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[clarentine]

Anyone want to suggest some nice, non-joint-stressing exercises for hand and arm (and shoulder) strengthening? I'm realizing lately that my range of motion issues have affected, negatively, my muscular strength, and this bothers me.

::pines for the ability to scale walls, underappreciated while I had it::

Assumptions to take into account: no gym/pool access. Range of motion is limited, but I'm aware that exercise increases it somewhat. Not adverse to a certain degree of pain. Must be something I can work into an already hectic schedule. Will not be going out to buy One More Gadget (e.g., veteran and survivor of the home gym movement).

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[brni.livejournal.com]

i know you said you aren't going to go out to buy more equipment, but...

get a length of stretchy rubber tubing. tie a knot in each end. put one end against the doorframe and close the door to hold it in place. then you pull the tube from the other end. by placing the the tube in different positions in the doorframe and pulling in different directions (forward, backward, sideways, whatever) you exercise different muscles. is what they gave me for rehab after my car accident. nice thing about it is that it only ever puts as much stress on you as you yourself create, so you have full control of it.

for wrist exercises, take a roll of quarters and just do wrist bends in different directions.

[clarentine]

At least tubing doesn't take up as much space as the unlamented Bowflex machine. *g* Thanks for the suggestions.