Arm Pump Motocross: Dry Palms, Lighter Grip, Faster Recovery
Motocross · Skin is gear

Lap three. Forearms turn to stone. Hands stop working.

Arm pump is the thing every rider searches for and nobody fully beats. Sweaty palms inside the gloves make it worse, blisters at the thumb and palm make the next moto worse. Here is what helps the forearms recover, keeps the grips planted, and keeps the hands in one piece for the whole day.

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What arm pump is

Pressure in a muscle that cannot let go.

Arm pump is forearm muscles swelling inside a tight sheath faster than blood can leave. The harder you squeeze the bars, the faster it builds. Wet palms make you squeeze harder, because the grip is sliding. So the sweat problem and the pump problem are the same problem, and the fix starts the night before.

Dry palms let you ride with a lighter grip. A warm forearm between motos moves blood out of the muscle. A roller and cups after the day keep the next race from starting with stone arms. None of this was invented for moto. All of it was tested on moto, by riders who were tired of losing the second moto to their forearms.

A race day, hour by hour

From the night before to the drive home.

Where riders' hands and forearms go wrong on race day, and what goes on at each stop.

The night before · 9 PMDry palms, lighter grip.

Performance on the palms before bed. Gloves stay planted tomorrow, you squeeze less, the pump comes later.

PerformanceDry Spray
Pits · 7 AMTape the known spot.

Thumb web, palm base: tape wherever the grip always eats. Massage Cream on the forearms to warm them before practice.

Rhinos' Own Adhesive tapeMassage Cream
Between motos · 11 AMMove the blood out.

Massage Cream on the forearms, five minutes with the roller, hands open and shaking. Hydrate on cooked palms.

Massage CreamRAD Roller - HelixHydrate
After the last moto · 3 PMDeal with the skin.

Clean up. Split on blisters and roost rash. Repair on the backs of the hands.

SplitSplit+Repair
Drive home · 6 PMBuy next weekend's arms.

Cups on the forearm knots, roller on the quads. Repair on the hands again before bed.

Wave Tool - Dual Style Cupping set (6)RAD Roller - HelixRepair
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The pack

What's in the gear bag.

Travel sizes in the bag. The roller and cups live in the truck.

Ultimate Athlete Recovery Kit
All of it, one boxUltimate Athlete Recovery Kit

Roller, cups, Massage Cream and Split+ in one box. The forearm kit.

The whole routineUltimate Athlete Recovery Kit$145.00$119.95
11 items · pick a size, hit Add
The night beforePerformance$8.95
Spray versionDry Spray$8.95
Forearms, between motosMassage Cream$8.95
Five minutes in the pitsRAD Roller - Helix$49.00
The forearm knotsWave Tool - Dual Style Cupping set (6)$39.95
Thumb web and palmRhinos' Own Adhesive tape$3.95
Cooked palmsHydrate$8.95
Blisters and roost rashSplit$4.95
Whipped balm, past thatSplit+$8.95
Backs of the hands, nightlyRepair$8.95
Lips under the helmetReef Safe SPF 15 Zinc Lip Balm – Gentle Vanilla Scent$4.95
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