Edited Date/Time
2/14/2016 7:12am
RXI Virtual Trainer Article
Umm, the article seems to base their recommendation on the idea that the rider's grip is static on the bars. I don't agree. Forearm/wrist/hand positions change and shift all the time, not to mention finger extension and flexion for clutch and brakes.
Am I missing something?
As a weekend warrior, I like to use a handgrip exerciser, holding one side like I would a grip, and using my clutch/brake fingers to reach across and squeeze. Also, a 32 inch wide bar with a set of grips on either end, and a weight attached to a string in the middle that I spin in my hands to raise and lower the weight.
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Umm, the article seems to base their recommendation on the idea that the rider's grip is static on the bars. I don't agree. Forearm/wrist/hand positions change and shift all the time, not to mention finger extension and flexion for clutch and brakes.
Am I missing something?
As a weekend warrior, I like to use a handgrip exerciser, holding one side like I would a grip, and using my clutch/brake fingers to reach across and squeeze. Also, a 32 inch wide bar with a set of grips on either end, and a weight attached to a string in the middle that I spin in my hands to raise and lower the weight.
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"The weekend warrior is strangely in a similar situation, but in a much different way. This rider has a regular job and probably only gets to go out and ride 1 to 2 days per week on the weekends only. Of course, he or she is going to ride as much as possible during these sessions. This is a high forearm specific load, but at a lower frequency. He or she may also lift weights during the week, adding another forearm specific stress. Unfortunately, this rider doesn’t have the same huge base of motocross specific training and fitness as an elite level rider. His or her overall fitness level is lower, thus reducing the recovery capacity. The weekend riding plus the possible weekday strength training provides a forearm specific training load that is barely manageable in recovery in a way that doesn’t negatively affect the weekend’s riding. Remember that all of this is regarding the musculature that has about the smallest capacity for workload of all the muscles being used while riding."
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