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mxrider28
2/10/2014 7:53pm
2/10/2014 7:53pm
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2/12/2014 10:49pm
First of all I have done a lot of research on this, I just want to see if I am missing anything. I race mx and my arm pump is not getting any better and I feel like it is really limiting what I can do. My pump gets way worse as the day goes on. It is always much worse on race day but I still get it pretty bad on practice days. It is getting so bad my arms feel like they are going to burst and my forearms will be sore for several days after a race. Even when Im not riding my forearms sometimes get pumped up and they are always big and veiny.
Things I have tried
I ride consistently 2 times a week mx
grip with knees
soak arms in ice water
moto 911 spray
bananas
thin/thick grips
not holding on tight(or at least I dont think I do)
relaxing/breathing
warm up before riding
My cardio is excellent
I run RC high bars because I am 6ft 2in but am going to try switching back to oem bend
Thanks for any help. I just feel out of control with arm pump and could be doing much better if I can get rid of it or at least reduce it.
Things I have tried
I ride consistently 2 times a week mx
grip with knees
soak arms in ice water
moto 911 spray
bananas
thin/thick grips
not holding on tight(or at least I dont think I do)
relaxing/breathing
warm up before riding
My cardio is excellent
I run RC high bars because I am 6ft 2in but am going to try switching back to oem bend
Thanks for any help. I just feel out of control with arm pump and could be doing much better if I can get rid of it or at least reduce it.
sit back on the bike and lightly twist the throttle in an attempt to use the power to keep the front end light, rather than pulling the front end up with your arms. When in long GP's this works wonders for me.
The Shop
I am 6'2" too, and I was helped alot by moving my pegs down and back, and with an adjustable top clamp to move the bars forward. the different riding position helps me not having to hold such a tight grip on the bike. btw, try raising your clutch and brake levers
By the way, do you mostly ride the same tracks?
Good luck.
I do still get arm pump, but nowhere near as bad as I did, and can actually ride for longer than 5 minutes at a time on a MX track.
Pit Row
and there are many factors over thinking/ over riding, breathing, riding tense
i've got on well with the running the levers high, and covering the levers too most of the time to prevent the death grip
In my opinion, you need to be able to ride at least 20 min motos when you practice to be anywhere near prepared to race 10 min local race motos. The reason is on race day you likely will ride 2 practices.....in conditions that are muddy or rutted, which take more energy..... 2 motos or 4 if you ride 2 classes.....and the intensity will likely be almost double of what you do in your moto's during the week.
I'm not much for pseudo fixes like vitamins, bars, levers and moon alignment. You're either in shape or you aren't.
If you can't ride long moto's you're going to have to suffer a little and inch your way up to longer seat times.
It got to a point where i could not even use the brake and clutch lever when riding.
Went to a specialized doctor, he did some kind of pressure test with my forearms and he said the only sollution for me to get rid of it was to get surgery. He said there was a lot of scar tissue between the muscles and the thingy around the muscle (i don't know what it's called in english)
The surgery was not that bad, recovery however took a while, could not ride for 6 weeks or so.
Sometimes when i don't ride for a few weeks a get some armpump but when i regularly ride i don't have any armpump. I wish i had the surgery years earlier because it's a such a big difference.
They cut you from your wrist to the inside of your elbow.
Then they cut a membrane that wraps around the muscles in the forearm,
same way, wrist to elbow.
Then they sew the skin back.
Kind of like filleting a fish.
This let's the muscles swell, and blood flow.
I think it was Roncada that put a few pics up when he had it done back in the early 2000s,
effin' hard core for sure.
^ this is a picture from someone who took the big cuts.
Some doctors (like mine) can do it with just a little 2cm cut near the wrist, this is a little more expensive. Insurrance paid everything in my case btw
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