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Perhaps due to my genes, I have very weak forearms and wrists.
They are so weak that it affects my shoulders and back workouts sometimes.
Guys do you have any suggestions of good workouts for forearms?
I know this question might have been asked before.
Perhaps someone could direct me on the thread or a good forearm workout.
Love to increase their strength in order to improve my other body parts as well.
Does push up helps?
Don't use straps and do deadlifts and shrugs. If not, just do the basics. Reverse wrist curls, reverse grip ez bar curls and even grab the heaviest dumbell you can grip and hold onto it for as long as you can.
I do
Reverse Curls 3 sets to failure
Wrist Curls 3 sets to failure
Reverse Wrist Curls 3 sets to failure
All those work but if you want the best exercise for Forearms than try this..........it'll have you walking around shaking your hands like a little bitch
Its called a wrist roller. I made one from 1" piece of dowel, a screw eye, a rope and a snap hook. I rolled the rope up and down once with my palms down and once with my palms up (equalled about 25-30 'wrist curls' each way). I started with a small weight and added 1-1/4 pounds every day, until I could not complete the rolling up and down and then backed off some and worked back up.
At my old gym someone made one............. The pumps from that were insane.Quote:
Originally Posted by mass junkie
Thanks bro.. this is a bit tough to find... but i tried it before and it really burns...Quote:
Originally Posted by mass junkie
I have to find a bar and some rope and a good screw to make this equipment.
Alright. I am going to describe what you meant.. correct me if I am wrong..Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMudMan
Reverse curls
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Standing up. Hold a bar with your palm facing the back. keep your bar behind your glutes and try to roll the bar in an upward directions...Correct?
Wrist curls
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Seated position. Hold a bar with weights with your palms facing down. Roll your bar up till failure...
Reverse curls
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Same position. This time your palm will face upwards. Roll your bar down till failure.
Reverse Curls: Stand like your doing straight bar curls but have your palms face the floor. Curl as you would doing straight bar curls.Quote:
Originally Posted by freakout
The biggest thing to realize is the muscular make up of the forearms. You use your forearms all day long... you recruited them typing this thread!
Like calves, go for at least 40-50 seconds of time under tension and short rest intervals. Never lock out the movements. Using low reps on forearms won't produce much... use the heaviest weight possible with at least 40 seconds of tension per set (and 40 seconds of good form).
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Originally Posted by Warrior
as reverse wrist curls go; i would try them behind your back; they are KILLER behind the back :)
I wish I had naturally big forearms...:D. But I enjoy workin em.
I use a cambered bar with enough weight so that you can begin at about 20 reps. I do the movement by sitting down and resting my forearms on my quads, allowing my wrists to hang over the edge. I then go back and forth between wrist curls and reverse curls until I can't do another rep. When I'm finished I can barely hold on to the weights to take them off the bar.
Old school wrist roller...and wrist curls do the trick!
I've made one off those as well. Haven't been using it for a while though. True they give insane pumps. Better start using it again. My forearms could really use it. That's a weak spot for me as well as my calves. But hey those are weak spots for the majority.Quote:
Originally Posted by mass junkie
Reverse barbell curls, minimal use of straps and reverse preacher curls