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    Forearm Hangs?

    Hey guys,

    I'm trying to develop forearms like Popeye! Read of an exercise where you hang from an overhead bar with one or two hands for around 60 seconds per set. Tried it this evening in the gym and wasn't quite sure if I was doing it properly. First of all, no way can I hang on one arm......yet. Second, do you let the arms extend fully or do you hang with arms slightly bent? Can someone show me how to do it! It gets strange looks from people in the gym.
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    hanging

    Hanging is a good stretch, but it's not going to give you muscle man.

    For a good pump in forearms, do some wrist curls with overhand/underhand/hammer grip. Also most lat exercises will work forearms. Hammer bicep curls are pretty good too, and parallel ring pullups (where you have two rings hanging off a bar, you grab em and pull up) are a total blaster for the forearms and lower part of the bicep. Awesome exercise.
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    Thanks bro! Appreciate the advice!
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    Actually, hangs are more for your grip than anything else. They're actually pretty useful if you're fairly heavy.
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    Lightbulb grip

    Hangs only help your grip to an extent (as long as you can keep yourself up)... to really improve the grip I'd say do those little hand-compressing-springs (whatever the proper word for those is), doing alot of those REALLY improved my grip in any exercize.
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    are you kidding? my forearms have gotten huge since i started doing bar hangs! the secret is to wrap a towel around the bar first, so its harder to grip
    also, wrist curls/extensions dont do crap
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    towel?

    Hmm, I might try the thing with the towel.. sounds interesting.

    And wrist curls/rev. wrist curls add alot of mass to forearms if done right, my forearms have grown alot quicker since I started doing those.
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    I recommend doing bar curls with a reverse grip. That hits your forearm fairly well.
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    One-arm bar hangs have been great for my grip/forearms.I work out at home, and I've mounted 2 2x4's across the top of my power rack.I do one arm hangs and chins off these and my forearms and grip have improved considerably.I know of a few rock climbers who do bar hangs while pinch gripping a 45 ib plate in one hand.These guys have huge forearms.Definetly a good exercise.
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    Originally posted by caveman
    I recommend doing bar curls with a reverse grip. That hits your forearm fairly well.
    DO THIS!!! as well as hammer curls, these will really give your forearms a shock!
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    As a climber, I can say that my forearms get the most training-and it comes through thin edge, or sloping surface pullups. When I climb a lot my forearms look like Popeye's!

    Try doing pull ups from something that requires a palm grip - a sloping edge for example. I use a metolius board, which is a board that has rounded slopes, tiny edges, and fingertip grips. It just BLASTS the foreams!!
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    Sounds like everyone is split on this issue. I do reverse forearm curls and was told that climbers have huge forearms because they are hanging from them most of the time. Some of you guys have verified this. I still would like to give it a try. Do I hang straight armed from the bar or is the arm bent slightly?
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    Talking hangs

    Well I'm not split on the issue, I just was under the impression that the hangs in question were meant as full-grip hangs (i.e. with fingertips almost touching the palm). I think what thopse guys mean by muscle-building hangs is when you hang just about off the fingertips (hence the slope hanging). It's like the guy who posted below me says, more diameter - less compltete grip - and those DO strain the forearms, but since your finger and wrist small muscles will probably give out before forearms do, I'd still do wrist curls since those involve fingers to an alot smaller extent. I may just incorporate towel/part-grip hangs into my routine though... maybe before doing the wrist curls.
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    Tagman-I keep a slight bend in the working arm, otherwise,I feel most of the stress in the lats.If you can increase the diameter of the bar, you should get more benefit from the exercise.
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    Yes, the key here for forearm isolation is avoiding a full grip around the bar.

    If you do pullups or hang from a sloping edge, the forearms get all of the work - they're being used to keep your (palm) grip on the surface, and they get really pumped. The fingertips are hardly used in this case.

    So in the absence of sloping surfaces(!) Use a very wide diameter bar, like 6" or better. I'll sometimes go over to the high school football field and do pull ups off the goal post, lol!
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    Colorado, do you grip overhand or underhand?
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    Overhand.
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    Originally Posted by Tagman View Post
    Hey guys,

    I'm trying to develop forearms like Popeye! Read of an exercise where you hang from an overhead bar with one or two hands for around 60 seconds per set. Tried it this evening in the gym and wasn't quite sure if I was doing it properly. First of all, no way can I hang on one arm......yet. Second, do you let the arms extend fully or do you hang with arms slightly bent? Can someone show me how to do it! It gets strange looks from people in the gym.
    Forearm hangs are great for forearm development. Remember you should be focusing on three movements.

    The forearm is responsible for moving the hand:

    1. Bending it upwards (top of forearm) - reverse wrist curls
    2. Bending it down (belly of forearm) - wrist curls
    3. Moving the fingers ie grip - hand grippers

    It also twists the hand (as in turning a door handle) but this is tricky to train. You can weight one end of a dumbell and rotate it.

    The above exercises should be reserved to include in your arm workout. HOWEVER, you should do hangs after every workout. Train chest - finish with the hang; train back - finish with the hang etc. This not only stretches the entire body out but works your grip.

    Don't just hang there but actively squeeze the bar like you're trying to crush the bar. Time yourself and try to beat your time each time you do it. This not only develops your grip strength but also brings out the definition in the forearms.

    Don't use too high a weight when training the forearms: you risk straining the tendons. Train,don't strain.

    Hope this helps.
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    Originally Posted by Hairywookie View Post
    Forearm hangs are great for forearm development. Remember you should be focusing on three movements.

    The forearm is responsible for moving the hand:

    1. Bending it upwards (top of forearm) - reverse wrist curls
    2. Bending it down (belly of forearm) - wrist curls
    3. Moving the fingers ie grip - hand grippers

    It also twists the hand (as in turning a door handle) but this is tricky to train. You can weight one end of a dumbell and rotate it.

    The above exercises should be reserved to include in your arm workout. HOWEVER, you should do hangs after every workout. Train chest - finish with the hang; train back - finish with the hang etc. This not only stretches the entire body out but works your grip.

    Don't just hang there but actively squeeze the bar like you're trying to crush the bar. Time yourself and try to beat your time each time you do it. This not only develops your grip strength but also brings out the definition in the forearms.

    Don't use too high a weight when training the forearms: you risk straining the tendons. Train,don't strain.

    Hope this helps.
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