ActivTrax

Standing Forearm Extension

Primary Muscles: Top Forearms
  • Instructions
  • In Brief
  • Key Points

  1. Start Position Exhale as you slowly extend your wrists upward, away from your body. 
  2. Middle Position As you extend, concentrate on bending your wrists only. 
  3. End Position Continue to extend as high as possible, moving only your wrists, keeping your arms stationary. Hold for 1/2 a second, squeezing your forearms. 
  4. Return to Middle Inhale as you slowly return to start position. 
  5. Return to Start Do not lock out your elbows. Repeat the movement for the recommended number of repetitions.

Instructions

  1. Start Position Exhale as you slowly extend your wrists upward, away from your body. 
  2. Middle Position As you extend, concentrate on bending your wrists only. 
  3. End Position Continue to extend as high as possible, moving only your wrists, keeping your arms stationary. Hold for 1/2 a second, squeezing your forearms. 
  4. Return to Middle Inhale as you slowly return to start position. 
  5. Return to Start Do not lock out your elbows. Repeat the movement for the recommended number of repetitions.

Key Points

  1. Throughout the entire range of motion:

    • Keep your back straight, head aligned with your spine, and knees slightly bent.
    • Keep your hands at your sides. Do not lockout your elbows.
    • Keep the dumbbells parallel to the floor. Do not tilt the dumbbells.
    • Move by bending at your wrists only.
  2. At start and end positions, do not lock out your elbows.