Damn Blisters

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Post by MarcusLL » April 11th, 2006, 7:16 am

Depends what you mean by blisters - I still get 'pulled skin' on the second joint of my fingers after 50k/week for around 4 years - I find that the 'grip master hand pads' that C2 sell actually work very well for that despite the ridiculous name.
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Post by Ben Rea » April 11th, 2006, 12:31 pm

i got a nasty blister today on my feathering hand, right on the thumb, ripped open and everything! yuck!
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Post by Ducatista » April 11th, 2006, 8:22 pm

Have you tried BODYGLIDE? Just a thought. I don't get blisters from erging—just calluses, which serve as a welcome reminder that I'm erging regularly.
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Post by Sasha » April 11th, 2006, 8:57 pm

My hands are getting raw close to blistered. I was considering hockey stick or bicycle handlebar tape. Opinions?
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Post by Raymond Botha » April 12th, 2006, 12:03 am

Ducatista wrote:Have you tried BODYGLIDE? Just a thought. I don't get blisters from erging—just calluses, which serve as a welcome reminder that I'm erging regularly.
Hey Ducatista,

Thanks, that looks like it will work. Have'nt seen it here in South africa but will look around. It makes a lot of sense to me. Have you tried it ?
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Post by Ben Rea » April 12th, 2006, 11:21 am

do they have crew teams in south africa????
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Post by Ducatista » April 12th, 2006, 3:29 pm

Raymond Botha wrote:Hey Ducatista,
Thanks, that looks like it will work. Have'nt seen it here in South africa but will look around. It makes a lot of sense to me. Have you tried it ?
I haven't, but I work with a marathoner/triathlete who swears by it. She's convinced that the version without sunscreen works best, BTW.

I'm going to pick up a tube/stick/whatever soon, because sockless season is rapidly approaching up here. I commute on foot, and even well into the summer, when my feet should be completely battle-hardened, there are some shoes that irritate my naked toes.
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Re: Damn Blisters

Post by mrwr382 » April 13th, 2006, 10:49 am

RowtheRockies wrote: I now have mostly caluses but have a couple of blisters on each hand that have torn, healed, blistered, torn, healed. How can I toughen up my hands more?
1) cramer tuf skin is a spray on product that will help.

2) taping is how most athletic trainers would handle this

3) I personally wear my summer motorcycling leather gloves to prevent the calouses which the ladies abhor
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Post by Hal Morgan » April 13th, 2006, 12:03 pm

baseball batters gloves.
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Post by RowtheRockies » April 13th, 2006, 1:39 pm

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I ordered the wood handle from the Model C as I have heard people have had less problems with it. I think I will also look into the batting gloves. I tried some biking gloves but didn't like the padding so maybe the batting gloves would work.
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Post by BobD » April 13th, 2006, 3:59 pm

I use bike gloves with thin padding from Nike (not GEL padding). No problem at all with blisters. B)
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Post by fatboyrc » April 13th, 2006, 5:28 pm

Try using Witch Hazel to tighten the skin on the blisters.
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Post by FB1 » April 13th, 2006, 9:51 pm

fatboyrc

Who is this new FB?

Welcome

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bike tape

Post by c2jonw » April 14th, 2006, 9:47 am

We have a number of ergs in our workout room here at C2. My favorite one for long rows has gel bicycle handlebar tape on it. I cut the stock grip material off and wrapped the tape on. It does have a couple drawbacks I can think of- it's not as durable as the stock material and it is an open cell foam, which can trap dirt and germs. The solution to both of these issues is occasional replacement of the tape.......C2JonW
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Post by ancho » April 18th, 2006, 12:04 pm

Ben Rea wrote:do they have crew teams in south africa????
Ben: a crew is a team or vice-versa :D

South africa regularely places some crew in the world championship/olympic finals.

And furthermore, they have Andreas...
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