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Technique

  1. Hold a weight with an underhand grip (palm facing up).
  2. Lower the weight by bending your wrist downward, then raise it back up, flexing your wrist.

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Form tips

  • Maintain a stable wrist position and isolate the movement to the wrist joint.
  • Control the movement, ensuring a slow and controlled flexion of the wrist.
  • Use a comfortable weight that allows you to perform the exercise with proper form.
Logging: Weight used on one side. Repetitions done on one side.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Forearms
  • Flexor carpi radialis
  • Flexor carpi ulnaris
  • Palmaris longus
  • Abductor pollicis longus
  • Flexor digitorum profondus
  • Flexor digitorum superficialis
  • Flexor pollicis longus

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Equipment

Dumbbell
Dumbbell

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Appears in

Strength
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