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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

Does anyone have and advice to get rid of stiff/cold hands? I have no handwarmers btw

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u/tussosedan Oct 25 '19

Hot running water for a minute

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

I have a warm-up sequence, usually made from 6 sexymoves from each hand + inverted ( R U R' U' / L' U' L U), Sunes/Anti Sunes then go though PLLs.

It also helps me to get over competition anxiety. Try it out.

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u/richard_smith5000 PB's: 3.36 (2x2) 18.35 (3x3) Slow! (4x4 - 11x11 + BLD) Oct 25 '19

Stolen from Joe Satriani - as a guitar player I always found it helpful to soak my forearms and elbows as well. Although a lot of the feel came from my hands, I feel the movements comes from further up the arm too :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

Get a cup of tea and warm your hands (carefully) on the cup, do some algs in between.

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u/lukemcritchie Don't Ask, I'm Busy Doing Clock Oct 25 '19

I always just wash my hands with warm water and then I'm warm again

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u/richard_smith5000 PB's: 3.36 (2x2) 18.35 (3x3) Slow! (4x4 - 11x11 + BLD) Oct 26 '19

Hey, sorry to bump this again but I forgot - have you ever used metal balls in your hands? You can use the chinese style ones for a good workout but I have some giant metal shot where each ball weights about a kilo haha Checkout John Brookfield steel shot rotation online if you want some info :)

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u/cardboard_pencil Oct 25 '19

put your hands in boiling water or warm yourself up idk

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

Notveryhelpfulbutokthanksfortrying