trialsguru Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 well i rode some shortish natural sections on sunday for the first time in a while and i was getting arm pump. nothing really painfull but just enough to make it hard to pull the brakes lolive not had arm pump for a while but i have been riding mostly street so i assume its to do with my fitness levels. is there any exercises i can do to help stop it?looking at you natural/comp guys for this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_welshriders Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 What is arm pump? Is it when you feel a burning in your muscle from working it too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 If it is burning in your arms then i get this too....they really ache when i have to do loads of little hops or anything,like hopping up steps....I'm just doing weights though now to try stop it.zoo baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 pretty much, most people will know of it as wankeritis..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_welshriders Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 get down the gym and work on those guns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Just wank about 10 times a day for about a month, will sort it out then haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 I had this feeling when I was riding comps some years ago. At the end of the section I could hardly pull the brakes. I also felt it when I didn't eat or drink enough before riding. But if you keep on riding with that "pumped feeling" it can leed to muscle cramps, which can be pretty painful. So a lack of arm muscels isn't the only reason. Like I said, it also appears when you didn't drink or eat enough before/during riding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Well Rob poyser gets this alot, so before every comp, he eats a bannana and it works for him. Ask him if you dont belive me.Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbra Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Just wank about 10 times a day for about a month, will sort it out then haha!nah it won't. Dave (zoo!) could wank, then stop for a few minutes then go again. And carry on in that sort of cycle lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsguru Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 wow so apart from 3 people everyone else has just replied with utter crap! surprising does anyone have any usefull info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Bananas and salt.And powerball. You could do the "open and close" hand things where you just open and close your hands violently and quickly 100 times before going to bed and when you've woken up every morning. Works wonders, and is free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsguru Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 do the powerballs really help janson or are they just a gimmicy thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaroncosbey Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Its becasuse of the lactic acid build up in the flexor muscle (underneath) in your forearm:Stretch before you ride and it wont be as badIt can also be the extensors because you are pulling on the brakes too hard and/or your brake levers are angled badly.Probally just a bit of wa*kers cramp though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinky Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 powerball = they workout your whole arm, and once you get the hang of em you can feel the effect in seconds. you'll have bigger forearms in a week, and you can really tell the difference when riding.definitely worth it, get em from play.com - theyre cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 You could do the "open and close" hand things where you just open and close your hands violently and quickly 100 times before going to bed and when you've woken up every morning. Works wonders, and is free.It's amazing how little effort it requires yet the muscle pain starts fairly quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Porter Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 apparently arm pump is because of fitness rather than strength/muscle size. im getting pretty strict on my fitness, food and work out wise. i have never really had problems with armpump though.just did that open and closing hand thing that janson said, and fork me thats hard for such little effort:p... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Just wank about 10 times a day for about a month, will sort it out then haha!that would only work on your favoured arm though, god as if you didnt realize that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 yeh use powerball and maybe some of those hand tension excersizers,i have both and they do work but its something you have to keep doing. not just for a week then stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebryan Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Get a power ball done wonders for my arms i had problems with my wrists and now sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendee Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 dave butler told me that a asprin or two before you ride will help thins the blood and allows better circulation or sumin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Powerballs work wonders! Started using mine again, bloody hell don't I know it lol.asif you cant wank with either hand, amatures! haha :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOLO Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 i find weights works great,get a old broom handle about 27" roughly bars width. tie a shoe lace to the middle, then put tape round the tied bit so it cant spinn on the stick.then about 2 ft down the string, tie 10 kilograms on, ( i use two 5kg hand held weights )then stand feet a shoulders width apart with the weight inbetween your feet ont he floor, and whilst keeping your arms straight out in front of you wind the weights up on the stick. by twisting it.get a few of them done and your ams are killing !i also find going climbing. just bouldering does it .good fun toohope i helped.iolo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 I read that armpump was caused by your tendons becoming inflamed due to exercise, and therefore being sort of caught on the tendon sheath? That's why pro MX riders who get armpump sometimes have operations to remove the sheathes so the tendons won't get trapped by them when they swell up during use. Some people are naturally more succeptible to arm pump, but if you search for it on here I think Ali C put up a training thing by some guy who used to help out with Kawasaki's MX team or some crap like that that detailed what you could do for it. Even if you're fit you can still get arm pump, so finding out any exercises online would be handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durkie Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 i used to get this a lot in my earlier days of riding comps. the problem is hopping! i just think back to beginner sections where you'd be riding, approach a rock, stop, hop for 10 seconds (long time), get front wheel on it, hop some more, get on top, hop some more, ride off until next rock, hop, etc...i think if you work towards becoming smoother/faster/more confident (good goals in general) in your riding, you'll experience this a lot less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 ali c used to get it really bad, like 20 seconds into every section in both arms so he could barely pull the brakes, he looked into getting surgery to sort it out( something to do with removing tissue around tendons) but hes managed to sort the problem with a V brakei normal get it about once a year, and i just bend my hand back or open and close it really quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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