Everyone who has a Powerball

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:02 pm

wtf do you throw it or bounce it or what?

Powerballs are 20p up town but made out of rubber, i take it these are not the same

Post by **PhoeniX** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:16 pm

rofl no you don't do any of those, Odium. Basically you start the gyro inside spinning (with string attached or your fingers) then you use your wrist to rotate your arm in the opposite way to the inside spinning thing; therefore you create a very powerful gyro.

It puts lots of presssure on your muscles inside your arm, which is good for them.

http://www.powerballs.com/powerball_works.html

Here's a video of mine; http://www.atac78.dsl.pipex.com/powerball.avi

At first you see the yellow thing inside which spins one way; you then see I spin my hand the other way to increase the RPM; I guess that was doing around 6,000 in the last few seconds. I was trying to hold my hand still but the sheer force of the gyro means it's almost impossible.

Post by **blood.angel** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:58 pm

Its for idiots. Imagine paying out for a glorified step monitor which you can get for free.

Post by **Berserker** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:25 pm

World Record Video (click me)
:lol::lol:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:35 pm

Alright, so when the guy came to deliver it yesterday I told him I changed my mind and I wanted the pro model. So I got the pro model today \o/

Holy shit, its a mad workout for wrists. Its quite hard to do well also, need practice. Got 8.6k on my third try, now cant do more than 6k but maybe I'm just tired.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:44 pm

nice.

Do you find your fingers almost end up in the yellow spinning thing when you get to high RPMs? I burned the end of my finger once (friction burn) :E

Post by **DiscoDave** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:17 pm

Someone please explain...what exactly do you do with them?

Post by **mik0rs** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:50 pm

Jackal wrote:so is this like some sort of video game exercise thing? Because if it is shame on you.

lol

Post by **andyman** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:19 pm

PhoeniX wrote:Rofl. How do you get so high? At my score (11k) I felt my arm was about to drop off and take half my torso with it.

my highest was 13119...in my prime lol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:20 pm

DiscoDave wrote:Someone please explain...what exactly do you do with them?

Its a pocket gyroscope machine. You spin it with a rope and then rotate your wrist in order for the wheel inside the ball to spin faster and faster. The faster it spins the more force it applies on your wrist.

Alright, today, on my first day, my max score was a pretty low 9365. I wonder how good I'll be able to do at the end of the week.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:36 pm

Not a bad score

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Post by **OverRide** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:41 pm

Got it up to 11393 a few days ago.

Post by **andyman** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:44 pm

A month or 2 ago my freind messed up the nerve in his right forearm somehow, and he is just now starting to move his fingers again...he cant lift his hand up at the wrist though, and can barely use his thumb. It's getting better with time.

I told him he is going to use the powerball everyday for maybe 3 weeks or so to see how fast he gets his mobility back. I'm curious to see what will happen

Post by **denzii** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:04 am

I only got mine to 10,000 or so RPM

Post by **l0g1c** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:39 am

What happens if you drop it? Accidental pet deaths?

Post by **Bdw3** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:41 am

The outside shatters. :icon14:

Mine did, but it superglued back together nicely.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:47 am

Berserker wrote:World Record Video (click me)
:lol::lol:

:icon19: This is gold, esp at the end when he looks like he's going to explode.

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:55 am

Looks like something that could help you better your masterbation skillz. :icon32:

Post by **Berserker** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:20 pm

Well I joined the bandwagon. Ordered the pro of course.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:39 pm

l0g1c wrote:What happens if you drop it? Accidental pet deaths?

It breaks and will never be the same again

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:40 pm

Berserker wrote:Well I joined the bandwagon. Ordered the pro of course.

Nice, we could have a Q3W competition. Vids obligatory of course

Post by **mik0rs** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:45 pm

Christ, just watched the video, what a stupid toy, it's like having a vigorous wank minus any enjoyment.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:52 am

Day 2:

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:39 am

you like taking pictures of your hand dont you

Post by **Myth** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:51 am

That thing looks boring as hell. I'd rather play a sport to get fit.