Get a Grip!

Take a sledgehammer and wrap an old sweater around it. This is your "shovelglove." Every week day morning, set a timer for 14 minutes. Use the shovelglove to perform shoveling, butter churning, and wood chopping motions until the timer goes off. Stop. Rest on weekends and holidays. Baffled? Intrigued? Charmed? Discuss here.
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Jammin' Jan
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Get a Grip!

Post by Jammin' Jan » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:00 am

Today I wrapped the wood handle of my sledghammer in an overlapping winding of bright yellow electric tape. I have been having troubleholding onto it in certain exercises and this really helps. Besides, now it looks very pretty standing against the wall in the living room!

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Post by Kevin » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:18 am

I'd thought about going to a bike store and getting some handlebar wrap. Let us know how the electrical tape works out.
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Post by Jammin' Jan » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:30 am

The electric tape works just fine. If you over-lap it, the ridges are what helps the grip. We used to do this with our weapons in karate. Better grip=more control. Handlebar wrap might be nice in the summer if your hands sweat.

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Post by reinhard » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:10 pm

Great idea. Post a picture if you get a chance.

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