fergie said:You? Well where do I start
If a lefty lost his left hand then he would be motivated to learn to use the right pretty quick.
That's another factor in the Gimmickcrank studies where you would expect the novelty would lead to bigger gains in the experimental group and the control group has no novelty (low motivation) so you would expect fewer gains which paints an even bleaker picture for the Gimmickcrank as an effective training tool.
Just because someone loses a hand doesn't mean that despite all the motivation in the world, that they're gonna be writing with it proficiently anytime soon.
One could quite easily say that if you relied on novelty to motivate you for training that you should just pack up and quit.
One ride on powercranks dispells all notions of 'novelty' as a motivational factor. It's like saying to your riders "get better or the motivational beating will begin." One week on them and you'd still be wondering "wtf am I doing on these, this f%$king hurts" and "thank Christ there's a 11 weeks left on that money back guarentee"