This has been the first time I have been able to compete in a full season of Highland Games and other events. Although I have taken care of my hands this year (after some painful lessons) they are starting to get seriously beat up. Blisters, callouses, cuts and tears, bruised nails. I'm proud of them, kinda makes me feel like I'm putting some work into all this.
No real point to this thread, just sort of rambling...
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Thread: OT sort of ...Hands
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08-12-2008, 06:54 PM #1me
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OT sort of ...Hands
Gnomefit...ain't for everybody, only the sexy people.
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08-12-2008, 07:05 PM #2Registered User
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If your looking to make your hands soft, do this each night before bedtime. Put alot of hand lotion all over your hands. After that is done, slip either gloves or socks on your hands. By the time you wake up, your hands will feel much better..Originally Posted by GnomusMaximus
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08-12-2008, 07:06 PM #3Canis Belli
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I don't think that's what he's after.Originally Posted by MalibuDebi1972
"An infraction is better than an infarction."
- Aldington and Adlington
"Cursus sub pondere crescit."
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08-12-2008, 07:08 PM #4Registered User
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LOL.....either way, I gave him some beauty adviceOriginally Posted by Whiskeyjack
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Perhaps a pedicure for those tired, aching feet?
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Good thinking...He might need that too.Originally Posted by GuyJin
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08-12-2008, 07:14 PM #7Canis Belli
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I would love both pedicure and manicure. But I have no time!Originally Posted by MalibuDebi1972
"An infraction is better than an infarction."
- Aldington and Adlington
"Cursus sub pondere crescit."
- Anon
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08-12-2008, 07:15 PM #8Registered User
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Make some time Jack.....It's feels so goodOriginally Posted by Whiskeyjack
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08-12-2008, 07:18 PM #9me
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If I went in for a manicure they would chase me back out.
Gnomefit...ain't for everybody, only the sexy people.
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08-12-2008, 07:21 PM #10Registered User
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LOL......Don't be silly...Wrap you hands tonight, with the lotion.Originally Posted by GnomusMaximus
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08-12-2008, 07:36 PM #11me
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Are you crazy!!! I'm proud of these things. Maybe in November.
Gnomefit...ain't for everybody, only the sexy people.
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08-12-2008, 09:23 PM #12Seeking my inner Amazon
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You should be proud
I'm proud of the callouses on my palms and fingers from lifting. We earned this damage!
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08-13-2008, 06:37 AM #13Bammed
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You sound like a professional cookie. Be proud of those hands! (Just so's you know, though, when my own hands are in jeopardy of ripping because of calluses, I take sand paper to them to smooth out the rough edges. Less bleeding helps with the grip, you know?)Originally Posted by GnomusMaximus
"Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle." - Psalm 144:1
Also, taxation is theft.
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08-13-2008, 08:13 AM #14Registered User
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I got a good tip from the guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan:
He used to use really heavy guitar strings and after a while, his fingers would be a bloody mess.
He used to use superglue to fix broken nails and tears on his fingertips.
If you apply it in layers, it just feels like a callous.
I heard superglue was invented as an emergency field dressing and I know they use glue in hospitals now instead of sutures.
Might be worth carrying some in your kit bag.
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beauty? Gnomus?Originally Posted by MalibuDebi1972
LOL.....either way, I gave him some beauty advice
ROTFLMFAO
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08-13-2008, 08:54 AM #16Pain Is Your Friend!
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Gnomus, you are my hero. I just recently learned of my families Scottish heritage. We have the Highland games here in Boone, NC very year. How the heck do you train for something like that? Did you make your own stuff, buy it? I think I have the size & strength to compete, but not the knowledge/understanding.
Just for fun I lift up heavy things until it hurts because it feels so good when I stop!
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08-13-2008, 01:18 PM #17me
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Go to www.nasgaweb.com there is a great message board, database, and how to section there. PM me if I can help in any way.Originally Posted by Reid04
Gnomefit...ain't for everybody, only the sexy people.
I'm proud of the callouses on my palms and fingers from lifting. We earned this damage!
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