Nathan Say Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 After my harsh workout last night I tried rubbing olive oil into my forearms like Aston recommends in his How to Develop a Powerful Grip & afterwards they felt like $1,000,000. I think it also gave my hands some active recovery also. Today everything feels even better, am I the only one who does this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdawg Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 i've never heard that idea. sounds like it must work pretty good though. the only problem is olive oil is pretty expensive. sounds like it would be costly in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kINGPIN Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 In Cyprus I think that olive oil was used as a kind of moisuriser and some of the older generation still rub it on there face and hands. Also, when you rub it into you hands in effect you are massaging them which will help speed up the removal of toxins in the hand and supply it with fresh nutrients from the blood a lot quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted February 7, 2002 Author Share Posted February 7, 2002 kINGPIN I think that's why it's recommended (the toxin thing). When I was a runner, once a week we did all our drills in waist deep water & had the same sort of effect. I also did David Horne's indian burn technique he wrote about in the ligament article in the Jan Iron Grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kINGPIN Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 If that is the specific purpose then rub the oil up the hand as much as possible (towards the heart). I am a qualified sweedish massure among my many talents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted February 9, 2002 Author Share Posted February 9, 2002 I've also read of people soaking their arms in mud because it has minerals & stuff that soak into the skin. I haven't tried that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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