forearms

Petar Klančir has been working hard since a snapped bicep tendon in 2022 halted his Olympia dreams, and has even recently competed in HYROX in addition to prepping his up and coming bodybuilding clients. The colossal Croatian certainly has plenty to offer when it comes to answering some of the...

Bulging forearms. A handshake capable of crushing steel. Why are they becoming so rare these days? Well, probably because most lifters skimp on their forearm training. It's understandable. Direct forearm training is painful and boring, and it's often an afterthought, tagged onto the end of a...

If you’ve been around the gym trenches, you have heard the term if you cannot grip it, you can’t rip it, and forearms play a big part in it. Forearm strength and endurance are critical in all grip-intensive exercises like deadlifts, chin-ups, and all row variations. The grip often fails before...

Eighty percent of men started lifting weights because they wanted big arms. The other 20% are liars. So why do we see so many lifters with puny arms? Doing more on the big lifts will work if you're genetically gifted for building arm size. But most people won't build a set of powerful-looking...

My friends, it's time for another quickie. If you read my previous quickie article, then you now know three great techniques for busting those stubborn plateaus. This time, I'm reaching deeper into my big ol' bag of tricks to conjure up three training techniques for stimulating great gains...

If you're like most avid weight trainers, you've never given much thought to your forearms because you've been too busy focusing on big guns, thick pecs, cobra lats, or thunder thighs. That's cool. I get it. Just don't forget about your forearms. Thin, spindly forearms look weak and wimpy...

Impressive arms are more than good bi’s and tri’s — you also need well-developed forearms. Too many people put in long hours of intense upper-arm training and then just throw in a few sets for forearms, almost as an afterthought. In my estimation, that’s a mistake. In many ways, the forearms...

Photos by Jason Breeze Since turning pro at the 2003 Canadian Championships, where he won the superheavyweight class and the overall title, Frank McGrath hasn’t competed a lot, but his physique is one of the better known in the IFBB ranks. “It’s weird to think that,” says McGrath, “because I’m...

Four Strategies to Muscle Up Your Forearms By Greg Merrit We regularly make the point to hardgainers that, since you’re not a pro bodybuilder, you shouldn’t train like one. Nowhere is the truth of this maxim more evident than in the flesh between the wrists and the elbows. Many Mr. Olympia...

We regularly make the point to hardgainers that, since you’re not a pro bodybuilder, you shouldn’t train like one. Nowhere is the truth of this maxim more evident than in the flesh between the wrists and the elbows. Many Mr. Olympia competitors don’t directly train forearms; some never have...

Cant remember where I found these but they have some great tips for those struggling to improve your forearm size. WANT FOREARMS LIKE POPEYE??? Here's how you can get them............... It has always been known that forearms are one of the most difficult muscles to build. Forearms are...

No I'm not talking about yanking the ole chicken here. What do some of you do to train your forearms? My arms are long and my forearms are F'ing pitiful.