Science Museum Strength Ball

This has to be one of the more bizarre pieces of 'sporting' equipment on the market. To be honest it only exercises your forearm and wrist, so if you want to build up strenth in these places then it's for you, if not then don't bother buying it. EXCEPT that it's extraordinarily good fun and because the LCD monitor records the revs per minute and retains the record, it means you can have some weird and wonderful competitions with friends and see who comes out on top. It's a slightly fiddly process to get it going having to thread a red string round the outside of the inner sphere and then rip it away to get the sphere moving. It's also inevitable that a tiny red string ...  Read the complete review

Strength ball! The Science Museum Strength Ball is a gyroscopic device used to strengthen the arm, wrist and hand muscles. It can be bought online, or from stores such as Argos and John Lewis. It retails at around £15. It is a translucent, blue device, about the size of a cricket ball, with a yellow gyroscope inside. On the top of the device is an LCD display, which, whilst in use, displays the RPM. I have dropped it a few times during use, and it has not been damaged, so it is quite durable (even the screen). You operate the Strength Ball by inserting one of the red cords included into a small hole in the gyroscope, and rotating the ...  Read the complete review