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  • #16
    Koto Ryu - wrist curls? Try them with a 20kilo disc and then tell us they're eas.

    Broadsword - if you train them properly to failure, then once a week is enough.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Thai Bri
      Koto Ryu - wrist curls? Try them with a 20kilo disc and then tell us they're eas.
      I used to be a big fan of wrist curls, but they're not as effective as a number of other exercises you could do for your grip. Those tend to target only one portion of the forearm from what I believe, so I don't even do them anymore. Do regular and reverse barbell curls with a 3" bar and you won't need wrist curls anymore.

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      • #18
        slow, sustained iron bar exercises can really get them stinging, too. Like crazy. Careful with the wrists, tho.. warm them up with lighter sticks, don't ask too much of your wrists with the iron bars, and stop if you feel any sensations of trouble. If I don't follow those rules, I eventually get a wrist injury that hurts for a week and a half or so..and keeps me from training my arms for most anything..so I am careful now with this one..but it works great.

        Heavy lifts of any sort will totally roast your grip. Farmer's carry with heavy dumbbells.. Straight legged dead lifts with heavy dumbbells for reps (straight bar is a little less forearm intensive, but it works too).. same with heavy pull downs.

        In most of these exercises, if I do them heavy, and for reps, on the same day, my forearms fry-out worse than the target muscles. I don't use straps, I just figure if my forearms can't keep up, I've probably done enough sets that the target muscles have had enough too.

        If wrist curls don't hurt, Koto, you may not be doing them right?
        Sit on the end of a bench, and leaning forward slightly, turn your hands "palm up" and set the back of your forearms along the tops of your thighs.

        With the barbell in your palms, let your self drop the weight. But don't grip the bar. Let your hands roll open, and let the bar roll down to the fingertip pads.. Then, close your fist, rolling the bar up to your palm, then continue upwards (after the bar is gripped) with the wrist curl.

        Maybe you aren't including this extra range of motion, Koto? Because, done like that, slowly, it fries them for me..painfully. Only neg for me on them: they don't train the thumb's gripping muscles..only the finger's..

        "Do regular and reverse barbell curls with a 3" bar and you won't need wrist curls anymore."

        I'll try that with my pullup bar soon! For chins/pullups.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by bodhisattva
          If wrist curls don't hurt, Koto, you may not be doing them right? Sit on the end of a bench, and leaning forward slightly, turn your hands "palm up" and set the back of your forearms along the tops of your thighs.
          They hurt all right, but I don't feel as though I'm working my grip as much as when I do other exercises. The majority of my grip routine includes CoC grippers, wrist rollers, thick bar training, plate pinching, farmers walks, and a few other goodies we throw in. Thick bars work your grip more than anything, as instead of the usual 1 1/16" bar, you're using bars almost 2-3x the thickness of that. Doesn't seem like it would do much, but a buddy of mine was benching steadily with a 2" bar. He dropped down to regular ones after his van broke down and he couldn't drive the bar in with his smaller car, and he had to put 45 more pounds on the bar just to bench what he was doing last week. Doing reverse curls are already a damn good grip workout, now try it with a 3" thick bar and you won't even have the energy to hold a pencil for a few hours after that workout.

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          • #20
            Dynaflex gyro

            have a link to this product?

            I'm a big "forearm" fanatic...i want my forearms to look like Popeye! haha...





            This is just two links. Doing a goole search will show you many. I like this because its ~38lbs of gyroscopic force if you get it moving quick enough, but you can go lightly and not have to be that strong to hold on. If you fully extend your arm, it will work your whole arm and back. Or you can just use it for a forarm strengthener. It's supposed to alleviate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I found this in a baseball magazine for pitchers, lately it has caught on and is everywhere. These are very addictive once you learn how to start one up without the string. There are a couple different styles, so you want the one with the most torque the powerball.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by HtTKar
              http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...44707?v=glance




              This is just two links. Doing a goole search will show you many. I like this because its ~38lbs of gyroscopic force if you get it moving quick enough, but you can go lightly and not have to be that strong to hold on. If you fully extend your arm, it will work your whole arm and back. Or you can just use it for a forarm strengthener. It's supposed to alleviate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I found this in a baseball magazine for pitchers, lately it has caught on and is everywhere. These are very addictive once you learn how to start one up without the string. There are a couple different styles, so you want the one with the most torque the powerball.
              thanx for the input HtTKar..i've played w/ one of those before, but it doesn't really do anything for me, unfortunately... thanx anyway...

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