PRO Hand Exercisers

[cards95]

I'm thinking about buying a pro hand exerciser and was thinking what weight I should buy? Also what are some people's opinions on it?

[Don Boyer]

Surprisingly enough, D&D's prices on them aren't out of the ballpark.


They make your fingers stronger.  Physical therapists and pro athletes use them.


Start light, work your way up.  Or get a stress ball, they're cheaper.


The Exerciser has an advantage in that you can individually work over your digits, but you pay for the advantage.


You want stronger fingers, do what I did - take up a martial art that involves practicing basic movements and kata with a wooden sword or a short staff.

[KPopFever605]

Physical therapists and pro athletes use them.

What national sport requires you to have strong fingers? The only things I can think of are palming a basketball or playing bowling.

[shz]

The finger exercisers seem to be quite popular with guitarists, or at least, that's what I've seen.

[Joker and the Thief]

I'm thinking about buying a pro hand exerciser and was thinking what weight I should buy? Also what are some people's opinions on it?

I personally never used one. At one point I felt the need for my hands to be built up so I used a stress ball like Don mentioned. Keep in mind that an exerciser WILL NOT increase dexterity, that comes with doing different flourishes and learning new grips. Flexibility will come with the different flourishes that you learn. Remember each flourish offers something different!

As for athletes, some examples are tennis players (for grip) or Parkour & Freerunning athletes. Just to let you know, Parkour and Freerunning are art forms not sports.

[MrMollusk]

Don's and Joker & the Thief are right. A simple stress ball works great for finger exercises if you just want to build strength. I usually squeeze the ball to my palm with my pinky, ring, and middle finger. The I roll it over, where I squeeze it with my ring, middle, index, and thumb. Just alternating this pattern builds muscles pretty well.

[Don Boyer]

Physical therapists and pro athletes use them.

What national sport requires you to have strong fingers? The only things I can think of are palming a basketball or playing bowling.

Most martial arts require a strong grip, particularly those involving grappling like jiu-jitsu, aikido and the sport of judo.  Anything involving sword work in particular requires it - in aikido, the ring and pinky finger are used to grip the sword handle tightest.