Dumbbell Wrist Extension

How to do it

1. Sit on a bench and rest one forearm along your thigh with your palm facing down and your wrist just past your knee, holding a light dumbbell.
2. Take an overhand grip on the handle and let the dumbbell hang so your knuckles point toward the floor.
3. Keep the forearm pinned to your thigh and lift the back of your hand upward, driving the wrist into extension with the forearm extensors on top of your forearm.
4. Squeeze at the top where the knuckles rise as high as they can go, then lower the dumbbell under control back toward your fingers.
5. Exhale as you lift the dumbbell and inhale as you lower it slowly, keeping every rep smooth and deliberate.
6. Avoid lifting the forearm off your thigh or swinging the weight up with momentum, since only the wrist should move.

Muscles worked

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