hi guys ......... i wasnt sure which forum to send this in but i have small wrists and i mean than the diameter of my bone is small which makes my forearms look small.........does anybody have this.......and can the forearms look big with small wrists.thanks
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09-02-2006, 04:44 AM #1
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small wrists
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09-02-2006, 05:17 AM #2
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09-02-2006, 05:19 AM #3
wtf... smaller wrists make your forearms look BIGGER its all about proportion, if your head is like an asperine, your body will look huge, if your wrists are small, your forearms will look big.....
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09-02-2006, 05:41 AM #4
Not true. Unfortunately, most guys with small wrists have small forearms, so their forearms still look small, despite having small wrists. If you are very blessed like Flex Wheeler or Lee Haney, you will have small joints and large muscle bellies, which makes you look great. Lee Priest does not have small wrists or ankles. They are very large for his height. Your best bet to increase the size of your forearms is:
Heavy deadlifts (no wraps)
Static holds (deadlift bar with heavy weight)
Grippers
Wrist curls (last preference)
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09-02-2006, 05:56 AM #5
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Originally Posted by WowWeakForum
ill do my best i will get rid of these small forearms and replace them with big one
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09-02-2006, 09:54 AM #6
Working out forearms is soo pointless. You're just spinning your wheels man. They develope naturally as your dead lift and other grip excercises increase in strength. Working forearms to me is like doing fingers curls. Time could be better spent picking up other areas.
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09-02-2006, 03:51 PM #7Originally Posted by JuicyCop2
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09-02-2006, 04:21 PM #8
Thats fine.. i mean if you want big forarms go for it. I think its more pleasing to see the arms taper down into a point. Big forarms look like tumors or somethig. It's just distracting for me so i never train them.
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09-02-2006, 04:35 PM #9
You don't want to have Valentinoitis, though. Not as extreme of course, but balance is a good thing.
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09-02-2006, 06:32 PM #10Originally Posted by JuicyCop2I don't reply to PM's for sources. Read it again. I don't reply to PM's for sources. But I will forward it to a Mod.
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09-02-2006, 07:37 PM #11Originally Posted by drew
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09-02-2006, 09:41 PM #12Originally Posted by drew
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09-02-2006, 10:26 PM #13
Take a look at Tony Freeman or Flex. There guys prove how much more awesome a guys w/ small wrists (and small joints in general) can look. If you ever watch wrestling, take a look at Triple H. His small forearms make his upper arms look HUGE.
Joint size defines the difference between guys that look 'big' and guys that look muscular.
I've found that the best way to get a small forearm to grow is to avoid gloves and straps and squeeze your forearm muscles during movements such as bench, curls, and any back exercise."The chase is better than the catch."
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09-03-2006, 07:27 AM #14Originally Posted by JuicyCop2Sam Parker
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09-03-2006, 08:23 AM #15Originally Posted by drew
Why is there something wrong with having 22 inch calves these days??
If your thighs are pushing the tape to 38" then im pretty sure your calves with look small in comparison.
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10-18-2006, 12:58 PM #16
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i wanted to say that my forearms improved from when i started this thread....my small wrist now makes my forearms looks bigger because it has a big taper...i made this by barbel curl and reverse dumbelle curls and some other wrist exercise but the first two are the main thing.......thanks everyone for advice
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10-18-2006, 01:23 PM #17Originally Posted by SemiShred
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10-18-2006, 01:36 PM #18
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Originally Posted by hendrix190
I don't see why there was even opposing posts. It's not something that's opinionated. It's a fact: small joints make muscles look bigger and fuller. Example: Flex Wheeler
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10-18-2006, 01:41 PM #19
I disagree forearms are not totally genetic. I take after my mother in body structure and here forearms are very tiny both in size and bone structure. I would venture to guess they are 5 inches in wrist and 8-9 inches in size. My forearms flexed are about 15.5 inches. My wrists are about 7 but were 6 a couple years ago. I often wonder if wrist size IS capable of increase over time.
To the @ i used to be in the same boat as you my forearms were pretty small. I used to do alot of isolation worked and it did help some. But take it from me, the best thing for forearms are deadlifts using a double foreward grip with no straps. Also years of shrugz, military presses, and pretty much any heavy movement will also build forearms over time.
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10-18-2006, 01:43 PM #20
You guys are wrong. Small joints do not make muscles look bigger. Small joints make you look frail and weak.
I want to add that none of the pros have small wrists. I'm 5'10", and my wrists measure 6" around. I can wrap my fingers around them and touch my thumb to my PINKY with room to spare.
My ankles are about 7.5" around. I can touch my thumb to my middle finger when I wrap my hand around them. Having such small joints does NOT make your forearms/ankles look bigger. People with joints as small as mine tend not to have much muscle mass.
Both my calves and my forearms look SMALLER because of the tiny wrists. You see nothing but a guy standing there with these absolutely tiny joints, and it just makes him look frail and weak, not like he has large forearms/calves. The difference is even more pronounced when I stand next to someone average, even if they don't workout.
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10-18-2006, 01:52 PM #21Originally Posted by PoopEater
No, having small jopints with developed muscles makes them look larger.
Having small joints with no muscles=twig
Having large joints with no muscles=goon looking
Having large joints with large muscles= more blockiness
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10-18-2006, 01:55 PM #22
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Originally Posted by PoopEater
There's really nothing to argue. It's fact. Arnold and Flex Wheeler had small joints. They weren't small.
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10-18-2006, 01:58 PM #23
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Originally Posted by Guardian
Everybody tends to favor one, but one is not necesarily better, just different and for bodybuilding purposes usually the Apolonean type is more ideal.
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10-18-2006, 02:36 PM #24Originally Posted by JuicyCop2
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10-18-2006, 07:45 PM #25Originally Posted by Guardian
ya its true...the worst is woman with the large joints no hips yuck.
but ya guys with broad shoulders and small joints have the best look in my eyes..they have that small waist and v taper that women like,.
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10-18-2006, 07:53 PM #26
The difference in development in my forearms as compared to when I directly train them vs. indirectly training them is night and day. What has worked best for me, I learned in one of the FitShow's with Stan McQuay. I do seated wrist curls with a bar to failure, drop the bar, and then go right into standing behind the back wrist curls. The first 3 years of weightlifting I had only indirectly trained my forearms. The top part that got hit in hammer and reverse curls looked great, but the bottom was flat. Since I've started training forearms, I've seen enough of an improvement to convince me to dedicate some effort to directly training them once or twice a week.
For the top part of my forearms and brachiodialis, I alternate between hammer curls and reverse cable bar curls.Last edited by Epihall; 10-18-2006 at 07:56 PM.
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10-18-2006, 08:10 PM #27Originally Posted by Epihall
ya the best to me is hammer curls and reverse barbell curls they work my foremarms better and you dont mess up your wrist doing them.
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10-18-2006, 08:24 PM #28
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10-18-2006, 08:55 PM #29Originally Posted by Guardian
The people you are talking about do not really have 'small' joints. I'd be willing to wager that the vast majority of pros have wrists that are larger than my ankles. You keep talking about people like flex/arnold. I would bet $1000 that both of those guys have wrists that are significantly larger than 6".
Small joints (truly small joints) = frail and weak looking person, especially due to the difficulty that it is to add mass for your average person with this frame size.Last edited by PoopEater; 10-18-2006 at 09:05 PM.
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10-18-2006, 10:29 PM #30
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Originally Posted by PoopEater
Both folks with small or big joints can have high insertions.
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