What are the best exercises for bigger forearms

[wameyo]

I have been lifting weights for sometime now and I have seen positive results in that my biceps and triceps are getting bigger but my forearms still look skinny. What are the best exercises to increase your forearm size?

[brandontnguyen]

Well the thing that most people do for bigger forearms are wrist curls, whether it be with dumbbells or barbells. Although you should generally be working your forearms when you work your biceps.

[Popatar]

Like Brandon mention wrist curls are the main one. You could also try behind the back wrist curls and reverse curls.

All of these could be experimented with cables, ez-bar and dumbells.

[shaun]

Building your forearms requires high repetitions, you need to feel the burn. There is not much you can do if you have naturally skinny forearms, you can build muscle on your forearms but they will always look skinny. Some people have naturally thick forearms and need no direct forearm work.

[lrlady66]

From experience, I would have to recommend washing your laundry by hand and then wringing out the clothing and hanging them to dry. I spent a whole summer without a washing machine or a dryer and I can say that my forearms not only increased in size but also in strength. Towels, blankets and blue jeans are your toughest opponents when it comes to wringing out the water so if you want to feel the burn go for the heavier clothing first!

[kingusama92]

Wrist curls with a barbell will work your forearms the best. You can also do them behind your back standing up straight. Don't forget that you have two parts to your forearms so make sure you do reverse wrist curls too.

Completely agree with this post.

A lot of people forget that there are different parts to your forearm. It's crucial to work both sides of your forearm, otherwise you won't see the results you wish to see.

It's like those individuals who work only on their biceps and forget triceps.

I would definitely go with the wrist curls. Try to do super sets, it'll really get the soreness going.

[Stefano13]

Have muscled forearms is very important to give a full appearance with the rest of the muscle groups.In my opinion you must train forearms about once every two weeks, after either biceps or back. the best exercises for this muscle group are: Wrist curls,Reverse wrist curls,Hammer curls and One-arm cable wrist curls.

[tosaytheleast]

As what most have said, wrist curls is the best exercise for making your forearms look muscular. I have to agree with a reply above that there are people who are born with bigger forearms. They have naturally bigger bones than skinny people have so if you have a skinny forearm, there's nothing more you could really do about it. You could give it a try though.

[shaun]

Reverse curls are good for building your forearms. Another good exercise for your forearms is to tie rope attached to a weight - around a bar, and pull the weight by twisting the bar. This exercise will burn your forearms, it is very effective.

[PPTN]

I've found wrist curls with either a dumbbell or barbell ineffective when training forearms. Maybe I'm just not doing it right but regardless.

Doing deadlifts with a heavy weight will increase your grip strength, doing dead hangs (just holding on to a pull-up or chin-up bar) or actually curling your forearms when hanging off a pull-up bar I find very effective.