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Post by countryboy on Oct 4, 2018 23:39:07 GMT
Bruce one guy links to you too but link broke That's because I discontinued the greatest forearm exercise ever made. You should start making them again, and increase the price.
I have a gage on mine so I can measure my progress. I use it all the time!
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 4, 2018 23:43:43 GMT
Goes up to 9, doesn't it? Seriously, the reason I discontinued it was because it was too expensive and time consuming to make, and I was stretching myself thin, so I decided to focus all my energies on my flagship product, The Hook
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Post by Dave Reslo on Oct 6, 2018 19:20:06 GMT
In my experience forearms respond well to high-rep work, and most real-world applications have heavy endurance components. I think it was Glen MacCharles first gave me this idea. That has been my experience, as well. I believe that heavy forearm work runs the risk of damaging the tendons. Yeah if I recall I first hurt my wrist doing a heavy suppination exercise four years ago and I'm not sure it's ever got 100% better. I think wrist-roller type movements like on your old machine or your pipe-fitter setup are safer, provided the grip isn't too wide, and avoiding jerking motions also helps. Today I cleaned and adjusted my bison. I didn't clean it very thoroughly because some parts on the edge of the friction piece appear to be damaged. In principle you can make very fine adjustments to this thing but in practice there's an uncertainty involved in getting the handles set to equal difficulty so you can't be too exact and I guess I'll be switching from sets of 25 to sets of about 15 for now.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 6, 2018 19:28:13 GMT
In principle you can make very fine adjustments to this thing but in practice there's an uncertainty involved in getting the handles set to equal difficulty so you can't be too exact and I guess I'll be switching from sets of 25 to sets of about 15 for now. This has always been my apprehension and one of the two reasons why I never bought one. The other reason is that it's too damn expensive for my shallow pockets.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 6, 2018 19:39:32 GMT
In principle you can make very fine adjustments to this thing but in practice there's an uncertainty involved in getting the handles set to equal difficulty so you can't be too exact... Why don't you do one set and then turn it around and do another set? That way you get equal billing on both hands.
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Post by gruntbrain on Oct 6, 2018 21:02:13 GMT
A homemade wrist roller can sufficiently work forearms
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Post by Dave Reslo on Oct 7, 2018 1:53:22 GMT
In principle you can make very fine adjustments to this thing but in practice there's an uncertainty involved in getting the handles set to equal difficulty so you can't be too exact... Why don't you do one set and then turn it around and do another set? That way you get equal billing on both hands. I do that but most of the movements require one side to move with the other so you still need them to be pretty close. If one side is more than a little stiffer than the other then it stays in place until the other side has reached the end of its range of motion. Honestly I don't know why they didn't just have one joint in the thing, like the bison 2 does. Anyway with the new increased resistance the bit you screw in to hold the parts in place seems to be coming undone on certain movements. I might have to tighten them on a little more with some pliars.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Oct 7, 2018 3:03:58 GMT
Honestly I don't know why they didn't just have one joint in the thing, like the bison 2 does. That's why there's a Bison 2.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jan 7, 2019 19:17:40 GMT
Sotsky marketed it as letting you bend two nails together into a knot. Update: achieved with 7" nails only
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Post by Michael on Jan 7, 2019 19:35:33 GMT
Nice Dave!!!
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jan 7, 2019 21:25:09 GMT
Thanks, those were pretty soft nails but it was still a lot of effort to get them like that, I sprained my thumb and hurt something in my belly.
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Post by Michael on Jan 8, 2019 0:22:34 GMT
Well Dave, no matter if they are soft or not looks pretty cool. Never seen a soft nail and sprained thumbs stink, feel for You.
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Post by ganesha on Jan 1, 2021 13:27:37 GMT
Just bought one of these on Amazon for $83. Looks really interesting.
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Post by moxohol on Jan 1, 2021 13:52:29 GMT
Just bought one of these on Amazon for $83. Looks really interesting. Bought one too. Love it. Trying to attain level of nail bending with its use. Using non sugar gelatin with Vitamin C 30 to 60 minutes prior to training & no more than 10 minute sessions makes a BIG difference.
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Post by gruntbrain on Jan 1, 2021 15:49:45 GMT
Thick walled vinyl hose can be used to work the forearms . Home Depot sells it in a variety of diameters . Go there and "testdrive" them . Perhaps, get multi ones .
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