If you use a weight make sure it is safely wrapped on the dowel before you begin.
Forearm weight dowel rope.
Lower the dowel back to your legs.
Do this times.
Length of sturdy rope 5 6 feet long.
Attach one end of the rope to the weight plate and the other end to the center of the dowel.
The rope weight exercise or the wrist roller was one of bruce lee s favorite drills to strengthen his forearms.
You hang a weight on the free end of the rope.
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Stick rope and a weight.
Forward arm lift with elbows straight and palms down lift the dowel up towards the ceiling.
Barbell plates or dumb bells will work.
If you don t have access to a wrist roller at the gym you can make one with a two foot long dowel or a short broomstick a chain or a strong rope and an olympic weight plate.
How to make your own wrist roller forearm blaster exerciser diy wrist roller supplies.
Drill a hole through the center 6 in from either side string about 4 of nylon rope through the hole and tie it off.
When the weight touches the dowel repeatedly extend your wrists counterclockwise to unwind the rope and lower the weight.
The exercise was derived from chinese grappling according to bodhi building an article by fernando pagés ruiz in yoga journal using your wrists you wind a weighted rope around a dowel.
Sometimes called a forearm roller it s a short handle to which a rope is attached in the middle.
Grab a bar that has a rope attached to it with weights hanging on the end.
Grab a wrist roller it looks like a wooden dowel with a rope in the middle attached to a weight and hold it straight out in front of your body with a palms down grip.
This is your handle.
Broom handle or wooden dowel or pvc about 18 long and 1 to 1 5 inches in diameter.
Electric drill with 1 4 wood bit.
First let s review what a wrist roller is.
The clockwise wrist motion strengthens the forearm flexor muscles and counterclockwise wrist motions strengthen the forearm extensor muscles.
The wrist and forearm blaster is a great training tool for sports that require wrist and forearm strength such as golf baseball tennis wrestling football climbing and more.
The gofit wrist and forearm blaster is compatible with standard size weight plates allowing you to be in control of the resistance.