My theory on forearms

[Who's Victor Martinez?]

Newbie comes forward with circular theory. Yeah, you know, forearms are a bitch and a half to stimulate for hypertrophy reasons. If it isn't dealt in the cards (a.k.a. genetics) then good luck making them grow. I found that working forearms on their own doesn't add any quality mass (remember, special ed side of the gene pool, here), but sure makes them a lot stronger! With stronger forearms, I tend to be able to lift heavier weights with back. Well, apparently that much weight is the amount to stimulate hypertrophy in the forearms. Don't get me wrong, I still got little bitch forearms- the apple doesn't far fall from the tree no matter how hard you train. I wouldn't, however, have been able to grip that much weight while training back, if I hadn't trained forearms by themselves. See how that nice little circle works?

Maybe it doesn't work. Maybe I'm wasting time instead of going over my speech due tomorrow. That's probably it.......yeah.

 

[Who's Victor Martinez?]

Come on. Does this not work for anybody else? Are you all genetic freaks who have massive forearms and never have to focus individual attention on them? Props if that's the case. I curse my parents every day for this blasted body. I bust my ass though, so it looks pretty good.

 

[Freddy]

If you're using a good program, which means it has a lot of frequent pulling, your forearms shouldn't be a problem.

 

[J DUB]

Exactly, do pull ups, rows, deadlifts, RDL's, etc. and there will be no need for forearm training.

 

[Who's Victor Martinez?]

Yeah, I perform all of those exercises. I wouldn't have ben able to go heavy on all of those, if I didn't solely train forearms. That made me stronger, but the heavy: rows, deads, pull-ups etc put some mass on there. I love the cycle.

 

[kal-el66]

Incorporate a lot of dumbbell exercises into your routine. My forearms are sore at the end of the week without any extra training.