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the shizzle => diet, training and injuries => Topic started by: Carnage on April 27, 2006, 11:37:29 pm

Title: New training aid
Post by: Carnage on April 27, 2006, 11:37:29 pm

What do you guys make of this?

Lame or not lame? Any potential for injury?

http://www6.mailordercentral.com/ironmind/prodinfo.asp?number=1378

Title: Re: New training aid
Post by: wannaclimb8a on April 28, 2006, 12:33:21 am

why not just do pull ups above a door at home?think with it there is potential for injury as your not gripping something static


rich

Title: Re: New training aid
Post by: Carnage on April 28, 2006, 12:39:05 am

Strikes me that what you would stand to gain from this exercise is different to that which is gained from pullups (the movement in the fingers transferring from an open hand to a crimped position) - Hence my interest. However, hopefully someone who knows about body mechanics (Dylan?) can give me some input.

Title: Re: New training aid
Post by: inn wislon on April 28, 2006, 09:39:38 am

would this just be like doing heavy finger rolls, but you wouldn't be able to drop the weight?  I'm not sure I get how it works....

Title: Re: New training aid
Post by: dave on April 28, 2006, 05:30:33 pm

Quote from: Carnage on April 27, 2006, 11:37:29 pm

What do you guys make of this?

Lame or not lame? Any potential for injury?

http://www6.mailordercentral.com/ironmind/prodinfo.asp?number=1378

i'll level with you, this looks shit.

Title: Re: New training aid
Post by: bigphil on April 28, 2006, 06:05:00 pm

I seem to remember reading something in one of Greshams articles about how the fingers aren't isowhatever like arms etc and that you can't train them in the same way, i.e. that you can't do finger curls to get your fingers stronger, and yet that is exactly what that advert looked like.  Dave's right, it looks like a load a shite.