Arm-pump-aholic Anonymous Compares Stick With Weight to Gripstik for Wrist Exercise

Fast By Design Product Review: Canadian Motocross Company

'Welcome to Fast by Design's first AA meeting (Armpumpaholic
Anonymous). My name is Smitty and I am an Armpumpaholic. They say the
first step to rehabilitation is admitting you have the problem. Well
since I am the only one here I will now stand up and say "I GET ARM
PUMP".

Whew! Now with that over, lets diagnose the scenario. If you are like
me and have a daytime gig, you probably practice around twice a week
and race on the weekends. Although you do everything you can during
your motos, breath steady and avoid "Death Grip", you still have the
Arm Pump monkey on your back. Well friends I have great news! The FbD
test department received an interesting little package about a month
ago from Gripstik. Inside was a curious looking apparatus that
resembled two motocross grips glued together at their ends. I know
what you are thinking, "Another wonder product that will fall short of
what I need to help me kick the arm pump habit".

The first step to dropping arm pump is to ride as much as possible. If
you don't put in some track time during the week, arm pump is
inevitable. If you don't get it you are: A) not pushing hard enough.
or B) a freak of nature. Once you are able to ride at least twice a
week you will probably notice a reduction in arm pump. The next step
is to work on the forearms during the other days.

Freddie Spencer, a multi-time road racing champion and dirt bike
rider, suggests a broomstick handle, a piece of string and a 5 pound
weight. You attach the weight to one end of the string and the
broomstick to the other. Holding the broomstick you wind the string up
raising and lowering the weight. This technique works great and from
personal experience I found it helped reduce arm pump more than any
other single exercise. Gripstik has taken the winding with resistance
motion but removed the string and weight. Thus creating the unit we
described earlier, the two grips actually twist against each other
with variable force. The resistance can be adjusted by simply rotating
one grip closer to or farther away from the other grip.

The Gripstik unit is very compact, in fact small enough to fit in the
glove compartment of you vehicle, where mine is most commonly found.
The reason for this is I usually use mine a couple times through the
day. When driving to work in the morning I hit allot of stop lights,
so instead of just sitting at the light staring ahead at the car in
font of me, I do a one minute moto in my van. With about ten sets of
lights on my daily commute I get a pretty good forearm work out. The
second use is before I practice. After getting into my gear I like to
stretch a bit before jumping on the bike. Between stretches I will do
about 50 reps of the Gripstik to warm up the forearms.

I can honestly say that I have gotten the arm pump problem down to a
manageable level. Between weekly riding and the daily use of the
Gripstik I can run a 20 min moto flat out at most of my local tracks,
something that was just a pipe dream last year.'

Here is a list of some satisfied customers who use the Gripstik Wrist
Exerciser:

-Bill Collins: 5 time World Arm Wrestling Champion and Captain of TEAM
USA Arm Wrestling

Read up on Bill's tips to Arm Wrestling Training at
http://www.gripstik.com/arm-wrestling.html.

-Brandi Profitt: Nationally Ranked Professional Rock Climber

Read Brandi's review of Gripstik at
http://www.gripstik.com/rock-climbing.html

- Larry Eastman: MN State Racquetball champion in Singles and Doubles

Read Larry's Top 10 Racquetball Training Tips at
http://www.gripstik.com/racquetball-equipment.html

-Joe Day and Curtis Brown: NHL Players

Read Frank Burggraf's (Burggraf Skating and Skills On and Off Ice
Training Centers) Article on Training for Hockey Success at
http://www.gripstik.com/ice-hockey-training-equipment.html

- Joe Stansberry: USGA Champion and PGA Champions Tour Player

Read Joe's review on how the gripstik helped him when he was ailing
from carpal tunnel syndrome at
http://www.gripstik.com/therapy-carpal-tunnel.html

For more reviews and testimonials go to
http://www.gripstik.com/Strength_Training_Home_Exercise_Equipment_testimonials.html

_By: *Wrist Exercise*_

*About the Author:*

aryan@resonancetech.net