My Twister Arm Trainer Progress for Halibut Fishing – One Month In

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I love this arm and hand trainer for $30 on Amazon. When I received it, I tried to close it like the woman below. I got it almost half closed/collapsed on one try. Today, I just did 10 reps fully closed. Wow!

On the hand grip, I did twenty closed grips last month. Today I can do an easy sixty.

My arm and shoulder muscles are growing and strengthening very well.

The secret of using these devices is that they can be used anytime, especially when I watch TV. 

Secondly, at home, reeling a deep sea rod and reel with 10 to 15 pound weights on the line and the drag set to just lift these weights is a great to mimic a real halibut.

I will work up to 20 pounds at some point. It is not easy, that’s for sure but will simulate catching a fish near to 100 pound class. That’s my strength goal and to keep fishing for more big fish on the same trip.

Alaska is on my mind… 

 

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.