DYNAFLEX PRO SPORTS GYRO WRIST EXERCISER
Thu, Jul 8, 2010
Dynaflex Pro Sports Gyro Wrist Exerciser
- Have fun while relieving carpal-tunnel and arthritis symptoms
- Use as a strength and coordination builder
The Original Dyna-Flex Pro is entry level gyro that everyone is speaking about. The rotor, which can reach speeds of up to 9,000, rpm and puts out 35lbs. of torque, features a new “thermo band”, which aids the user in controlling this powerhouse. The Dyna-Flex Pro a newly designed fun and almost addicting new product that is not only can be used as an executive relaxer, a carpal-tunnel/arthritis reliever, or a strength and coordination builder, but will knock your socks off! Wherever tasks necess
List Price: $ 24.95
SALE Price: $ 13.97
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Review by T. Fore for Dynaflex Pro Sports Gyro Wrist Exerciser
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It took me a long time to figure out how to start this with the advance starting techniques. But it was well worth it. I do not need to carry around the starter string. I have tennis elbow. After a few days of using Dynaflex Pro Plus Gyro Exerciser, I can now extend my arm with almost no pain. This is a great product. It is worth the cost. I also purchased the optional digital speed meter that I rarely use. I use the exerciser to strengthen my arm, hand and wrist. I really do not need to know how fast I had the gyro is spinning. Besides it is very difficult to read the meter while operating the exerciser.
Review by citan-uzuki for Dynaflex Pro Sports Gyro Wrist Exerciser
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I first encountered one of these devices back in college, twenty years ago. One of the tennis players had one. He showed me how the device worked. I remembered being amazed by it back then. Eighteen years later, I ended up working in a job that required a lot of hand strength. I remembered the gyro and searched for it on the internet. I found it here, and ordered one.
I’ve had this one for over a year now. I do not use it regularly, because it does take up a lot of time, and it is a challenge to get the rotor started. It did improve the strength of my hands, wrist, and forearms. Especially my fingers. It’s definitely effective. However, it will not completely replace those grip exercisers such as the ones by Valeo. The Dynaflex is best used as a supplement to traditional free weights and to the regular grip exercisers. The Dynaflex will reach and stimulate those smaller, specialized muscles that the core exercises fail to reach.
You can probably incorporate the Dynaflex into your routine workout. However, the Dynaflex will not help you build the muscle mass in your forearms. The Dynaflex will benefit your power and coordination. As such, you will receive most of the benefits even if you only use it once a week.
This is not the tool for adding muscle mass. But it is effective at getting to those muscles that core exercises miss. That might be the reason why these are so popular with tennis players. I suppose the Dynaflex works by requiring you hold your arms steady as the forces generated by the gyro increasingly makes it more difficult to do so. Having played a little bit of tennis, I can see how this can help you in keeping your forearm steady.
The main challenge here is getting the device to start. But once you get it started, it is relatively simple to keep it going. You might also consider the latest version. It comes with the battery-operated Power Dock. The Power Dock will start the rotor for you.
Review by Mark Twain for Dynaflex Pro Sports Gyro Wrist Exerciser
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It’s funny how so many of the reviews posted here are either 5-star “its so great! its so easy!”, or 1-star “its a piece of worthless junk!”. The reality is that, for most of us, its going to fall somewhere in between. I bought one of these a week ago from a local sports shop, thinking that I could bring it into my office or with me when I travel, and use it while I read over papers and reports. Any chance I can get to multi-task… After a week of use…
Pros: I can easily see how this would provide a decent forearm workout. When I use it for 4-5 minutes in one arm I can really feel those muscles have indeed been worked. Consequently, I would say that it works more or less as advertised, meaning that it does what it says it will do (strengthen your forearms, hands, wrists, fingers, etc.)
Cons: Despite some of the promotional material, it is not the easiest thing in the world to get started. I tried the “handstrike” methods to no avail. After a week of using it several times a day, I am now focusing solely on starting it with the string. I am only able to get it up to truly high rpm’s once out of every 5-6 tries; however I can almost always get it up to the point where it will run for a minute or two. The motion involved is not quite the simple “back and forth” that is advertised on the package or in the “instructional” dvd that comes with it. It seems to be more of a circular motion, and it seems to be important to not try to force the gyroscope to spin too fast too quickly, you need to work with it especially at the beginning. And to some of you who say it is ridiculously easy to use; yes I *can* tie my own shoes, I *am* reasonably well coordinated. Please simply consider yourself lucky that it worked for you so easily rather than insulting the rest of us.
Consequently, at this point, it is definitely *not* the tool I was hoping for in that I really need to pay attention to it in order to use it. I can’t read, look at my computer screen, have a phone conversation, or really think about anything other than the gyroscope. Hopefully this changes over time.
Additionally, those folks who want to use it at their workplace should know that it is *not* silent, the gyroscope absolutely makes a small noise when it gets up to high rpms, which may be distracting in some work environments.
So, does it strengthen your hands & forearms, probably. Is it as easy to use as some suggest? Definitely not. However, I would hazard a guess that most people could develop the skill required with a few days or weeks of steady practice. I’ll hope that works for me at least.
Review by Spike for Dynaflex Pro Sports Gyro Wrist Exerciser
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This is a really cool device once you get it started. Actually getting it started is the hard part, it took me over a day to figure out. The instructional video is not helpful at all, because it is misleading. Some of my friends and I spent forever trying to get it to start and no one could make it work.
I finally figured out how to get it to work. The trick is you have to get a really good starting spin to begin with, it’s very difficult to do without using the starting string they provide. That was my main problem, I kept trying to start it with the “advanced” methods such as flicking it with my thumb or “karate chop”. When I used the string again, and made sure to pull as fast as I possibly could, then I was able to get it going.
Then you can just hold your forearm straight and rotate your hand in a circle, you will feel it speeding up. Then you just have to rotate faster to speed it up more, which takes practce and forearm strength to be able to rotate faster.
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It took me a while to learn how to use this ball. At first, like many others I’m sure, I thought the ball was broken because I couldn’t get it to spin. But then after I found out how to get the gyro going it’s great. I can get it spinning fast enough, with enough force where it is hard to hold on to it. It’s fun and addicting now!!