Rice Bucket training

Wondering if anyone trains this way for their fingers, hands, & fore arms? Is it effective? Also wondering what kind of rice & where you purchased a 20lb pound bag? Any other ideas on the subject? Thanks.

It is an excellent way to strengthen the finger extension muscles that are in opposition to the finger grip muscles. Any type of rice will do get it anywhere that sells rice. put your hand in and begin extending your fingers.

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Or u could just flick ur fingers outwards starting against the thumb. Do this rapidly for as long and as fast as you can... no rice, no bucket, better workout.

Done and Done... close down the tread.

Just go climbing more. That is what gets your fingers, hands & forearms strong. Save the rice for burritos.

Mike McKinnon wrote: This is for injury prevention not for climbing stronger....

This is about saving rice for burritos... Nothing else. Please keep thread on track.

Could someone recommend clean rice, that keeps ur hands clean of white residue post work out?

I have been using the bucket for the past 2 months. I've filled my bucket with the cheapest white rice, called "riceland" grown in u.s. I do several sets in between typing, writing etc... but it requires me to wash my hands every time or else everything is permawhite for months... so this work out becomes more of a hassle.

Put on latex gloves.

Morgan Patterson wrote:Or u could just flick ur fingers outwards starting against the thumb.

(picks nose) You mean, like THIS?

(picks nose again)

I have a five gallon bucket. Any one know or can estimate how much rice will fill it just over half full? Also has anyone ever looked into something besides rice? Small plastic beads, BBs to a pellet gun? Just wondering, but I'm betting rice is the cheapest.

20 pounds. Sand is another option but is insanely more difficult from what I hear (haven't tried, myself)

Egor Astakhov wrote:Could someone recommend clean rice, that keeps ur hands clean of white residue post work out? I have been using the bucket for the past 2 months. I've filled my bucket with the cheapest white rice, called "riceland" grown in u.s. I do several sets in between typing, writing etc... but it requires me to wash my hands every time or else everything is permawhite for months... so this work out becomes more of a hassle.

I'm pretty sure you can rinse the rice really quickly to get a lot of that starchy white powder off. I would just let it thoroughly dry on a cookie sheet before you put it back in the bucket. But, who knows, this could also result in some moldy rice.... Good luck!

What I like to do is wash a few cups of rice at a time. I often soak it in a few liters of water, then pore off most of it and add about an equal volume of water as you have of rice. Then I warm it for about 20 minutes at approximately 200F. After that, most of the water has either been absorbed or evaporated. Then, to keep my hands clean as I transfer the rice, I like to place it in a tortilla. This method is nice because it is extremely therapeutic and is actually a good method to warm your fingers/hands before a session. I've also done this with beans, following the above method, and sometimes even mix the two.

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