When To Do Forearms

woody45 said:
How Often Do You People Do Forearms. What Are Some Of Your Exercises?
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Just my personal experience, after working on forearms on their own, and then moving towards a more refined workout plan (full body), I found that just doing regular workouts tended to work my forearms sufficiently.

If you're going to try to focus on forearms then I'd recommend reverse curls and barbell wrist curls. I also find that deads help develop the forearms too.
 
yeah, deadlifts, and any other exercise that requires you to grip something heavy for a while (shrugs, bent over rows, pull ups, etc).

I say stick to heavy compound exercises for the whole body...anything mentioned above, or for the back in general, will be working biceps and forearms too.
 
eric cressey's latest newsletter... (sent to my email today) Read #6. It says that the wrists do not need to be worked as a curl and could actually make your grip weaker.
 
thanks

Thanks for the info. i am reading john woods sites for hand/forearm strength. just thought i would see what you guys thought [except amp]. i work in a blue collar job and would just like to catch up with the guys i work with. seems many of them have bigger forearms than bis and tris [or just as big]. just one more question....if i do dumbbell reverse curls, finger tip push ups, bar w/rope and weights ....do i just work them once a week? i wil try the dead lifts and rowing
 
I do forearms just like any other muscle group.

What are your goals?

Some of the exercises that I have been doing are:







Good luck.
 
The indispensible muscles for fist clenching are the 3 extensor carpi muscles.
They are responsible for extending the hand as well as both abduction and adduction. Therefor you should be able to devise what exercises you need for stronger fist clenching or bigger forearms, which i would also focus on the brachioradialis as thats one of the biggest.
 
I never work fore arms. They've gotten stronger from being worked from a lot of other compounds, no need to work them directly .
 
Just deads and rows
 
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