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Ultimate Forearm Workout (HOLD ON OR ELSE)

Ultimate Forearm Workout (HOLD ON OR ELSE)

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ll be put to the test as only we can here at ATHLEAN-X. See how long you can last in each of these four forearm exercises and total up your time to get your score. This is one of the events that will take place at the first ever A-X games to be held in Stamford, CT in August of 2015. If you want to get your tickets and compete (or just watch and learn) be sure to head to and do so while they are still available. Breaking down the challenge- There are 4 parts to this ultimate forearm workout. The first is the dead arm or straight arm hang. This forearm exercise targets the intrinsic hand muscles (mainly the wrist flexors) as well as the strength in your fingers and forearms. There is a bit of shoulder stability that is going to be required as well if you are going to rack up the time that you remain off the ground and on the bar. The next exercise is going to shift the focus of the attention away from the hands and more to the forearms and a bit to the upper arms. The flexed arm hang is a forearm workout staple of the military during the physical readiness exams. The goal here is to start with your chin above the bar without allowing it to rest on the bar at any time. You are allowed to continue counting your hang time as long as your arms are not fully straight. The second your arms become straight or you drop from the bar your time is up. The position of the elbows during this move places a heavy activity on the brachioradialis as well as a bit more focus on the biceps. Next up is the chin up hold forearm and upper arm exercise. Of course, the act of gripping the bar is enough to challenge your forearms yet again. However, this time you are now having to maintain a ninety degree angle at your elbows which will dramatically increase the contribution of the biceps. See how long your arms can take the continued torture as you add to your total hold time in the challenge. Finally, it-s time to trade in the static forearm exercises for a dynamic forearms exercise. The switch grip over/unders is a great forearm endurance exercise that caps off this workout. See how long you can keep your hands moving during this intense forearm workout finisher. The goal of this challenge is to see how much total time you can amount on the bar. If you love the idea of building functionally strong forearms and arms and would like to see results fast, then head to and get the ultimate arms program. This 6 week program is geared at helping you build your most impressive forearms, biceps and triceps while still paying plenty of attention to the rest of your body
Date: 2022-04-22

Comments and reviews: 10


Hi there jeff, i have been lifting for around 4, 5 years now but ever since i can remeber my forearms hurt whenever i do barrbell curls, An EZ-bar does reduce the feeling but it stll hurts, i feel it around the entire 'outer forearm'' just where you can also feel the bone. This causes me to choose different exercizes to avoid the the pain, my biceps are growing just fine but i feel like i should be able to do every exercize i want without worrying about some pain. I have been talking to a lot of people and searched a lot on the web but i never really got a good answer. I was hoping you got any idea what this could be and/or what i could do about it. This video is about the forearms so it seemed most appropriate to post this here.
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I did this one yesterday along with the 3 chest workout and threw in the DB side lateral raises and the Tom Hardy traps and I was -smoked- at the end of it all. There is another area that I know you have included into many of your workout routines. The gluteus maximus. This is one area of my anatomy I have been trying to improve butt seems like not much improvement. I even had one lady friend make fun of my derriere saying I have a frog-butt. LOL. I will probably get ribbed for this butt, would you put up a video on how to get a bubble-butt?
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I started playing squash a few months ago, and have been looking for exercises for strengthening my forearms, grip and external rotators, and of course I'm coming to this beast of a trainer first for that info. And he delivers. of course. It's Jeff: P I love that -outro- that you had here. It pretty much says -body by science. - Thanks for all the awesome info you put out there, I will definitely be doing this and other grip/forearm/external rotator workouts from your videos in the mornings before I get to work.
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I tried the excercise at 1: 27 a month ago, now I have pain inside my right elbow since. What the hell happened? I couldn't hold anything for a week, it gets better but still cannot perform anything with this (pullups, anything with hanging involved in general. And it's not that I haven't been trained, I worked out before that regularly.
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Jeff, this was great!
I love your videos, but this one is special.
If I may, I'd add one more exercise which I find really helps out. It's the first exercise (beginning at 1: 00, but with a one arm/hand variation. Just hang on to the bar using one hand only.
Try that for 30 seconds and let me know how it went!

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whats a good time for a dead hang? i read anythinf over 1min30s is very good and im on 3mins20s. however the people that are 'good at this stuff' hold for 5-9mins or so. so im not sure what a good representation of 'good' is considering the state of a lot of the population the standard of good may be deflated
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Hey, Jeff. I'm 14 years old and I have extremely bony shoulders. I hate taking my shirt off around people because I'm so embarrassed of them. I have little access to weights and I was wondering if you had any ideas of how I could build some muscle around my shoulder/upper sternum area.
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Great video and a big supporter of your work! I have noticed though as my forearm are getting stronger. My wrist strength isn't increasing along with it. Do you have any tips on strengthening the muscles around the wrist? Thank you for your time and hopefully your feedback as well.
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Anyone knows how large Jeff's arms are? In inches or Cm, doesn't matter, they look pretty damn good, and I would love to have something similar to that in size and vascularity.
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Hey Jeff,
I'm prepping for the fire tests here in Spain. I'm having problems with the legless rope climbing. Do you have any vid covering that?
Cheers from Spain.

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