full windmill
Pretend you're listening to The Who on your [s]Walkman[/s] mp3 player and are air-guitaring along.
Same thing works for cold penis. Just not at traffic lights.
Want to say I was doing jazz hands to motorists on this mornings commute, but I wasnt.
I've taken to just wearing my neoprene gives in the house for ten minutes before I leave in the morning.
Toasty warm