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Old 08-26-2009, 03:35 AM   #52 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by blahblah454 View Post
Are those standard pushups on your hands?

I have horrible wrists and can't do very many on my hands, I use pushup bars (which are freakishly hard compared to hands) or make fists and do it on them.

As it stands I can only do like 30 or so with the bars... I wonder what I could do with my hands.
My wrists are pretty bad too. It's more or less my forearms that are my body's weakest link. (e.g. I've gone from dumbbell bench pressing 25-pounders to 50-pounders, but it's my forearms that are giving out first.)

I've improved the strength in my grip and in my forearms generally with these:
Dumbbell Wrist Curl
Dumbbell Reverse Wrist Curl
Dumbbell Seated Pronation
Dumbbell Seated Supination

I like to supplement my routine with these exercises at least once a week. Give them a try.
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