Arm Pump MTB: Downhill and Bike Park Forearm Recovery
Downhill and bike park · Skin is gear

Halfway down the run, your forearms stop taking orders.

Braking bumps, death grip, five minutes of chatter with nowhere to shake out. Arm pump turns a good line into survival mode. Here is what helps the forearms recover between laps, keeps the grips planted, and keeps the palms in one piece for a full bike park day.

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What arm pump is

A muscle that can't let go.

Arm pump is forearm muscle filling with blood faster than it can drain, inside a sheath that doesn't stretch. Long descents never give the hands a chance to open, and braking bumps make you squeeze harder every turn. Wet palms make it worse: a grip that slides gets squeezed harder still.

Dry palms let you ride with a lighter grip. A warm, worked forearm on the lift drains faster than a cold one. Ten minutes with a roller after the last lap means tomorrow starts with arms instead of stones. Same kit our moto riders use, scaled for the bike park.

A park day, lap by lap

From the night before to the last chair.

Where forearms and hands go wrong on a downhill day, and what goes on at each stop.

The night before · 9 PMDry palms, lighter grip.

Performance on the palms before bed. The gloves stay planted tomorrow and you squeeze less on every brake.

PerformanceDry Spray
First lift · 9 AMWarm the forearms.

Massage Cream on the forearms before the first run. Warm muscle drains faster than cold.

Massage Cream
On the lift · 11 AMOpen the hands.

Shake out, stretch the fingers, finger ring on each one. The lift ride is your only recovery window.

Acupressure Massage Ring
Lunch · 1 PMDeal with the hot spots.

Tape the thumb web or palm that's starting to rub. Split on anything that's opened.

Rhinos' Own Adhesive tapeSplit
Last chair · 5 PMBuy tomorrow's arms.

Massage Cream, roller and cups on the forearms. Repair on the hands. Split+ whipped balm on any road rash.

RAD Roller - HelixWave Tool - Dual Style Cupping set (6)Split+
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The pack

What's in the gear bag.

Travel sizes in the pack. Roller and cups 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
10 items · pick a size, hit Add
The night beforePerformance$8.95
Spray versionDry Spray$8.95
Forearms, before and afterMassage Cream$8.95
On the liftAcupressure Massage Ring$5.00
Ten minutes at the truckRAD Roller - Helix$49.00
The knot that won't quitWave Tool - Dual Style Cupping set (6)$39.95
Hot spotsRhinos' Own Adhesive tape$3.95
BlistersSplit$4.95
Whipped balm, road rashSplit+$8.95
Hands, every nightRepair$8.95
The crew

The people who test this in the park.

Downhill racers, enduro riders, park rats. They tell us what pumped and what didn't.

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Show us the line.

The drop, the berm, the forearms after. This wall is yours.

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