I got this weird tip today from Jedd Johnson who is a top level

grip competitor.

 

If you have wrist or hand pain from lifting he recommends that

you try wearing gloves when you sleep.

 

It's true I read this on page 81 of his new Fix My Wrist Pain

manual that he and Rick Kaselj just released.

 

It may sound strange, but it's common practice amongst Grip Sport

athletes to sleep with gloves on at night.  The reason for this is

two-fold.

 

First off, most of us sleep 6 or more hours a night.  This is a long time,

especially when you compare it to the amount of time spent training

with weights or doing stretching or mobility work.

 

Because of the duration of time spent sleeping is so long comparatively,

it is a prime period to target for increased recovery of the hand and

wrists.

Second, the gloves bring extra blood to the hands.  This extra

circulation can be great for bringing in much needed nutrients that

repair tissues, as well as removing waste that needs to be exported from

the area.

 

Generally, loose gloves or mittens are used for this purposed, but they 

may not reach the wrists very well.  With that, the wiser choice might be

to wear a set of oven mitts to be bed or some sort of loose sleeve that

keeps the wrist covered, promoting blood flow into and out of extremities.

 

I haven't personally tried this yet, but Jedd has and loves it.  He does it

for a short period of time and than gets out of it, but he's planning on 

doing it again next time is wrist bugs him.

 

If you try this strange tip make sure the gloves or mitts should be lose so that

the blood flow gets in out easily.

 

To get another 86 pages of tips for decreasing wrist and hand pain check

out Jedd's new Wrist Pain Solution program.

 

Keep training hard,

 

Mike Westerdal

CriticalBench.com