By Jolyn Wassink


A challenge that a lot of individuals face is increasing their forearm proportions to equal their biceps and triceps. It can be a real challenge to not just get them big, but also proportional to the rest of your arm. There is also the issue of one arm being bigger than the other one due to dominance of either your left or right arm.

Workouts for Developing your Forearms

Doing barbell curls behind the back is your first exercise. You need to use either a barbell rack, or fixed weight barbells for this exercise. For example purposes you will be at the barbell rack. Try not to use the smith machine for this exercise except when you are limited on time and need to make use of the only piece of equipment accessible. Set yourself so that the bar is positioned under your waistline, so you have to bend over at the knees to grab the weight. Add the weight you want (preferably just the bar until after a practice set) and then bend down and grab the bar as if you were going to do behind the back shrugs. With your arms pushed against your body for stability, move the bar upwards ensuring you primarily use your forearms. Slowly lower the bar and then repeat. This is best performed x3 sets of x10-x15 repetitions.

Next you can try the rotating hand moves. Grab a couple of low weight dumbbells that you can do x25 repetitions of. Whilst standing up simply just bring your arms up midway to where they are parallel to the ground at a 90 degree break in the elbow. Begin to rotate your wrists to where the dumbbells rotate inwards and outwards. While doing this begin to gently lift your arms upwards and then downwards in a steady slow movement. By doing this, you are hitting all the muscles in your forearms and getting a real burn!

The final exercise is a reverse curl with dumbbells. You will need medium weighted dumbbells, and then basically perform a bicep curl with your hands facing the opposite way. Reverse curls additionally help build the forearms considerably whilst reaching the brachialis, which is the muscle group that is positioned below your biceps.

Make use of Supersets for further Gain

A super set is where you perform another exercise immediately after a different exercise. In this example you may complete normal bicep curls, followed immediately by one of the forearm exercises listed above. Grab a barbell and place an almost heavy weight amount and perform the curls correctly. This means no using the back or legs to help you lift the weight. Immediately afterward, grab a lighter weight and perform the dumbbell wrist curls. This will give you a super burn and will make sure you are tender the following day!

Make Sure You Stretch!

Your arms are needed for almost every exercise you perform, and hurting either could cost you greatly. There are many muscle heads and tendons located on your arms that need stretching, and your biceps and forearms are the easiest to injure without stretching. Also make sure to rotate your wrists around and bend them back to get a proper stretch which keeps wrist fractures away. Keep your posture and form correct, and make sure you use the same weight on both arms to prevent unbalanced development. Bad technique can readily result in under development, or even injury on your non-dominant arm.




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