Forearm Stretch - Kneeling

Recommendations: 1-3 Sets, 15-30 Dur

Beginner Forearms Strength Body Only Gym

Purpose: This exercise stretches the tendons running down the front of the wrist.

Benefits: This exercise focuses on the front of the wrist, a muscle group that hardly is ever stretched in the gym.

Kneel down on an exercise mat or the floor. Place your palms flat on the floor with the fingers pointing straight back to your body. This is your starting position. Slowly lean back and keep your palms flat on the floor. Your fingers must be pointing towards your body. You will feel a stretch in your wrists and forearms. Hold for 15-30 seconds. Release the stretch and return to the starting position. Kneel down on an exercise mat or the floor. Place your palms flat on the floor with the fingers pointing straight back to your body.

A complete forearm program must achieve balanced development for all major forearm muscles. The forearm is involved in six different forearm movements. They include wrist flexion, wrist extension, wrist abduction, wrist adduction, forearm pronation, and forearm supination. There are additional muscles found in the forearm that are involved in movements like elbow flexion (brachioradialis), finger flexion, and finger extension.