You're not seriously considering these are you?Tell you what instead, give me £30 and I'll cut the toes off an old pair of socks for you (I'll even make sure they're clean) and you can slip them over your forearms.
Don't be too quick to judge slack. I was really struggling with At the Heart of it All until I donned a pair of these.
Don't be daft, they are much more hi-tec than that. You need to cut the arms off an old wetsuit. Although I can testify that wearing a wetsuit definitely does not stop your arms from getting tired.
Magpie wears the leg version from time to time I believe, she might have some insight on any perceived benefits.
Quote from: slack---line on November 11, 2008, 02:19:17 pmMagpie wears the leg version from time to time I believe, she might have some insight on any perceived benefits. Mine are purely for style purposes, as anyone who has seen them will know They have the added benefit of keeping me extra cosy. I actually have arm versions too, my findings so far are that I still climb like shit while wearing them but that I do always have warm arms.I wouldn't bother if I were you, the ones you linked to aren't even a pretty colour ???
Do as the G does; wear Boreals, climb on a home made board at 50 degrees with smeary screw ons, crap pinches and 2mm edges and you'll get infinitely better gains. Now that is SCIENCE.
I'm used to wearing armwarmers on the bike too. I imagine climbers would laugh at that too!
The only thing these would be useful for would be the odd grit problem that i've scrapped up my fore arms on. But in a strange masochistic way i like them byrning in he shower that evening....
jesus fucking christ.while having an argument about training, with an idiot on an italian board, i checked his profile, to be sure if he was a wad as he pretended ("i live in font, i don't train, i just climb" the usual s*** that neil says... ), and what did i find if not a picture of him climbing with a tank top and the anti pump sleeves?naturally the question about wadness was immediately solved.it solved also the other question "will they ever sell at least one pair of those?"
I was more curious whether there was some sports science to back this one up.