How To Do Wrist Curls Video

Increase wrist strength with wrist curls. Learn about muscle exercises for the arms and wrist in this weightlifting video.

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Use legs to support upper arms
Keep abs tight
Only movement should be in wrist

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Michelle is a personal trainer at a gym in NC and has been a personal trainer for several years. She is certified through ACE and is a certified aerobics instructor as well. Her Specialty is weight lifting and she enjoys training aspiring female body builders as she is one herself. She focuses on helping her clients stronger, healthier, and sending them out feeling better for it. The best part of her job is when she see people living a better life as a result of the physical training. She was also a Marine physical trainer before she was employed at the gym.

MICHELLE TRAPP: I'm going to show how to do wrist curls. So this exercise I've chosen a barbell. You can use dumbbells as well, I prefer the barbell. We're going to start. I use the bench as well. I'm going to use my legs again to support my upper arms as I do my wrist curl. So I'm going to grab my barbell and I'm going to take a seat. I'm going to sit a little bit further back on the bench and what I'm going to do is I'm going to lean forward and my lower arms--my forearms are going to be resting right on my legs there, my wrist right at the edge of my kneecaps. What we're going to is we're going to bring that weight down and we're going to curl it up. What we're working is the muscles in our forearms here, so you're going to feel the burn in your lower arms, that's completely normal. We're curling up and now my abs are tight, nothing else on my body is moving, just my wrist. I'm bringing it up and down. If you got wrists that sometimes give you problems, this way might cause you a little bit of pain, there's another way you can do this exercise, still working the same exact muscle, the forearms, but we're going to take it behind us now. So I'm going to sit on the edge of the bench, I'm going to grab that barbell behind me, I'm going to lean forward a little and what I'm going to do is I'm going to do that same motion, I'm curling my wrist up and back down. I'm curling it up and back down. As I curl up, I'm squeezing my forearms and back down. This is an exercise I like to keep high rep, anywhere from 12 to 15, start with a moderate weight and work your way up to a weight that's going to be difficult, those last couple reps. Working the forearms, great exercise, that's the wrist curl.

How to Do Wrist Curls Video

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