Wrist Roller

ForearmsOtherBeginnerIsolation
Wrist Roller — start position
Start
Wrist Roller — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryForearms
SecondaryShoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    To begin, stand straight up grabbing a wrist roller using a pronated grip (palms facing down). Your feet should be shoulder width apart.

  2. 02

    Slowly lift both arms until they are fully extended and parallel to the floor in front of you. Note: Make sure the rope is not wrapped around the roller. Your entire body should be stationary except for the forearms. This is the starting position.

  3. 03

    Rotate one wrist at a time in an upward motion to bring the weight up to the bar by rolling the rope around the roller.

  4. 04

    Once the weight has reached the bar, slowly begin to lower the weight back down by rotating the wrist in a downward motion until the weight reaches the starting position.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the prescribed amount of repetitions in your program.

In the app

Wrist Roller 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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