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Sister Machine Gun of Contemplative Meditation ([personal profile] niqaeli) wrote in [community profile] disobey_gravity2017-08-19 02:01 pm
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favourite wrist flexor strengthening exercises

So I keep meaning to get a rice bucket and otherwise do wrist/grip strengthening exercises but I keep running into a really oddball problem.

Which is that everyone who's interested in improving grip strength this way pretty much assumes -- not without reason, to be fair -- your wrist extensors are relatively weak compared to your flexors and focuses much more on strengthening them.

I just have literally the reverse problem. My wrist flexors are relatively weak compared to my extensors, and I'm really feeling it when I go climbing (or do aerial). (The tl;dr version of how the fuck you get to this really weird place, strength-wise, is: over ten years as a massage therapist.)

So! Does anyone have exercises for the flexors, specifically, that they're fond of? Variety especially would be good; I get bored of conditioning super quickly if I don't have different things to cycle through.
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[personal profile] mad_m 2017-08-19 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I have climber's elbow... and recently got a powerball, it's got a bit of a learning curve and it's great for forearms and wrists. I've found it's made a big difference after using it for 3 weeks.
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[personal profile] rydra_wong 2017-08-20 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Wrist curls would be the classic exercise for the wrist flexors. Also, a wrist roller is a Fun Project You Can Make At Home, and will hit flexors and extensors and everything else.

Exrx is fairly comprehensive, as usual:

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/ForeArmWt.html#WristFlexors