Hand Wrist & Forearm Training

[Armbender]

Here are a couple of my routines for Hand/Wrist/ and Forearms

[B]Grip & Forearm Training is one of my favorite Workouts...You have to be careful and really listen to your body as the muscles and tendons involved are extrememly small and can be overtrained very easily. These two workouts have been extremely successful for me over the past couple years;
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Workout #1
Side Levers (3" thick PVC Pipe with weight fitted at 1 side) or a sledgehammer

3 Sets 12 Reps

Front Levers


3 Sets 12 Reps

Plate Wrist Curls (Try using 2 plates flush side out for the width)

3 Sets 10-12 Reps

Reverse Curls (Thumbs out)
Side Hammers (Thumbs out)
Front Hammers
Standing barbell wrist curls in front
Reverse Wrist Curls
^^^3 Sets 6-8 Reps^^^
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Workout #2
(1 1/4" thick Rope, 10' long, hooked to a pulley at lowest level with you seated on the floor, 10' back from the pully) Work the rope in slowly and back slowly raising and lowering the stack of weights...never letting the weights touch...

Rope Pulls elbows out, hand over hand, palms down
Rope Pulls elbows touching, palms facing each other
Rope Pulls elbows out, hand over hand, palms up
5 Sets x 5 Reps

This would be considered elbows out, palms up


Plate Pinch (Use Min 3 plates for the width)


Plate Toss
DB Toss (Silver DB's standing on end)
^^^Super Set these two running 4 sets 15 reps each hand^^^

Rope Pull-Ups or Towel Pull-ups

3 Sets 10 Reps
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Every so often I will throw in Captain of Crush Grippers, maybe once every 10 days..

Slow and controled Reps...you are not trying to get 100 reps from any grippers...this will result in an injury...
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You can effectively hit the forearms by training hands and wrist also. I find that is the only way to strengthen and grow the entire forearm...Ensure to only train hand and wrist once every 4 days to begin with until you can handle it or you will find yourself overtraining...I directly and indirectly train my forearms everyday...Using ropes is an ideal way of tackling all of these areas with great results especially your grip strength

MY NEW FAVORITE FOREARM EXERCISE

Standing Rolling Thunder Wrist Curls

Grab a rolling thunder,

Hook it to a cable machine with the stack at the top...pull the rolling thunder down into your chest and hold your elbow steady with your opposite hand...now proceed with your wrist curls

Some grip training you can do at home

1. Fill a bucket full of sand...put 1 hand in and turn the sand in a clockwise fasion, then reverse....

2. Take two towels in the bathtub and soak them...then wring them both out at the same time working from top to bottom.

3. Steak Knife Push-ups...place two chairs in front of you which of rounded legs (not squared) get into the push up position with the two chairs side by side in front of you....(so you can grab the two outter legs with your hands)...place your hands on the outer legs roughly 6" up from the ground....begin your push-ups...(THESE ARE EXTREMEMLY HARD)

4. Flat board chin-ups, If you have stairs in your house, hang off the floor the is above the stairwell opeing with your fingers straight out for pullups

5. Hang a rope from a tree in your back yard, if no trees, use your patio...try climbing rope for sets...

6. By a small peice of a plank used on staging at the hardware store...start using a screwdriver and some screws and turn the screws in to the board and out for sets....

7. Sledgehammer lever lifts...using a sledge, place your arm on your leg and rotate the head of the hammer from one side to the other SLOWLY for each hand...the farther out the head, the more tension on your hand and wrist..I stress the word SLOWLY
These should work fine without any equipment

[Armbender]

If you do not believe these exercises work, here are mine at 130lbs with the above workouts;

[Crematia]

So what do you do with the plate pinch, just hold it? I'm not clear on that. Thanks in advance!

[Armbender]

So what do you do with the plate pinch, just hold it? I'm not clear on that. Thanks in advance!

Place your plates together, flush side out for time. The wider the better. So if you can do a 20lb lift, dont do 2x10lb plates, do 4x5lb plates. The width is what really attacks the forearm...

[bertstare201]

looks good...but need details on how to do them...for instance towel pull up...you are showing picture of guy holding towel but how to do it?..would be more helpful if you post start and end ..not just guy holding towel ...same goes for other exercise...but definitely damn good forearm you've got!

[Armbender]

looks good...but need details on how to do them...for instance towel pull up...you are showing picture of guy holding towel but how to do it?..would be more helpful if you post start and end ..not just guy holding towel ...same goes for other exercise...but definitely damn good forearm you've got!

you are only allowed so many pictures per post. So i figured, Pull-ups would have been a kep word. Obviously you use the towel instead of the bar, and then, do a pull-up using the towels.

I would have posted more pics but like I said, was restricted by the site...

[RemainDieHard]

Good info.

BTW got a link for arm wrestling for dummies? Like for an amateur to win against your buddies?

[Armbender]

Good info.

BTW got a link for arm wrestling for dummies? Like for an amateur to win against your buddies?

Do I ever...Heres the Article I wrote on Armwrestling including tonnes of tips for begginers and experts...

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=116930351

[bertstare201]

you are only allowed so many pictures per post. So i figured, Pull-ups would have been a kep word. Obviously you use the towel instead of the bar, and then, do a pull-up using the towels.

I would have posted more pics but like I said, was restricted by the site...

aahh..I hear ya..damnit moderator! lolz

How about videos?.. just record video of you working out and do all those exercise ...I would really love to do those exercise since I've been focusing on forearm now...but would need more details atleast video would be very helpful!

[Armbender]

aahh..I hear ya..damnit moderator! lolz

How about videos?.. just record video of you working out and do all those exercise ...I would really love to do those exercise since I've been focusing on forearm now...but would need more details atleast video would be very helpful!

I will certainly try my best. In the mean time, if you have any questions, please ask and I will gladly get back to you

[Armbender]

New video of Steak Knife Push-ups. I wasnt able to do this exercise until Super Cissus Rx healed a serious tendon injury in 2005...

[andrewsok]

the forearm excersize actually works good for me. thanks

[Armbender]

the forearm excersize actually works good for me. thanks

awesome to hear man..

[bertstare201]

aaahhh man...can't tell you how bad I wannna try those towel pull ups.....does anybody know how to do em at home without that rack..I don't wanna try this at gym since I know for sure everyone will start staring at me lol

[Armbender]

aaahhh man...can't tell you how bad I wannna try those towel pull ups.....does anybody know how to do em at home without that rack..I don't wanna try this at gym since I know for sure everyone will start staring at me lol

if you have a stair case at your house you could wrap the towels around a bunch of spindles, or outside off of your deck, or even out in a tree...

[bigdan]

just wanted to show my support for this thread. Forearm training is awesome and I have incorporated some of these exercises into my routine. Armbender do you think you could take a hanging relaxed picture of your forearm? I'm just curious to see how it looks.

[Armbender]

just wanted to show my support for this thread. Forearm training is awesome and I have incorporated some of these exercises into my routine. Armbender do you think you could take a hanging relaxed picture of your forearm? I'm just curious to see how it looks.

ill see what I can do for ya....might be able to find something...

[m101]

armbender i think you got the best forearms on this site

[Armbender]

armbender i think you got the best forearms on this site

your def gettin some reps for that!...lol..

thanks man...

[eelsemaj]

I tried the plate pinch last week, WOO what a burn that was. Gave me a great feeling and burn. Thanks for the tip.

[xFORGEDx]

Nice workouts man I'll definitely try them out, you got some monstrous forearms haha especially for your weight

[Armbender]

I tried the plate pinch last week, WOO what a burn that was. Gave me a great feeling and burn. Thanks for the tip.

awesome to hear...glad you like them

Nice workouts man I'll definitely try them out, you got some monstrous forearms haha especially for your weight

thanks man!

[RemainDieHard]

Are you close to closing COC #3?

[Armbender]

Are you close to closing COC #3?

Not even close. Lol. I haven't even closed the #2.5's yet.

[bertstare201]

if you have a stair case at your house you could wrap the towels around a bunch of spindles, or outside off of your deck, or even out in a tree...

damn creative...thanks for that idea brah..

that push up video is sweet...I'll try that...how much weight do you use btw?

[Razorback666]

Wish I saw this today, I trained forearms, and All i did was variations of wrist curls, repped.

[Armbender]

damn creative...thanks for that idea brah..

that push up video is sweet...I'll try that...how much weight do you use btw?

no problem man...how much weight for what?

Wish I saw this today, I trained forearms, and All i did was variations of wrist curls, repped.

thanks...good luck incorporating some of these into your routine

[thorton]

Was at the gym today thinking to myself "man..I need to train my forearms.." and saw this thread when I got home. Thanks man, going to try these tomorrow.

[VAnick]

I just went through a few sets of towel chinups...

holy **** my hands hurt. Good stuff!

[Armbender]

I just went through a few sets of towel chinups...

holy **** my hands hurt. Good stuff!

Awesome! I really like those too