TBird: i sold gym equipment for the last maybe 10 years after retiring from 30 years selling Real Estate. that said i couldn't help but learn a few healthy things so at almost 60 i'm in pretty decent shape except for a few extra pounds which i'm on a quest to lose.
the reason i'm bringing it up is i was playing professional golf and trying to build up my forearms by punching a BOB that is a half a body that is pretty hard. well it was 30 degrees in my garage gym one day and sweating i didn't realize i hadn't taped up and sprained both wrists. now you probably know it's hard enough to lift anything much less play golf so i was looking for answers.
sorry this is going on so long, but wanted to mention an almost toy like gyro one of my golf students handed me and i was hooked. it had a great action and even though i was in pain for the first few minutes using it i worked up to at least an hour a day for 90 days. To let you know how much my wrists improved i was squeezing those heavy spring Captains of Crush grips sold at
www.ironmind.com to test my results. with two sprained wrists i was barely closing the T (Trainer 100 pounds of pressure to squeeze shut) and in 90 days i closed a #2.5 that i think is 225 pounds and almost closed a #3.
wrenching and ratcheting was the worst for me because i also had tennis elbow and since I've used the gyro i rarely have a sore day and i lift a lot of heavy stuff. the only US made gyros i know of are
www.dynaflexpro.com and they have the gamer on special last time i checked because it used to be $80. you can get cheaper ones for in the $25 range but if you use one a lot you'll like the better built plastic ones or maybe the German made metal ones that are quieter. i bet your pilots will love using them too if they don't already.
i hate to hear of anybody in pain if i know of a solution. for any back or shoulder issues i use my inversion table by Teeter Ups for 5 minutes a day and i actually had a half a bottle of advil expire about 7 years ago.
cheers and yes we like your awesome pictures and we'd love more if you have any. here's a plane i saw the other day while eating lunch that grabbed my eye along with the 1/2 truck trailer. and old couple jumped out and started getting it ready to fly.
do you fly those jets or just keep them in the air?
