The Barbell Forearm Extension Arm Exercise

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m Manny Castro, Exercise Physiologist. In this particular exercise, we’re targeting the back of the forearm and specifically the extensors. In the previous exercise, we were targeting the flexors at the wrist. Now, the same as the previous exercise, we’re going to use a barbell. With the barbell, we’re going to do the same thing is let the wrists hang over your knees. What we’re going to do is extend. This motion here is called an extension of the forearm. Now the same thing, we actually want to start with light weight and do about 12-15 repetitions. You want to do about 3-4 sets and as you get better with it then you want to drop down in repetitions and increase your weight. You also want to try pyramiding if you are doing a bodybuilding program. You want to pyramid so that means your first set would be about 10-12 repetitions; second set would be 8-10, and your third set would be about 6-8 repetitions. "