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Technique

  1. This is a good way to warmup the wrists and get them ready for more intense activities (such as balancing on your hands).
  2. Stand up and press the back of your hands against each other.
  3. To stretch different parts of your wrists this way, move your elbows forward and back while maintaining pressure of the hands against each other.
  4. Each cycle of back and forth counts as one repetition.

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Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Forearms

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Equipment

Ground (standing)
Ground (standing)

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Appears in

Flexibility
Joint movements
Wristflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Standing wrists warmup

Beginner
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Wrists together circles

Beginner
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Wrists separated circles

Beginner
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Palms up fingers to the sides side-to-side

Beginner
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Flipped wrist squeeze

Novice
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Knee wrist pushup

Novice
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