Exercise
Wrist Rotations with Straight Bar
Also known as: wrist rotations barbell, barbell wrist rotation, newspaper roll wrist exercise, wrist roll barbell
Wrist Rotations with Straight Bar is a isolation exercise for the forearms. Main target: forearm flexors and forearm extensors. Equipment: barbell.
Muscles worked
How to do it
- Hold a barbell with both hands and your palms facing down; hands spaced about shoulder width. This will be your starting position.
- Alternating between each of your hands, perform the movement by extending the wrist as though you were rolling up a newspaper. Continue alternating back and forth until failure.
- Reverse the motion by flexing the wrist, rolling the opposite direction. Continue the alternating motion until failure.
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