haha yea ya i know this is setting myself up for jokes.
but, what's a good way to strengthen the wrists. My grip is good/strong. But, i want to focus on improving my wrist strength. When i do grippers like coc, i can get them closed, i can really feel the pressure, and sometimes pinching in my wrist. I can close the #1 COC, and can get the #2 about half closed. So, would just strengthening the forearms help with all this?
Hmmmm...joking aside, didn't you see my post to John Sullivan's T-nat article on strong grip and massice forearms?
yea, he posted it over on ruggedmag.com when we were all still posting on that board... like a few years ago, and then recently got picked up by t-nation. It's a good article. Most of that stuff is forearm stuff.... so i dunno if wrists are different
yea, he posted it over on ruggedmag.com when we were all still posting on that board... like a few years ago, and then recently got picked up by t-nation. It's a good article. Most of that stuff is forearm stuff.... so i dunno if wrists are different
But wouldn't you want to focus on forearms at least somewhat if you want to optimize the functionality of your wrist ?
Besides, I always viewed the wrist more from a joint perspective - ligaments, tendons etc. Fact is, your forearms have a lot of muscles that extend from your wrist to your elbow. So, it's actually the forearm muscles are involved in flexing your wrist ( i.e bending your wrist downward toward the floor ) or in extending your wrist ( i.e bending your wrist upward toward the ceiling )...and thus the focus on forearms in all the typical " wrist strengthing " workouts you see in mags / sites.
But wouldn't you want to focus on forearms at least somewhat if you want to optimize the functionality of your wrist ?
Besides, I always viewed the wrist more from a joint perspective - ligaments, tendons etc. Fact is, your forearms have a lot of muscles that extend from your wrist to your elbow. So, it's actually the forearm muscles are involved in flexing your wrist ( i.e bending your wrist downward toward the floor ) or in extending your wrist ( i.e bending your wrist upward toward the ceiling )...and thus the focus on forearms in all the typical " wrist strengthing " workouts you see in mags / sites.
That's what I think too.
Seems like the lever bar and wrist rolls directly work on the way your wrist rotates, and things like hammer curls and plate pinches work on its stability. I don't think there's a wrist strengthening exercise that excludes the forearm.
I have a 106lb kettlebell that really works on the wrist when I do swings. Leaves them limp. You could get an 80lber or 90lber for really cheap from Power Systems.
Any kind of thick bar work would have to help. Knuckle pushups is what the boxers like. They also like Clubbells/Leverage Handles. I've got a pair of thick handled ones and I use them regularly for my wrists and they kick ass. They involve a lot of forearm work. I'd imagine other thick bar work would also involve a lot of forearm.
If you want to strengthen your wrists specifically, you should start playing around with bodybars or club bells like the diesel crew and do some of the exercises they do.
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If you want to strengthen your wrists specifically, you should start playing around with bodybars or club bells like the diesel crew and do some of the exercises they do.
link me biatch.
Justin from rugged also suggest some leverage bar stuff or sledgehammer stuff.
I have a 106lb kettlebell that really works on the wrist when I do swings. Leaves them limp. You could get an 80lber or 90lber for really cheap from Power Systems.
Any kind of thick bar work would have to help. Knuckle pushups is what the boxers like. They also like Clubbells/Leverage Handles. I've got a pair of thick handled ones and I use them regularly for my wrists and they kick ass. They involve a lot of forearm work. I'd imagine other thick bar work would also involve a lot of forearm.
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