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[barrybpl]

Hello All,

Well I couldn't resist any longer, I went and bought myself a metal!!

WOW!! It's a lot heavier than I was expecting, and so smooth, not to mention good looking, I didn't want to touch it, but I got over that

I did an hour with it, five minutes per hand, managed 318,600 revs, that's 5,310 rpm average. My right hand could just about cope, left was a struggle. After a rest I tried my first and so far only speed run with it, managed 9,735 rpm.



Apart from the hour on Friday that I spent powerballing with two plastic balls that I've already mentioned elsewhere that's all I've done.

Still addicted,

--Barry.

[skylerwd6]

Congrats on your shiny new metal hope you can continue to gradually get it higher talk to you later

Skyler

[Tstering]

The metal really is a lovely ball. I love and hate it due to how slippy it is though, but it sure does work the arm out.

[barrybpl]

Thanks Skyler, I thought I'd treat myself to an early Christmas present, though torture may be a better choice of words, I'm finding it really hard work.

I know what you mean there Tstering, I'm stuggling to keep hold of a mine a bit, and that's caused a pretty nasty blister on my left hand, so I may be forced to give it rest.

I did manage to increase my one hour, five minutes per hand score to 331,600 revs though.

--Barry.

[Adrena1in]

I love and hate it due to how slippy it is

I'm kind of the same really. I'm not in this to strengthen my grip, which is why I use a grip-enhancer for the Metal, because then I only love it. (And respect it in the morning of course!)

[barrybpl]

Just a quick post to say i got my one hour of five minutes per hand metal score to 350,500 revs and after that passed the 10,000 rpm mark with 10,011 rpm. Beating personal records feels great

[barrybpl]

I've only gone and done it again

Up to 10,070 rpm with the metal now.

Since using the metal the plastic seems soo light now, but I still cant beat my record (12,729) on that, though I am getting closer than I've been in a while.

--Barry.

[bmxballer]

good stuff barry. i'm getting my metal for christmas. I can't wait. they look so nice and shiny

[Adrena1in]

I find that improvements with the Metal don't necessarily mean you'll see improvements with the plastic. In fact, I find them to be mutually exclusive. I was making massive improvements with the Metal a couple of months back, to the value of adding around 1000 revs to my record, yet my Plastic speed was quite static. The other day I upped my plastic record, yet my Metal scores were a bit pants.

[barrybpl]

Hello,

I've not posted anything for a while, so here's an update.

First up, I've finally looped the metal for the first time!!

Took me between 12/12/2006 and 09/01/2007, really pleased to get it done in under a month.

Metal records at this point are;

10,403 rpm (rh) 9,910 rpm (lh)
30s