In order to train your forearms to turn them into bat thrashing and ball flattening power generators, you’ve got to hit them from a variety of angles.

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Finishing your workout with a few sets of wrist curls just isn’t going to cut it anymore. You’ve got to hit the wrists and forearms from all directions to develop the most size and strength.

Main movement patterns of the wrists and forearms.

Wrist Flexion – Bending the wrist resulting in a decrease of angle; moving the palm of the hand toward the front of the forearm

Wrist Extension – Straightening the joint resulting in an increase of angle; moving the back of the hand toward the back of the forearm

Ulnar Deviation – Medial movement toward the midline of the body; moving the little finger side of the hand toward the medial side of the forearm

Radial Deviation – Lateral movement away from the midline of the body; moving the thumb side of the hand toward the lateral side of the forearm

Pronation – Internal rotation of the forearm resulting in the palm moving posteriorly, or down

Supination – External rotation of the forearm resulting in the palm moving anteriorly, or up

Elbow Flexion – Bending the joint resulting in a decrease of angle; bringing forearm toward upper arm

KILLER FOREARM CIRCUIT

One way to barrage the forearms from all angles is to string together several exercises and rip through the whole series all at once. This gives you a serious pump and will build your forearms up fast.

This is a series I like to use every couple of weeks to pump my forearms full of blood. This leads to a flush of blood and nutrients that helps with recovery and aids in rebuilding the microtrauma that goes on from high volume workgrip training.

For this circuit, I used the following equipment:

Pronation/Supination with the Stronger Grip Leverage Ball

Pinch Block Wrist Curls (Flexion)

EZ Bar Wrist Extensions

Sledge Weaver Kick Backs (Ulnar Deviation)

Leverage Bar Circles (Radial Deviation)

EZ Bar Reverse Curls (Elbow Flexion)

Go through that circuit 2 or 3 times. Shoot for finishing up each circuit in 3 minutes or less.

Now, let me know what you think about that stash and burns, brother!

Thanks and all the best in your training,

-Jedd-

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Dude, Halloween is my favorite holiday. Last weekend I walked through the haunted house the ambulance company was putting on as a fund raiser and loved every minute of it.

This weekend I have a ton of stuff planned. In the morning I have some work to do, but after that I plan on doing a scary Halloween workout right in the comfort of my own garage.

You can bet I will be hitting it hard. In fact I have a bunch of stuff written down that I am going to hit for my big weekend Grip workout.

I am going to hit grippers, pinch, and thick bar all in one day and I just might put together a highlight video.

Maybe there will even be a Halloween theme to it. Scary Grip sounds pretty cool.

Speaking of developing a scary grip, let’s take a time out for a quick tip…

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Quick Grip

Hey, here’s something to keep in mind when you are training with the Rolling Thunder. I keep seeing people make this mistake all the time.

Don’t load your hands up with too much chalk on the Rolling Thunder.

Especially when training with the old style of Rolling Thunder, too much chalk on your hands will hinder your lifts.

When using slick implements, especially plastic ones, chalk can kinda act like ball bearings in your hand and work against you…

What I like to do is just use enough chalk to keep my hands dry. Below’s a picture of about how I chalk my hands when I lift the Rolling Thunder. This is also how I chalk for tearing a deck of cards.

As you can see, it doesn’t take that much chalk to keep the hands dry. That’s all you need for a lot of implements and feats.

Keep that in mind next time you train Rolling Thunder and I think you will see some bigger lifts and scarier grip.

Once my grip workout is over this Saturday, and the video is edited, then it is time to head out for a Halloween party I have been told about.
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I love Halloween and I know a lot of you do too, so to celebrate I am running a sale on my feat of strength ebooks on Nail Bending and Card Tearing.

From the start of Friday through to Sunday morning, anybody who picks up any of the products below gets 25% off and a copy of Grip Considerations for the Bench Press, a video I did for AJ Roberts when he released his Bench Press Improvement Product, Up Your Bench.

Just click the images below to take advantage of the Halloween Specials.

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When you buy the Nail Bending eBook, you’ll find out

How to condition your hands and wrists for bending to avoid injury
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A ton of exercises that will strengthen your hands, thumbs and wrists

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When you purchase the Card Tearing eBook you’ll learn

Multiple techniques for tearing decks of cards
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A ton more exercises to strengthen your hands, thumbs and wrists

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When you buy Home Made Strength, you’ll see

The cheapest way to build yourself a pulling sled
How a damaged bowling ball can be turned into a vicious piece of strength equipment
How to build 8 pieces of essential equipment and various ways to use them for strength
More sick ways to train your hands, thumbs, and wrists

The Ultimate Sled Dragging Manual – Innovative Ways to Train with Out of One of the Most bBasic Implements

When you purchase Sled Dragging, you’ll see

Why sled dragging is important for conditioning and recovery
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Still, more ways to get major hand, thumb and wrist strength.

Enjoy your weekend – Train Hard – Be Safe.

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