20 inch arms...but can't open a water bottle [VIDEO]

[The ADD]

Those announcers........

Maybe he blew the tank doing 500 pushups so he could walk in the stadium with that dere pump

 

[LebronsHairline]

It's like crossfit breh, it might work but there is an unnecessary risk of injury when other things can be done instead. Forearms are powerful and can hold up to repeated training, but wrists are weak. Wrists don't become super muscular and resistant to injury. Wrists are frail joints and are critical to 95% of weight training so why would you do an incredibly unnatural, stressful movement like a wrist curl and risk straining them?

There aint no if's and's or but's about it my forearms have grown EXPONENTIALLY since i started lifting and part of that is from the individual work i do with my forearms. Im not saying go out and do 100 wrist curls or no dumb shyt like that; my workouts follows this form :Compound exercises >>> isolation exercises with the smallest muscles coming last, and your wrists will never be super muscular because they aren't made of muscle, they're made of bones/tendons/ligaments, it'd be like trying to work out your ankles. We're lifting heavy ass weights and putting them back down, there's a chance of injury with any movement you do. I perform all my exercises safely so to minimize any chance of injury as anybody should do and besides the vast majority of workout injuries come from over training something i will never let happen because i listen to my body.

And yes, I said minimal gains. Forearms are possibly the most genetically locked features for bodybuilding, dudes can work them for years and not reap the benefits that they technically should be achieving. Calves are the same way. If you have the genetics to have big forearms, they will get plenty of work with the things mentioned (deadlifts no straps, shrugs, pullups, rows).

sounds like those excuses i hear from others who cry about not getting their calves to grow, nah these nikkas just aint hittin that muscle hard enough. they not focused on the mind/muscle connection and i couldn't care less what's most "genetically locked" because I haven't hit any plateaus and they continue to grow steadily to this day. I do forearm curls and whatever at the end of my workout the same way i hit a few sets of pushups at the end of my chest/tri workout to squeeze out every last ounce of strength i have left. i aint disagreeing with you but thats personally what i do because the goal is to tear as many muscle fibers as possible and this is what works best FOR ME.

You don't find it odd that virtually any advanced weight routine you will find does NOT include wrist curls? After all, forearms are often the most highly visible part of any bodybuilder, so wouldn't the forearms be a key point of emphasis? The reason you don't see them is because, like was previously stated, they are noob exercises--to be blunt.

You wanna know why i dont care about their advanced routines? Because i ain't them and they ain't me. I don't squat anymore because i tore every ligament in my left ankle and can't get the stretch necessary but i still have some of the strongest legs pound for pound you'll see outta most gymgoers. I've had people's eyes pop out of their head when i say i only weigh "about" 150 because they constantly think im no less then 170+ This is what i look like at 145-150 lbs about a month ago you wanna tell me i'm doing it wrong?

 

[RTF]

Do what you like bro. But in my experience, isolation exercises in general don't make a huge difference when compared to a compound. Especially with something like forearms, I wouldn't even bother.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Do what you like bro. But in my experience, isolation exercises in general don't make a huge difference when compared to a compound. Especially with something like forearms, I wouldn't even bother.

I used to say the same thing till I got into a caloric surplus

Compounds are good and should be part of everyone's routine but isos help you get every last drop out of your muscles

I do upper body isos every 4th gym trip

 

[RTF]

For upper body there's a body weight compound to get out every drop.

Tri's? Push ups, dips, can add weight to either
Bi's? Pull-ups, chin-ups.

I do curl though but i've thrown tri iso's in the bushes and my tri's are the most impressive upper body muscle I have.

Pull-ups have done more for my biceps than curls I have but they've murked my elbow.

 

[Malta]

Do what you like bro. But in my experience, isolation exercises in general don't make a huge difference when compared to a compound. Especially with something like forearms, I wouldn't even bother.

Depends on what your goals are, body builders focus most of their attention on isolation work, where as powerlifters go for compounds. If you want to sculpt your body and attain a certain look the bodybuilders technique is the way to go.

 

[LebronsHairline]

For upper body there's a body weight compound to get out every drop.

Tri's? Push ups, dips, can add weight to either
Bi's? Pull-ups, chin-ups.

I do curl though but i've thrown tri iso's in the bushes and my tri's are the most impressive upper body muscle I have.

Pull-ups have done more for my biceps than curls I have but they've murked my elbow.

Your not wrong its just for example say im trying to squeeze every last drop out of my triceps i could do some pushups but i've felt a far better/greater pump from hittin a few sets of tricep rope pushdowns because it focuses (for me) so much more on every area of the muscle...As long as you gettin to where you need to be

 

[RTF]

IMO unless you're a strong intermediate trainer, iso's are only good for the variation and feel good factor.

The best bodybuilders who are natural tend to have strong compound movements.

From personal experience, progressing on the bench did more for my tri's than any iso. Same thing with pull-ups and bi's.

 

[Adam3000]

Depends on what your goals are, body builders focus most of their attention on isolation work, where as powerlifters go for compounds. If you want to sculpt your body and attain a certain look the bodybuilders technique is the way to go.

You are comparing a group of people in here trying to get in shape with a bodybuilder who has loaded his body so full of steroids and spends so much time in the gym that it consumes his entire waking existence and pushes his body into impossible levels of size and unhealthy reductions in body fat which exposes every groove of muscle and thus makes isolation important. They are also judged harshly on body symmetry which makes isolation crucial, 99% of people lifting weights strictly with compound movements look perfectly fine and are perfectly happy with their look.

Furthermore, this discussion starting with the topic of forearm isolations. I challenge anyone to find me a professional bodybuilder who does wrist curls. If someone can find that, I will dap them and take my L like a man.

 

[Malta]

You are comparing a group of people in here trying to get in shape with a bodybuilder who has loaded his body so full of steroids and spends so much time in the gym that it consumes his entire waking existence and pushes his body into impossible levels of size and unhealthy reductions in body fat which exposes every groove of muscle and thus makes isolation important. They are also judged harshly on body symmetry which makes isolation crucial, 99% of people lifting weights strictly with compound movements look perfectly fine and are perfectly happy with their look.

The principles behind bodybuilder routines still work, whether you're on gear or not. Why do you think everyone switches off of strong lifts after a year or two? Because most people move onto a bodybuilder themed routine that focuses on hypertrophy and muscle size. Sure you can build a body with just compounds, but attaining a certain look with isolation work is easier. Nobody with gigantic arms got them from just doing only compound lifts.

Furthermore, this discussion starting with the topic of forearm isolations. I challenge anyone to find me a professional bodybuilder who does wrist curls. If someone can find that, I will dap them and take my L like a man.

Your L sir.

Most bodybuilders do them, you think dudes are gonna isolate damn near all their body parts then skip out on doing wrist curls?

 

[Adam3000]

Dap given on a technicality, but at posting Arnold. I'm talking modern bodybuilding based on science, not on a bunch of people making shyt up as they go along on the 70s

How does wrist curling mildy heavy weight and wrist extending light weights build muscle better than holding incredibly heavy weight doing deadlifts and shrugs when the exact same muscles are taxed? Combine this with the risk reward factor with a weak wrist joint and they become stupid exercises

 

[newworldafro]

 

[Jesus]

 

[captaincharisma]

at Keith clowning on him

 

[RTF]

Malta I agree with you. But the homey above who does the wrist-curls... doesn't need to be doing wrist-curls.