Forearms

[mike-311]

I notice not a lot of people in my gym focus much attention on there forearms.

I know the forearms come in to play with a good many of the upper body exercise we my do anyway.

But I feel forearm training is just as important as isolation training of any other body part.

It would be like doing legs but not bothering to hit your calves.

I always hit my forearms during a good arm work out, moving up through the weights and keeping track of there progress.

Also I spent a good amount of time while I'm working, walking around using my grips and swapping hands when one forearm has fatigued and had enough.

Becos I utilize my grips often I have found that I hardly if ever need to use straps when dead lifting and the like.

What do you guys do for your forearms?

[Sheta]

How about trying Zottman curls or reverse EZ bar curls (palms down).

[AlBundy]

Grippers are only good if you get the decent ones. Normal store ones that you can do 100 reps on are useless for grip strength.

[Mike Zero]

Getting some Captains of Crush (that's the good brand) grippers for christmas :grin:

[Dumbelldog]

I don't bother at the moment. :shrug:

[diamond]

i don't know one person that does forearms. i never do and mine are ok. They get a good slam on days when i dont use straps

[chchardgainer]

yea my forearms are pretty good, muscle and vascular and i never do them, you incorporate them into a lot of exercises so i dont really see the need for isolation

[2guns]

i do them very seldom

[Dumbelldog]

Ah you guys all brave after I broke the water and said I don't do them.

[Mike Zero]

:wink:

[2guns]

u can still have forearms like that without directly training them at all imo.

mike zero, yrs must be pretty big seeing yr abit of a tosser

[Mike Zero]

u can still have forearms like that without directly training them at all imo.

mike zero, yrs must be pretty big seeing yr abit of a tosser

Only my right one :shifty:

[chchardgainer]

Only my right one :shifty:

you gotta remember to swap hands each time to keep a balanced physique :pfft:

[Bigboy]

One handed lat pull downs with palm facing outwards - you would expect this exercise to do much for the forearms, but it will train the both brachoradialis and the various flexor groups of the forearm muscles.

[frogie2001]

Only my right one :shifty:

you gotta remember to swap hands each time to keep a balanced physique :pfft:

isn't that like cheating on your girl friend with another woman

[2guns]

isn't that like cheating on your girl friend with another woman

so that would make u frogie2001 a compulsive cheater? :pfft:

[Bigboy]

By the look at the size of some of those guy's forearms - they have been very busy boys indeed !!!

[FastFreddy]

i dont,ill get to much forearm pump on me bike then ya cant hold on,so heavy deadlifts,rev-grip chins or pulls work mine,

16 inc cold,so not me weak point

[Growing Concern]

I agree, I don't think it is necessary but then we all have certain bodyparts we do or do not train depending on genetics, I guess if your forearms are in proportion then why bother. If your forearms are to big for your upper arms then your upper arms just look smaller. i guess the same can be said for abs, some of us do not train abs either.

[mike-311]

I agree, I don't think it is necessary but then we all have certain body parts we do or do not train depending on genetics, I guess if your forearms are in proportion then why bother. If your forearms are to big for your upper arms then your upper arms just look smaller. i guess the same can be said for abs, some of us do not train abs either.

I agree

I have never liked having skinny forearms and big upper arms, which is why I train them in such a concentrated fashion.

I now find my arms in much better proportions then before, but I spose some people must just naturally have big forearms.

I can tell fellow lifters easily when I look at there forearms and they are veiny and chunky, but some lifters forearms are skinny, which I actually think makes the rest of there arm look skinny if they are wearing t-shirts;.