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Drunken_Weasel
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i very very rarely do any forearm workout.. but.. for some reason my forearms are rock hard and large now.. its odd.. its either from my job.. or the curls (they work them.. dont they?)
Thomas
Thomas
Tarheel
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I love training forearms. Train them at work a lot too doing manual labor.
Wrist curls, grippers, and one of the best forearms workouts; the wrist roller.
Wrist roller is a length of closet rod or wooden dowel about 30 inches or so long and about the thickness of a shovel handle with a hole bored in it. Then there is a rope that goes through the hole and about 4 feet long (long enough to touch the floor with the roller in mid-torso). Tie on a plate or some light plates (I'm weak
) and with elbows bent at a 90 and arms out infront at midtorso height, roll the weights up then slowly roll them down. Takes a while to figure out what weight and sets to use. And you can do them with a reverse curl motion too.
At the gym the wrist roller has a clip on it, so you just run the rope thru the plates and clip it to itself. Dont forget shrugging and dead lifting without straps either, both are good for forearms.
Wrist curls, grippers, and one of the best forearms workouts; the wrist roller.
Wrist roller is a length of closet rod or wooden dowel about 30 inches or so long and about the thickness of a shovel handle with a hole bored in it. Then there is a rope that goes through the hole and about 4 feet long (long enough to touch the floor with the roller in mid-torso). Tie on a plate or some light plates (I'm weak
) and with elbows bent at a 90 and arms out infront at midtorso height, roll the weights up then slowly roll them down. Takes a while to figure out what weight and sets to use. And you can do them with a reverse curl motion too.At the gym the wrist roller has a clip on it, so you just run the rope thru the plates and clip it to itself. Dont forget shrugging and dead lifting without straps either, both are good for forearms.
Victorian guy
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Tarheel said:
I have been doing wrist rollers for a couple of weeks- judging by the soreness, I think that this exercise hits areas of the forearms, around the wrist, that aren't worked directly enough with other forearm exercises. Perhaps by developing this area, wrist problems will be avoided and/or alleviated.
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Drunken_Weasel
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i just cant wait till i get a low enough BF%.. i wanna see my forearms push those veins out.
Thomas
Thomas
louden_swain
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I train them.
endpoint
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there are different facets of lower arm strength.
pinch, grip, wrist, finger etc etc.
forearms make up a big part....but strong muscular forearms dont mean a good solid grip...it helps, but if you want a strong grip...train your grip. yes there is cross over between all the different types of strength.....but you can specialise and focus on a particular type
it all depends on your goals
If you need to use straps to deadlift, row or whatever....your grip is too week.
pinch, grip, wrist, finger etc etc.
forearms make up a big part....but strong muscular forearms dont mean a good solid grip...it helps, but if you want a strong grip...train your grip. yes there is cross over between all the different types of strength.....but you can specialise and focus on a particular type
it all depends on your goals
If you need to use straps to deadlift, row or whatever....your grip is too week.
