Summer Training Exercises: More to come. Below is not all finished so patience please and thanks.
Forearm Training: Foundation / Sport Specific Strength Training Exercises |
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It is important to warm-up with light weights for a couple of sets using higher reps. I believe in using 30 reps for the first warm up set, 20 for the second, and then set of 10 thereafter until I reach my training weight unless performing high reps sets of 40% (30-40 reps) of 1 RM. This is a muscle specific warm-up. | ||||
No. | Exercise | Picture: Start | Picture: Finish | Basic Description (to come) |
1 | Standard Bar Wrist Curl | Setup exercise as shown with elbows on knees. Let weight roll down to end of finders and roll back up to locked flexed position and squeeze. With heavier weights only roll to first joint in palm. Breathe outwards on exertion. | ||
2 | Reverse Bar Wrist Curl | Same as above. Great exercise. Just lets one know how much of a wimp one is. It is surprising at how little weight one can use when first performing this exercise. Most of the bar pressure will be against the thumb joint. Use a slightly wider leg position to help eliminate this training habit. Dumbbells can be used as well. | ||
3 | Hammer DB Wrist Curl | This exercise can be performed standing or sitting. Perform as shown raising and lowering dumbbell. Some Gyms have a bar with an adjustable plate attachment on the end which makes this exercise a lot more comfortable. | ||
4 | Standing Wrist Curl | Perform the same as the seated bar wrist curl. Again, with heavier weights do not roll as shown, take weight to first joint only. | ||
5 | Grip - Finger Roll | This exercise, like the one above, is targeted on the finger/wrist strength relationship. If the weight was lowered to the first joint only then the wrist would be more isolated. Utilize the finger strength in this exercise. | ||
6 | Grip - Gripper | This is a specialized piece of equipment that is not found in most Gyms (hence the DB and bar exercises). I built this one for mine due to the number of athletes training here that depend on grip strength. Perform as shown, using the fingers to perform the lifting action. An extended position can be used (as shown) or the handle can be lowered to only the first joint where explosive gripping action is utilized. | ||
7 | Grip - Towel Hang | This is for isometric strength. Find a strong coarse towel. Flip it over an overhead bar and grab on. Take feet off of the floor and hold on for as long as possible. | ||
More to come! |