Word usage in a sentence - comments appreciated

[anonymoose]

I just came across the following sentence on the net:

不论是直接去外面喝，还是看过之后准备在家磨拳擦掌亲自实践，都希望对在目前时节通过食疗来养生的人士有所帮助。

According to dictionaries (eg. nciku), 磨拳擦掌 means 'be itching to have a go'.

If so, then translating this sentence into Enlish is a little strange: No matter whether you go out to drink it, or after having read this, you are preparing to itch to give it a go yourself at home, ...

I guess the problem is simply one of translation, and that 磨拳擦掌 cannot be glossed as 'itching to have a go' in all situations, but it seems to me after 准备, adding 磨拳擦掌 is a bit redundant. To my anglicised ears, the chinese sentence would sound better as 不论是直接去外面喝，还是看过之后磨拳擦掌在家亲自实践，都希望对在目前时节通过食疗来养生的人士有所帮助。

Any comments?

[HashiriKata]

Agree! The problem you see is one of translation:

...you are preparing to itch to give it a go yourself at home

I'd change it slightly to something like:

...you are preparing, with eager anticipation, to give it a go yourself at home

[Guoke]

看过之后准备在家磨拳擦掌亲自实践

Is it better to say: '看过之后 磨拳擦掌 准备在家亲自实践' to avoid the ambiguity?

[creamyhorror]

Is it better to say: '看过之后 磨拳擦掌 准备在家亲自实践' to avoid the ambiguity?

I prefer this, or maybe "看过之后 在家磨拳擦掌 准备亲自实践".