When I was a little girl, I remember that my Dad was using something very simular. Now he is 67 yeras old and he decided to start back his workouts.

The first thing he took in hands  was his old wrist roller.

As he adviced me to follow him I've prepared my own (more simple version of) wrist roller and I've began my story with it.

 

What do you need:

 

- Old barre or plastic pvc pipe,

- Rope,

- Weight.

 

How you can do it?

 

 

Make a hole in the pipe, put the rope inside, tight it very strong. Measure the lenght of your rope (take your pipe, standing straight put your arms forward, the correct lenght for you is when the rope is starting to touch the floor), cut the rope. The second end of the rope attach to your weight. The end :-)

 

Why it's good to have it?

 

Because this old school grip exercise is fantastic at building a balanced muscular endurance in the finger extensor and flexor muscles.

It's very good to start with a light weight (about 1-2 kilos). Hold your arms out straight at shoulder height. Using a twisting motion  wind the weight up to the stick. After reverse your twist and lower the weight in a controlled motion back to the floor.

 

The muscles involved:

 

Main muscles: flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus
Secondary muscles: finger flexors (deep and superficial, flexor pollicis longus)

 

To see another creations, check my Atelier and enjoy! :-)