Saturday, November 1, 2014

Forearms



Forearms
            Forearms are the main muscle that helps your wrists and control; it is great for almost all sports, to help in effectiveness, flexibility, and structure.  Martial arts, boxing, wrestling, golf, and pure awesomeness, are all things that use your forearms as a vital muscle.  A few exercises can help in focusing on your forearm muscles, but mainly doing bicep exercises and gaining weight on exercises will naturally get gains of your forearms because of the constant pressure on your hands and wrists.
·         Reverse Curls – Just like doing a regular barbell curl for you biceps but this time reverse your grip in the bar with your knuckles pointing towards you.  When doing this exercise be sure to keep your wrists locked in a certain position to avoid pulling something or turning the reverse curl into a hang clean.  The reverse curl works the top strip of muscle on your forearms.
·         Reverse Barbell Wrist Curls – Probably the most effective exercise for forearms are the reverse barbell wrist curls.  Stand with a barbell behind your back and your grip with your fingers pointing away from you.  Then just simply bend your wrists up lifting the weight with it.  When doing this exercise be sure to stand still and not use your body to gain momentum on the exercise.  This works the back of your forearms which is used more in your forearm than the top.
·         Seated Dumbbell Wrist Curls – With this exercise use just one dumbbell while seated on a bench.  Then, rest the middle of your forearm on your thigh while holding the dumbbell in a reverse grip and curl your wrist up along with the dumbbell.   
·         Hand Grippers – Just about every hand exercise will also naturally work your forearms, you can use store bought spring grippers for your hands or most gyms have some sort of machine to help work your hands.

These are about all of the forearm exercises I know, if you know more, or you want me to add something more that I didn’t cover, COMMENT! Remember, we’re all in this together, keep your stick on the ice.

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