Forearms

TRiley · 22-Feb-04, 06:32 PM

Hey all ...

While I wait for a single store in my area to get hand grips back in stock ... any other way to increase the forearm size/strengh without the use of any tools?
(just me and the carpet again :P)

Cheers

Lil'Lifter · 22-Feb-04, 08:25 PM

Well if you lift then heavy deadlifts, heavy shrugs, and heavy rows will all help build hand strenght as longs as you don't use straps.

atherjen · 22-Feb-04, 08:31 PM

I agree with LL! no straps!! you can improve them alone with heavy compound lifts.

**MAURER** · 22-Feb-04, 10:19 PM

he has no lifting equipment or gym. riley, i would say open and close your grip as fast and as hard as you can about 500 times. it will hurt like hell because of lactic acid buildup, but it will give you a good pump. also, the pullups you are doing are good for your grip. try ripping up newspapers or thin books, and just lifting any heavy objects.

Bokuden · 23-Feb-04, 12:52 AM

Get a gallon jug (like an empty milk jug) and fill it with water. Hold it by the handle and do wrist curls. If that's too easy, get another jug and some rope, tie it together, hold the rope and do wrist curls. Fun times on the cheap.

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TRiley · 23-Feb-04, 05:17 AM

Thanks for the replies, and maurers right in noticing I said I have no gym equipment. Also thank you very much for the suggestions! ..... maurer, you suggestion is great, and gives me an excuse to get rid of ma schoolbooks. :P

Good idea bokuden and thank you .. could you explain wrist curls please?

CJNY · 23-Feb-04, 07:33 AM

Grip training has many options that don't require much equipment. Crumble sheets of newspaper into a ball by using only one hand. Anyone can make a wrist roller (google it for a description) from a stick, rope and a milk jug filled with as much water as you can handle.

If you have a pull up bar, drape a towel over the bar and grab both dangling ends, one hand gripping above the other - do pull-ups, like climbing a rope. You can add something to your pull-up bar to make the diameter larger (slip on a piece of 2 inch PVC pipe, for example - very inexpensive). The larger diameter increases grip requirements greatly.

Really, the possibilities are almost endless.

**MAURER** · 23-Feb-04, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TRiley

Thanks for the replies, and maurers right in noticing I said I have no gym equipment. Also thank you very much for the suggestions! ..... maurer, you suggestion is great, and gives me an excuse to get rid of ma schoolbooks. :P

Good idea bokuden and thank you .. could you explain wrist curls please?

wanted to know how to do wrist curls??? here ya go: WRIST CURLS!!!

TRiley · 23-Feb-04, 03:51 PM

Great help once again maurer .. cheers.

Tried the 500 hand clenches.... and .. well, both arms have gone numb, lol ... but it is great, and really does work out the forearms. Not to sure what lactic acid is though, and more so why its inside meh .. mum always said tesco tangerenes were no good ...

**MostMuscle** · 24-Feb-04, 09:51 AM

Try some variations of the exercises found here

**MAURER** · 24-Feb-04, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MostMuscle

Try some variations of the exercises found here

triley, i can say these are good excersizes, i have tried them out myself.

mustang GT · 24-Feb-04, 06:06 PM

If you're currently going to school, you can try putting a bunch of books in a big bag, and carry that around with you all day; alternating both arms and holding the bag in various positions. This worked like a charm for me.