training forearms

[FASTECLIPSE]

how often can you work you forearms?

 

[gymtime]

No more or less than any other muscle.

 

[FASTECLIPSE]

ok thx.. i though maybe they recovered like abs and could do them more than once a week

 

[cure]

If your just starting out throw that out the window. You will work your forearms enough doing heavy dead or shrugs. Might take away from your lifts if their exausted.

 

[MrMuscle]

i say work them once a week like all the other musclegroups. no matter if your a beginner or have lifted a long time.

 

[Welsh power house]

I dont want to sound like a smart ass now, but you can actually train forearms a little more than you can other bodyparts.

If you do deadlifts, rows, curls, chins and any other back or bicep exercise, they get taxed hard from that alone.
On back day, do a few wrist curls and maybe some reverse wrist curls or if that hurts your wrists, do reverse curls.

i used to train forearms once a week and that did not do much for them, i now traint hem twice a week and they have started to really beef up on me.

Do two other forearm exercises on another day and they should soon thicken up.

 

[bulldawg96]

i work forearms about 2 a week, same thing with my calves.
this is the only way that i have stimulated them to grow.

Bulldawg

 

[b fold the truth]

My event training tends to really hit my forearms. Thick bars, arm over arm pulls, farmer walks, tire flip, etc...


B True

 

[TheManHimself]

Every other workout

I think one can work out forearms every other workout... That would translate to twice a week for me.... Also, do your forearm workout on a day when they aren't being hit that much... So, don't do them on Back day or Bicep day, rather do them on Leg day... Not on chest day but shoulder day... Also, superset between reverse curls and front curls!!

 

[Gladiola]

I had a big BBer tell me not to work forarms when I started lifting 5 years ago.

Now I have a total muscle imbalance & can't train my lats without major forarm pain. An exercise physiologist & physical therapist friend pointed out to me the obvious....

You aren't working forarms when doing deads or lat pulldowns... they are stable. Yes, they're working to stabilize - an isometric contraction, but NOT an isotonic contraction - no shortening of the muscle fibers. So work them like anything else (that would be 1X per week for me)