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Stacy Boone's avatar

Not in for this month - I mean, there is already writing of arm wrestling and tools. 😉

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Haha no worries! I’ll see what I can come up with for August to see if I can win you back… 😉

Stacy Boone's avatar

I’m putting together something now for the accountability ✅. Summer is hard for me, I tend to move slow in this heat which means I really need to do cardio.

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Step count goal and/or wear weight throughout the day are two ways to passively get after it if setting aside time for cardio will be tough.

Lou Tamposi's avatar

Arm wrestling match at the end of the month.

Erik Hogan's avatar

Hell yeah! Forearm and grip strength is so underrated! I also like to grip a sledge and windshield wiper left/right. Great stuff!

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Mace, sledge, axe, and other objects weighted primarily on the ends are awesome for this stuff!

Irina Strobl's avatar

These are part of my pull-up training. The part I always skip and shouldn’t. I’m in! Thank you!

Nathan Fletcher's avatar

This is really good. Thank you. Forearm strength ties directly to grip strength. And grip strength ties directly to longevity. Not do this just so you live longer, but do this so you can truly actively live longer! I’ve been looking for a good forearm routine. Now I have one. Thank you.

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Thank you too brother. Enjoy

Marshall R Peterson's avatar

For wrist rockers, especially when using a light dumbbell like I’m currently doing, (because I’m a wimp)I find that if I grab the butt end creating the asymmetric load that you’re trying to achieve with a kettlebell. Obviously, kettlebells are better, but I don’t have one where I am.

Marshall R Peterson's avatar

Thank you for shattering any illusion that I possess strong wrists and forearms. This is a humbling challenge.

John Dailey's avatar

Great post as always Kyle! I've ben focusing more heavily on grip strength lately. It is humbling.

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Thank you brother. Definitely humbling but already starting to feel rewarding in my dumbass left wrist that I’ve been working around for far too long.

Baird Brightman's avatar

Chuckled to see your focus here today, Kyle! I’m rehabbing a “tennis elbow” (for me, swimmer’s elbow) caused by forearm weakness/stiffness. As with 2 rotator cuffs and a hip previously, I was unaware of the atrophy until the pain started. Amazing to do some wrist curls with a little 2 pound dumbbell and feel fatigued after 5 reps! Really satisfying (though painful!) to slow down and focus in on stretching and strengthening the relevant flexors. The results speak for themselves. Thanks for sharing such useful information with your readers! 👏

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Whenever someone asks me what I’d recommend for the best activity for full body fitness, I say swimming. That being said, you’ve just demonstrated there will still be parts of the body neglected in whatever our preferred activities and general training methods are. Outside of the neck, the forearms/wrists are up there most of the time.

Best of luck in the rehab brother.

Gregg Wolf's avatar

Oh, I would bet money it is the Jujitsu and burpees .😉

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Haha good betting

Michael Woudenberg's avatar

We'll do these Monday.