Skinny Forearms......

[RBEliminator]

I know this thread had been covered before, but I just wanted to see if anyone had any new advice on forearms. I am pushing 210 almost 215 pounds right now but still my forearms are rather stringbean like. When I flex my arm straight out my wrist is just about as wide as the top of my forearm and has bothered me for quite sometime now. See the only thing is my bicep measures 17 3/4 inches and it is disproportionate for my small forearms. If anyone had any new input this would be great. Thanx

[guitarguy]

Wrist curls, reverse wrist curls, wrist rotations, behind the back curls, reverse curls, wrist rolls.

[FATHER FLEX]

Using thicker bars helped me a bit, might wan to give that a try.

[VAZINE]

This might not make sense, but ever since i started going up in weight doing deadlifts my forearms have gotten bigger. The majority of the muscles that allow you to hold on to the bar are in your forearm and they do get taxed if you go heavy enough.

Other excercises i found to increase size more dramatically are reverse grip curls while keeping your wrists straight (top of the forearm) and preacher curls (bottom of the forearm)

It has some to do with genetics also. Remember that everyone's different. What may work for someone may not for someone else.

[British Beast]

don't forget hammer curls too! gotta luv them

[BigTraps]

Originally posted by VAZINE
This might not make sense, but ever since i started going up in weight doing deadlifts my forearms have gotten bigger. The majority of the muscles that allow you to hold on to the bar are in your forearm and they do get taxed if you go heavy enough.

Other excercises i found to increase size more dramatically are reverse grip curls while keeping your wrists straight (top of the forearm) and preacher curls (bottom of the forearm)

It has some to do with genetics also. Remember that everyone's different. What may work for someone may not for someone else.

Actually it makes perfect sense. Any time a muscle has more force put onto it than any time before, it will grow. That is the case with your forearms - they haven't ever had that heavy of a weight applied to them, so they grow (this is also a chief principle in the Farmers Walk).

[Jimmy El Greco]

work them hard

[RBEliminator]

Excellent input. I will have to implement this in my training. Thanx

[nateakabear]

Originally posted by VAZINE
This might not make sense, but ever since i started going up in weight doing deadlifts my forearms have gotten bigger. The majority of the muscles that allow you to hold on to the bar are in your forearm and they do get taxed if you go heavy enough.

i know what your talkin about. I did deadlifts today and I can't even open a plastic bottle.

[Tuffman087]

My dad has never done forearm work in his life, yet he has the largest forearms I've ever seen in person. All of it comes from heavy deadlifting, so you might wanna give that a try.

[Crazee_786]

Originally posted by nateakabear
i know what your talkin about. I did deadlifts today and I can't even open a plastic bottle.

how many sets did u do?

[Sigsy]

Wrap a phat towel around the barbel when doing wrist curls, reverse wrist curls, reverse EZ bar curls and deadlift. [Pain]

Sigsy

[AxanderTheGreat]

Whack off 3-5 times a day.



JK, deadlifts will help BIGTIME!!!!