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    Default My strength builder

    what i am going to trial for a week is a 30 minute workout non stop alternating each hand every minute. Has anybody tried this?i think itll be a great strengthener im only 4 mins in at the moment and burning already i will alternate the direction every 5 minutes too.

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    That's a great idea. When I was fairly new to Powerballing I wanted to see how many revs I cold get in an hour, and my muscles were so incredibly pumped after. And a few minutes later I then broke my speed record too.

    I've quite recently managed to maintain an average of over 10000 rpm for half an hour...I don't get the muscle burn like I used to. Reversing the direction would be a good idea too, to work all the muscles.

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    Default wow

    damn you have some really strong forearm muscles! Hopefully i'll be there someday. I wonder what it feels like when the ball is spinning at 15000rpm, i bet its really hard to grip! I want a metal powerball but i just cant afford one yet and dunno if i should get one 2nd hand...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Millenwagon
    damn you have some really strong forearm muscles! Hopefully i'll be there someday. I wonder what it feels like when the ball is spinning at 15000rpm, i bet its really hard to grip! I want a metal powerball but i just cant afford one yet and dunno if i should get one 2nd hand...
    I wouldn't say I was strong...I've just been using a Powerball a lot over the last couple of years and my muscles have become accustomed to it.

    I know what it feels like at 13500 rpm, and it's going so fast I didn't really notice the torque it was producing. However, at 11000 rpm the Metal is defintely trying hard to free itself from my grip, and that's quite a struggle. The Metal's are slightly larger, and being polished chrome they're quite slippery. Beg, borrow or steal to get one, they're great!

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    Default haha

    well ive got about 60 hours of work coming up next week working at the leeds festival so i may be able to pick one up when i get paid... keep my finger crossed! i might have to duct tape it to my hands

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    Quote Originally Posted by Millenwagon
    well ive got about 60 hours of work coming up next week working at the leeds festival so i may be able to pick one up when i get paid... keep my finger crossed! i might have to duct tape it to my hands
    Its *nice* to have a goal when you're working like mad alright isn't it?!

    I'll be getting myself on the new Intel iMacs once I get this new site done... a little present for myself... just for being me

    You won't be disappointed though Millenwagon... the Metal really is a beast!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adrena1in
    Beg, borrow or steal to get one, they're great!

    LOL XDDDD
    the metal IS a beast indeed enda, i find myself to improve my score on the 250 with the heavy killer metal powerball... and it sooo shiny an smooth... its a GREAT instrument
    Regards!

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    Default More Work

    Just got more work too ss might be able to get me one of them, problem is, my pc is wrecked, got some terrible hardware problems so gonna need a new PC first and that aint gonna be cheap

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    When travelling with train the last weekend. I had a nonstop session with a powerball basic 250 Hz on the friday for about 3 hours. On the Sunday i made same time with the metal 350 Hz. Thing is that I use to run the powerballs as complement training and warmup for my grip and armwrestling training. I recall that in the beginning of my complement training I had problems maintain speed at 10k+ for longer periods, now its no prob running so for 30 minutes on each arm with the basic. The metal is still a bit tougher but its no prob to run about 9k constantly for 30 minutes.

    The way I use the powerballs , I wish there was a possibility to have a sportwatch that through wireless connection could show the speed and time etc. That would be easier to see the current cruising speed and having extra caclulations as inertial force etc.

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    The only thing to be noticed except from wear out of the forearms is that the metal powerball gets quite warm. This is because of the heat generated by friction. Both from the palms and from the rotor =) The pinkies gotten callused. Since those longer sessions of high intensity powerballing been done.

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