So gyms have various versions of these, including using a barbell, but a wrist roller can be made at home too.
If you’ve ever watched Survivor (reality TV show), occasionally one of the fitness tests is the wrist roller test of strength. And in terms of winning this challenge, the gender split is almost 50/50.
FWIW, while they’re highly correlated, finger strength is different than grip strength. Grip strength comes from hand and forearm strength. Finger strength is derived from the finger tendons and muscles located in the forearm.
lol we have one of those too in the shed. H was always big of forearms. Me not so much. Finger strength seems to be my weakness then. But my agility seems fine playing piano again. Strength too while playing. But that’s different than pinching and squeezing and turning
Yes! I have great grip strength but not so good finger strength. I also have small hands so opening large jars is sometimes challenging. These are not the same so everyone panicked about not being able to open jars, that isn’t what the studies are worried about.
Interesting! You always have great fitness insights. Me thinks that type of roller exercise could be good even if just starting without the weights (lol - like I used to do at the work fitness center when beginning a weights class with just the bar, no weights)
Absolutely. The gym where I work offers indoor pickleball. Just this week I saw one of the pickleball players with an ice bag on her elbow. I suggested the wrist roller exercise to strengthen her forearms and hopefully alleviate the pain. We’ll see.
The study is linked in the article. Walking pace was self reported according to question below. I’d take care to distinguish between cause and correlation. The study does not imply that increasing your walking pace strongly reduces risk of death. It instead implies that persons in poor health tend to walk slower than persons in good health.
Waking pace (DF 924) was assessed by
self-reported questionnaire, and participants
were asked to answer the following question:
“How would you describe your usual WP: (1)
slow pace, (2) steady/average WP, and (3)
brisk pace?”
Specific numbers are in the table below. The strongest correlation seems to be between walking at a slow pace and being unhealthy, rather than the difference between walking at average pace vs brisk pace.
I thought of this thread today. Each day when I walk the dog or walk myself, just down the road is one of the cities speed digital signs that shows how many mph cars are going. Because our road is one that cars tend to drive faster than the speed limit. It also happens to log in when a biker or walker is going by! Pup and I are usually “clocked” at “3 mph” but often “4 mph”. Because of this thread I will NOT allow it to get lower than that.
My husband is a fairly slow walker (by my definition - he just has trouble keeping up with me) but he’s still a fairly quick runner.
@abasket it takes some effort for us to get those speed things to measure when we’re cycling… I think the one I’m thinking of you have to be going 15 MPH to make it even register. That’s kind of fun that it tracks your walking speed.
This might be me. I think my issue is that I am not a very intentional walker. I am a decent runner, but I’m not a fast walker unless I think about it (or I’m in a hurry).
I walk at a good pace with H, but when I walk alone, I always kick it into overdrive. I have a neighbor who watches everything outside from his front window (not a creepy thing - it’s his way of keeping up with what is happening) … he teases me about “walking like I mean it.”
I even walk fast around the house. DH can’t keep up with me no matter where we are or what we’re doing. All my life, I’ve been told to “SLOW DOWN!” The year before I had my hip replaced was agony not just for the pain but for enduring a pace I was not used to. I’m going to slip this article to DH, but I will resist saying, “So there!”
