Any shops in Dublin were one could get a gyroscopic forearm powerball?

hatrickpatrick · 03-08-2015 05:49PM #1

I suffer from repeated tendinitis issues in my forearms when curling, and this seems to be exceedingly common among bodybuilders. A lot of people have recommended a gyroscopic powerball for forearm strengthening, apparently this has made some people's curlin issues disappear entirely.

Does anyone know if there are any physical shops in Dublin (as opposed to mail order) where you can buy these? Had a google with "site:.ie" appended (the best way IMO to find Irish places that sell stuff) and all I got were eBay results and Boards discussions. One post claimed that Aldi have them, but that was from 2010 - do they still?

Blacktie. · 03-08-2015 07:15PM

Don't argos do them?

rubadub · 03-08-2015 07:36PM

Yeah, argos have them, powerball is the most popular brand.

The cheaper one has no counter on it, might be some other differences too, the dearer one lights up.

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=13352&langId=111&searchTerms=POWERBALL&authToken=&cmpid=GG05X&_$ja=tsid:26810|cid:99348115|agid:3558637195|tid:kwd-22317643765|crid:43909091995|nw:g|rnd:15054864525739232510|dvc:c|adp:1t1

Aldi would only have had them for a week or so, but their item sometimes come back.

hatrickpatrick · 03-08-2015 07:52PM

rubadub wrote: »

Yeah, argos have them, powerball is the most popular brand.

The cheaper one has no counter on it, might be some other differences too, the dearer one lights up.

http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=13352&langId=111&searchTerms=POWERBALL&authToken=&cmpid=GG05X&_$ja=tsid:26810|cid:99348115|agid:3558637195|tid:kwd-22317643765|crid:43909091995|nw:g|rnd:15054864525739232510|dvc:c|adp:1t1

Aldi would only have had them for a week or so, but their item sometimes come back.

Pardon the ignorance, but what does counter mean in this scenario? Presumably it counts how many reps you do or something to that effect?

rubadub · 04-08-2015 01:14AM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Pardon the ignorance, but what does counter mean in this scenario? Presumably it counts how many reps you do or something to that effect?

Yeah, it records your highest speed, and you can try and beat it. It can count other things too but I never really looked it up. There are different settings so it counts in different ways, like I think you might have to have had it above a speed for 30 seconds.

Or if not trying to beat it you can check to see what speed you were doing. I have the heavier powerball and found it did help a lot with wrist issues I had. And I did like having the counter thing on it, makes it into a sort of game.

If I was not getting the heavy one this was next on my list.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Powerball-Signature-Series-Transparent/dp/B000MLPGZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438647260&sr=8-1&keywords=signature+powerball

Any shops in Dublin were one could get a gyroscopic forearm powerball?

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