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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts 
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Obviously hand strength and finger dexterity is a big key to improving in manipulation... Being two months into manipulation myself I still feel like my hands are getting stronger and stronger each day (and I'm backp******* more and more each day too) and I want to keep that feeling of improvement going.
Are there any good finger/hand exercises that you guys use and believe in? Ideally things I can just do with my own two hands or rubber bands, that way I can do them throughout the day. But if you have a product you like, id love to hear about it too! 
Really appreciate it, Ryan Lockwood
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Akmal Magication New user Brunei 76 Posts
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For me sometimes I just let my hand have a rest for quite sometimes. & it surprised me that on my 2nd attempt it will be more improved than the 1st time. I think it is just like exercising.. don't force your muscles to hard.. give time for the muscle to recover 1st... & within a few days, do the same numbers of card.. if its getting easier.. i'l just add in few more cards..
Akmal Jamil
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts
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You might like one of these gadgets:
http://www.amazon.com/Finger-Strengthene......quipment Drug stores or medical supply stores may also have them. I also have used a rubber ball--just squeezing it repeatedly to keep the fingers flexible when I had some trigger finger problems. ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts
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On Mar 27, 2016, Akmal Magication wrote: that's very true! Every now and then just taking a break is the best idea. Thanks very much for the tip! Ryan Lockwood
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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts
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On Mar 29, 2016, Anatole wrote: Thanks Anatole, I actually JUST saw something on Dan and Dave that was very similiar. that's a bit cheaper though so ill take a look Thanks! Ryan Lockwood
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Peter Pitchford Elite user Philly 423 Posts
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Tally_NSA Loyal user Essex, UK 222 Posts
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I used to squeeze a ball of wax made from a candle. I used to roll it into a ball to get it warm. And then put the ball between each of my fingers and squeeze together. It was a technique I learnt from Bobby Bernard, who was my mentor and tutor. He himself learnt it from John Ramsay.
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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts
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On Apr 23, 2016, Peter Pitchford wrote: That was very helpful!! Thanks for taking the time to share
@Tally Thank you as well, I'm going to play around with that.
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Nick W Special user 515 Posts
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Uhhh, how about good ole fashioned perfect practice, in front of a video camera not a mirror. you literally will improve twice as fast if you do it that way. than after 50-100 hours of that start record performances in front of live audiences. than you will improve at 5 times the speed....just saying. theres no shortcuts with sleight of hand
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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts
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On Apr 28, 2016, Nick W wrote: If you don't think that strengthining the muscles in the hand and fingers will improve your/my manipulation then I'm not sure what your doing here. You are right about no shortcuts to good ol fashioned practice, but I don't remember saying I don't want to practice, or that I don't put in practice time daily already (1Hr of practice tacked on to my closeup magic practice). I have no hard feelings toward you but please read and respond the the original post. And apologies in advance if I misunderstood aspects of your post, as I have a tendency to do that 
Thank you, Ryan Lockwood.
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AndreOng1 Regular user SIngapore 110 Posts
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On Apr 23, 2016, Tally_NSA wrote: This is a very good idea. Thank you. |
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Nick W Special user 515 Posts
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Lockwood, is there any proof that hand muscle building exercises improve sleight of hand? if you are studying sleight of hand and manipulation, than make sure its deceptive first.
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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts
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Well to answer your question with an example Nick, Back-palming cards takes muscles that likely are not very strong for the average person. I remember when I couldn't back palm even 1 card, not cuz my technique was bad, but just those muscles weren't strong enough yet.
Definitely some SOH doesn't require physical strength, but things like Pinky Counts, Back Palms and BP Productions take a certain amount of finger/hand strength.
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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts
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Btw sorry if my original message to you was to aggressive, sometimes I wonder what state of mind I was in when typing certain things
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Nick W Special user 515 Posts
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All good....Im just suggesting that the best way to bp pieces of paper is to...uhhh...add more pieces of paper. builds tension that way right?
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RJLockwood Regular user Raleigh, NC 162 Posts
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Oh Yeah your right... like if your wanting to BP 10 cards well then what I would do is try working up to 20 (even if your not concealing the method at all, its just practice) and eventually 10 will be no problem.
the finger exercises I'm asking about are for the purposes of... well basically like cross training. Much like NHL players playing soccer for practice, it shouldnt help but it does. ya know? Also I don't always have cards on me but I can always do a lot of the training methods mentioned so far. hope that made the point of all this a little more clear, but you are right.
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AndreOng1 Regular user SIngapore 110 Posts
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On Apr 23, 2016, Peter Pitchford wrote: Nice, this hand work out is great Going to try out the the wax ball technique suggested by Tally_NSA as well. |
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