Barbell Wrist Extension

How to do it

1. Sit on a bench with your forearms resting on your thighs, palms facing down, holding a barbell loaded with weight plates in an overhand grip with your wrists just past your knees.
2. Space your hands about shoulder width on the bar and let the bar sit near your fingers with your wrists relaxed.
3. Keep your forearms pinned to your thighs, then lift the back of your hands upward into wrist extension, driving the bar up through your forearm extensors.
4. Squeeze the forearm extensors at the top, then let the bar lower and the wrists flex under control back toward your fingers.
5. Exhale as you lift the bar and inhale as you lower it, moving at a slow controlled tempo.
6. Keep only your wrists moving, avoiding any push from your elbows or shoulders to help lift the bar.

Muscles worked

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