Standing Olympic Plate Hand Squeeze

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Standing Olympic Plate Hand Squeeze — start position
Start
Standing Olympic Plate Hand Squeeze — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryForearms
SecondaryBiceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    To begin, stand straight while holding a weight plate by the ridge at arm's length in each hand using a neutral grip (palms facing in). You feet should be shoulder width apart from each other. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    Lower the plates until the fingers are nearly extended but can still hold weights. Inhale as you lower the plates.

  3. 03

    Now raise the plates back to the starting position as you exhale by closing your hands.

  4. 04

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions prescribed in your program.

In the app

Standing Olympic Plate Hand Squeeze appears when you own the kit it needs and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the kit it needs

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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