Performance

When it comes to performance, it’s not what your muscles look like – it’s what they can do that counts. Whether it’s increased bat speed, more spin on a serve, harder shots or more accurate drives, the forearm muscles that involve grip are critical.

Sports-Specific exercise has been a foundation for athletic trainers and coaches for decades. By reproducing the sports activity in an environment that puts a larger strain on the muscle group, the muscles are developed in direct correlation to the sport. And increasing resistance through the entire expansion and contraction of the muscle group, results in better condition of the muscle versus a muscle trained only with weights.

The forearm takes a tremendous amount of strain and impact in each of the “ball and stick” sports. Muscles groups that provide both stability and acceleration need to be developed equally to give an athlete proper alignment, precise control and the maximum level of velocity.

By attaching the MaxXcel FP360 to your golf club, bat, racquet, hockey or lacrosse stick, you can bring your forearm workout to practice and develop those key muscle groups faster. The MaxXcel works on the basic principles of a “plyometric-like” exercise, by loading and then contracting the muscles in rapid sequence. All of this happens right on your grip, while you’re doing the same activities you always do in practice.

The FP360 wasn’t designed to give you bigger muscles, but better muscles - muscles that provide you with more power, better control and less fatigue.

Prevention

Conditioning the forearm should be part of any good training program, as it not only enhances performance but also helps to prevent overuse and acute injuries such as strains, tears and tendonitis. With proper forearm muscle development, the idea is to strengthen the muscle group with continuous resistance throughout the entire cycle of contraction during your sport or activity. Strong muscles are still vulnerable to injury unless they’re strengthened during the various phases of contraction.

What does that mean to an athlete? It means, continuous resistance while holding the bat, club, racquet or stick, can build forearm muscles, increase grip strength and reduce the risk of injury. And that’s exactly what the FP360 provides – increased resistance during your activity to strengthen your grip.

We’re not advocating you skip forearm workouts in the gym. But weight training alone - even with specific forearm and grip devices - won’t get you the complete workout you need to strengthen your grip for your sport. Barbell exercises, the classic wrist rollers, even traditional grip devices only focus on various parts of the forearm, wrist and hand muscle groups, and none fully engage the necessary “pronator and supinator” muscles, which guide the twisting and turning motions experienced in each sport.

The FP360 offers a complete sport specific workout for the forearm because it becomes part of your stick and part of your practice routine. And stronger muscles are less prone to fatigue and injury, especially late in the fourth period, the fifth set, extra innings or on the back nine.

Recovery

With any injury, the goal of recovery is to reduce down time as much as possible and speed up the healing process, so you can get back to doing what you enjoy.

Traditional gym exercises, wrist rollers and grip strengthening devices are a solid part of every recovery plan. However, they don’t workout the muscles in the complete range of motion for your sport. Often times, athletes will plateau during their recovery and feel as if further gains – and a return to their sport - are months away.

A common rehab technique is to put the recovering muscle groups in an “unstable” environment, causing them to work harder to control movement. This helps to reprogram the muscles, increases the speed of their development and the body’s healing process. The MaxXcel FP360 forces you to work harder to maintain a grip on the stick, allowing you to go beyond the traditional forearm exercise routine, to develop your muscles faster and accelerate your recovery.