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Wrist Roller

Wrist Roller

Hold a wrist roller bar at chest or shoulder height with both hands, arms extended in front of you and a weight hanging from the cord. Keep your elbows fairly straight and your upper arms still as you rotate the bar with your wrists to wind the cord and raise the weight. Once the weight reaches the top, reverse the wrist rotation to slowly unwind and lower it under control. Each full up-and-down winding counts as one rep, working the forearm flexors and extensors.

How it is executed

  1. Hold a wrist roller bar at chest or shoulder height with both hands, arms extended in front of you and a weight hanging from the cord.
  2. Keep your elbows fairly straight and your upper arms still as you rotate the bar with your wrists to wind the cord and raise the weight.
  3. Once the weight reaches the top, reverse the wrist rotation to slowly unwind and lower it under control.
  4. Each full up-and-down winding counts as one rep, working the forearm flexors and extensors.
Muscles worked
Forearms
Primary muscle
Forearms
Equipment
Wrist roller
Movement pattern
Pull
Difficulty
Intermediate
What it is for
Strength · Hypertrophy

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