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[QUOTE="RABID ROB, post: 34036, member: 18619"] 1. Like several people mentioned, HYDRATE yourself. One gallon a day, everyday, for the rest of your life. Your body is 98% H2O. When your our riding and your mouth becomes dry, your too late. All of the water in the world will not help at this point. Like someone said earlier, it take at least 3 days to fully hydrate your body while drinking a gallon a day. 2. Full body cardio vascular exercises. Rowing is probably the best full bodied exercise you can perform. It gets the blood flowing in and out of the muscles. Gary Semics says you should be able to do these exercises at 70 to 80% of your heart rate for at least an hour. Preferably 1.5 hours. 3. Make sure you are getting sufficient minerals and vitamins. Magnesium, potassium etc. These aid in transfer of blood in and out of the muscles. Take a one a day, and eat at least 2 bananas a day. 4. Warm up for at least 10 minutes before a ride or race. Studies show that you are 13% less likely to pump up if your warm up before competition. 5. Practice on not death gripping the bars when not needed. (i.e.. jumping through the air, flat straight away). Always grip the bike with your knees 90 % of the time. This will allow you to lessen your grip which in turn will allow the blood to exit your forearms which in turn will not let lactic acid build up in them which in turn will not give you arm pump. 6. Buy Gary Semic "Eliminating Arm Pump" video, and don't let your 2 year old yank out the tape to it an ruin it. I speak from experience. I really don't think there is a single tip that will get you where you need to be. For most people, it is a combination of several things that helps. These six steps I mentioned finally worked for me. It took 12 years of racing though. [/QUOTE]
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