Arm Pump

[MXRACER86]

What does everybody do to reduce it? I get it on the first lap!!!
I don't even get tired but my arms lock up like there a ROCK!!!!

[Bush0102]

ok I'm kinda confused...when i say arm pump, i'm talking about your elbows being like stuck in their position...but what is it called when your hands are like locked from being gripped for so long?

[MXRACER86]

Hand Pump????:confused: im not sure! All I know is that my forearms feel like rocks!

[gojk]

Originally posted by MXRACER86
What does everybody do to reduce it? I get it on the first lap!!!
I don't even get tired but my arms lock up like there a ROCK!!!!

I usually eat a banana or two for breakfast and take three Potasium pills like 10 min before I race. It helped alot. Also, just riding hard often helps alot also.

[Warnerade]

what i did previously was take 2 tyolnol about 30 minutes before the race..then take 1 right before, it thins the blood out a little bit and reduces it some. Cardiostack racing also sells a good supplement to get rid of it. The only way to realy get rid of arm pump during a race..is just training realy hard and getting in shape...tha way your body is used to it, and can go much longer.

stop drinking pop also, it will kill you during a race...