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Category Archives: wrist conditioning
Wrist Strengthening Exercises – Pronation/Supination
At one time or another you may have heard someone ask about wrist strengthening exercises. Typically they say something like “I can’t workout that hard because I have weak wrists”, or, “My wrists are weak because every time I put pressure on my wrists, they hurt”. And, so, they are looking for some way to “strengthen” their wrists.
I wrote a previous post on wrist exercises and described a little in general about the wrist anatomy (how it’s put together). For review, the wrist is made up of 8 bones that are attached to each other by ligaments and not muscles. These bones then attach to the hand and also the forearm by ligaments to give the wrist stability. Unless these ligaments are stretched or torn, the wrist itself is probably as “strong” as it can be.
Posted in Exercises No Weights, The Muscles, Workout News, wrist conditioning
Tagged grip strength, wrist strengthening
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Wrist Strengthening Exercises – Flexibility
A component of good wrist strengthening exercises is wrist flexibility. Any bodyweight workout will undoubtedly have a push up routine as an essential part. And, while push up benefits most of the upper body, they can put a lot of stress on wrists. Check out the previous post on weak wrist exercises.
As I pointed out in the previous post, when doing most supported body weight exercises on an outstretched hand, the wrist actually bears a good percentage of the body’s weight. If the joint is unstable, out of position, or is not as flexible as it could, or should, be, it could slow your upper body workout routine to a crawl.
