My Name is Jay Zemliak, I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education from Florida State

University and have been an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist for the

past 25 years, 15 years experience as an NCAA Division 1 Strength Coach, Two years as an

Assistant Strength Coach at Florida State University, and 13 years as the Head Strength

and Conditioning Coach at Pepperdine University, Malibu CA. 

 

I have over 55 years of experience as a participant, athlete and coach in both Sport and Fitness

and during this time I have seen countless sport and fitness related products and training

protocols come and go. In my many years in the trenches with training athletes for

strength very very few inventions have truly advanced the state of the art. 

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I have long believed that effective, functional strength development of the hands, wrist and forearms

needs a modern approach. An approach that addresses the reality that the hands, wrists and forearms comprise the final vital link in the human kinetic chain in so many sports and other activities.

Optimal development of this final kinetic link has yet to be exploited.

 

Most of what's been going on in this area addresses mainly static grip strength. And if you want to hit all the main movements of the hands/wrist/forearms you need at least a few different implements, and that's time consuming. Also, some of the exercises for wrist extension, pronation and ulnar deviation are done in a less than safe and/or effective manner. With the HWF device a user can safely and effectively work wrist flexion, wrist extension and ulnar deviation in a relatively short time. And grip strength is always being worked, and in the right manner. Because in the real world an athlete must both grip AND manipulate something (a bat, a racket, a golf club, a ball, an opponent etc.) at the same time. The HWF facilitates this balanced approach.

 

I was given access to a HWF for two months to train myself and several athletes I work with,

here is what I discovered.

 

The HWF represents a complete a quantum leap in developing FUNCTIONAL hand, wrist,

and forearm strength. For the first time ever all the basic functional movements of

the hand, wrist, and forearm can be trained with one machine. Grip strength, hand/wrist

flexion, hand/wrist extension, hand/wrist pronation, and hand/wrist supination can all be

effectively trained in just a few minutes on this one simple yet superbly designed device.

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The HWF provides feedback to the user via gauges that measure the resistance, so for the first

time ever functional strength improvements in these movements can be measured and/or tested.

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I found that because the design of the HWF machine creates a functional stabilized environment

which allows the user to isolate the muscles they want to develop without activating other muscles to stabilize the movement. The results were faster to achieve and far more specific. 

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Additionally, the benefits of the HWF increase sport performance, dramatic increase in finger strength,

and improved hand endurance... all of which lead to reduced risk of injuries in all facets of hand utilization.

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Below are a few videos I participated in, demonstrating what I found amazing about the HWF machine.

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