Finesse, Endurance & Dexterity…FingerWeights Hand Exercises

If you’ve spent some time getting to know FW Global, both as a as a company as well as their products, you’ll soon realize that everyone would benefit from a set. Whether you are middle aged, younger, older, an athlete, a musician, a painter, a gamer, or someone who is rehabbing an injury and needs to send 150 emails a day…your fingers and hands are extremely important! Right about now you’re probably thinking, “gee you’re kidding, I need my hands, had no idea those things at the end of my arm was important (sarcasm),” but the truth of the matter is most neglect their extremities. In fact, most of the world does so little for their hands, a company had to invent weights for the fingers…FingerWeights!

Below is a list of 10 exercises that can, and should, be conducted with FingerWeights. While the exercises themselves may seem obvious, the results certainly won’t be!

With your FingerWeights on (and the weight adjusted to your desired resistance level):

• FW Fist
  1. Bring all of your fingers into your hands to make a fist
  2. Hold for 30-60 Seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  3. Repeat with both hands 4-6 times each hand
• FW Finger Stretch
  1. Place your hand/palm down on a surface
  2. Gently Straighten your fingers as flat as you can against the surface (NO FORCING)
  3. Hold for 30-60 Seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  4. Repeat with both hands 4-6 times each hand
• FW Claw Stretch
  1. Bend your fingers down to the finger joint (hand should look like a claw)
  2. Hold for 30-60 Seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  3. Repeat with both hands 4-6 times each hand
• FW Finger Lift
  1. Place your hand flat, palm down, on a table or other surface.
  2. Gently lift one finger at a time off of the table and then lower it.
  3. You can also lift all your fingers and thumb at once, and then lower.
  4. Hold for 30-60 Seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  5. Repeat 12 times
• FW Thumb Extension
  1. Put your hand flat on a table.
  2. Gently move your thumb away from your fingers as far as you can.
  3. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  4. Repeat 10 to 15 times with both hands. You can do this exercise two to three times a week, but we recommend that you rest your hands for 48 hours in between sessions.
• FW Thumb Flex
  1. Extend your thumb away from your other fingers as far as you can (without forcing). Then bend your thumb across your palm so it touches the base of your small finger.
  2. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  3. Repeat at least four times with both thumbs
• FW Thumb Touch
  1. Gently touch your thumb to each fingertip, one at a time, making an “O.”
  2. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  3. Repeat at least four times with both thumbs
• FW Thumb Stretch #1
  1. Gently bend the tip of the thumb down toward the base of the index finger
  2. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  3. Repeat at least four times with both thumbs
• FW Thumb Stretch #2
  1. Gently bend the entire thumb across the palm of your hand using only the lower thumb joint.
  2. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds (or until the first sign of fatigue)
  3. Repeat at least four times with both thumbs
• FW Pro Warm-Up Tip
  1. Always best to warm your fingers and hands up before exercising with FingerWeights.
     1. First, you can use either a heating pad, or warm water
     2. For deeper warmth, rub some oil on your hands, put on a pair of gloves and soak your hands in warm water for a few minutes.

Judith Frank, MD Endorsement

#FingersMatter 

For more information visit us at FW Global, or send us an email at information@fingerweights.com.