Arm pump? Sounds personal.

I'm going to assume that your little arms are aching. Sorry it doesn't sound as cool as "ARM PUMP".

Usually, when I hear the two words arm and pump in a sentence. It happens after doing some exercises and the blood is pumped into the arms or any other body part. This may cause a little aching. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

If you are feeling this after riding. Then ride more so your body can get used to the activity and work through the pain. Sooner or later, it'll take longer to feel the... pump?

If you do lift weights, do higher reps so that you and your arms have more endurance. You can do the basic bicep curls. (preacher bench, standing with dumb bells or long bar, sitting back against a incline bench with your arms hanging, cable curls with ropes, bar or whatever.) Triceps- skull crushers, push downs with cable, overhead extensions pivoting at the elbow and so on.

The only problem is that your arms are going to ache from lifting all the time. Until your body gets used to it.

Think about the movements that a person does while riding. A lot of it is pulling and pushing the bars.
Rowing motions for the back would help the pulling motion. Bench presses would help the pushing motion. Squats (for the legs) would help the standing up and then sitting, standing up and then sitting, standing up and then sitting while riding a quad.

Higher reps 12 to 20ish of at least 4 sets per exercise.

 

See the following about arm pump

http://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/hot_n...r_training.asp

it can be an actual problem with extended riding