I have skinny wrists, need Help!!

[greenday]

I have skinny wrists, what can I do to increase the size and strength, any specific exercises or techniques. I'm sure other people have this problem too, any help is welcome, and Legit Karma may be given. Thanks

 

[Advaik]

Try getting a wrist gyro, I heard they work good but I have personally never used one.

http://www.gibtek.co.uk/misc/wristball.html
http://cp.digiweb.com/prod03.html
http://www.asseen-on-tv.com/straining.asp?productid=7

 

[Deepsquat]

captians of crush ...do a search on yAHOO! tough ass grippers....trainer takes 90 lbs to close ...#1 140 ..#2 190 ...UP to #4 only 1 man has closed it !


also a homemade wrist roller works great ...3 feet of rope tied to a stick and the other end to a weight ...roll it up and rool it down..

 

[Exodus]

size has to do with your bones........

you can increase strength but not really size that i know of.......

if you do figure out a way to make your bones bigger let me know.

i have 6.75 around wrist.

great for bodybuilding....... bad for lifting heavy weights.

X

 

[Deepsquat]

the point is he feels his wrists look thin...therfore building the forarm will help create an illusion of thicker wrist forarm combo...
And yes over the years my wrists have gotten thicker ..THE TENDON THAT RUNS ALONG THE BONE ON THE (sorry) pinky side of wrist is now about as big around as my index finger.

 

[Naxis]

Will wrist curls/reverse curls increase wrist strength as well as forearm muscle? My overall grip seems to be a bottleneck for me doing wide-grip pullups and lat pulls. My hands and wrists give before my back is fatigued. I have little hands.

 

[barnes3]

Will wrist curls/reverse curls increase wrist strength as well as forearm muscle? My overall grip seems to be a bottleneck for me doing wide-grip pullups and lat pulls. My hands and wrists give before my back is fatigued. I have little hands.

Go buy a pair of wraps/hooks that you can use to grip the bar better. I have small/weak wrists/grip and I use those to pull the weight even after my grip gives away. Lots of companies make them.

barnes3

 

[Y_lifter]

Hand strength = Grippers (all kinds out there)
Forearm strength = Wrist roll ups with a plate, a straight handle and a rope.

 

[Deepsquat]

Go buy a pair of wraps/hooks that you can use to grip the bar better. I have small/weak wrists/grip and I use those to pull the weight even after my grip gives away. Lots of companies make them.

barnes3

I have to disagree here...if you continue to use straps on all but uyour top set ...you will continue to have weak wrists! ...I have never had to stop a set of deatlifts (most grip intensive exersice there is ) because I lost my grip....hell maybe my deadlift sucks
today did 405x8 no straps.

 

[JOKER47]

Will wrist curls/reverse curls increase wrist strength as well as forearm muscle? My overall grip seems to be a bottleneck for me doing wide-grip pullups and lat pulls. My hands and wrists give before my back is fatigued. I have little hands.

Timed DB and/or BB holds. These have helped my grip immensely. That, and doing my workouts without straps as much as I can.

I too am cursed with small hands.

.02,
Joker

 

[bignate73]

rack your weights when you are finished.

 

[barnes3]

I have to disagree here...if you continue to use straps on all but uyour top set ...you will continue to have weak wrists! ...I have never had to stop a set of deatlifts (most grip intensive exersice there is ) because I lost my grip....hell maybe my deadlift sucks
today did 405x8 no straps.

Well, like everything there are excepts on what to use and not to use the grips for. Use them for Back exercises when using heavy weight. I haven't ever had to use straps for alot of exercises. But I do use them for some of my back exercises. Even then I only use them when my writst are starting to give. But they are a good tool if you are concentrating too much on you gripping something rather concentrating on the movement of the muscle targeted.

barnes3

 

[JOKER47]

Well, like everything there are excepts on what to use and not to use the grips for. Use them for Back exercises when using heavy weight. I haven't ever had to use straps for alot of exercises. But I do use them for some of my back exercises. Even then I only use them when my writst are starting to give. But they are a good tool if you are concentrating too much on you gripping something rather concentrating on the movement of the muscle targeted.

barnes3

There was some good advice given here w while ago on using straps. Use them if you HAVE to when going heavy. But during warmups, DON'T use them. Eventually, you will get to the point you don't have to use them at all. I was going to start using them on deadlifts when my grip starting having trouble. Instead, I started forearm work three times a week, and that really helped.
I currently use for one lift. Power shrugs. I can hold the weight I am using, but not when I jump up and the weight drops.

.02,
Joker