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Title: Forearm machine
Post by: IrishMuscle84 on September 28, 2011, 11:27:59 AM
Never seen this before...........

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Post by: Hulkotron on September 28, 2011, 11:28:41 AM
This device was invented by Vince Basile precisely after he invented the forearm itself.
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Post by: Meso_z on September 28, 2011, 11:32:26 AM
Never seen this before...........


Phil heath does this exact machine in his videos..so it must work.  ;)
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Post by: apply85 on September 28, 2011, 12:17:45 PM
looks awesome
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Post by: SilverSpoon on September 28, 2011, 12:18:41 PM
Every college strength and conditioning room has one.
Hammer Strength machine.
The original predecessor to this machine, the Nautilus Leverage line, is even better, because it is harder, and you can't load the machine with so much weight.
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Post by: coltrane on September 28, 2011, 12:25:43 PM
Used it.  Stopped.

IMO you'll get a better forearm workout going high rep sitting on a bench with bar doing wrist curls.
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Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 12:25:55 PM
They've been replaced with ropes and fatbars.
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Post by: Dr Dutch on September 28, 2011, 12:26:14 PM
It's for pro wankers...
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Post by: Schmoff on September 28, 2011, 12:27:25 PM
Used it.  Stopped.

IMO you'll get a better forearm workout going high rep sitting on a bench with bar doing wrist curls.

me too
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Post by: johnnynoname on September 28, 2011, 12:31:46 PM
i have a forearm machine


...it's called tubegalore.com
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Post by: #1 Klaus fan on September 28, 2011, 12:36:32 PM
That kind of grip machine that is in the beginning of the video I have never seen. The second one is a typical wrist roller but with a very thick bar.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: IrishMuscle84 on September 28, 2011, 12:50:33 PM
Used it.  Stopped.

IMO you'll get a better forearm workout going high rep sitting on a bench with bar doing wrist curls.
Dumbell wrist curls is ALL i do for forearms and my opinion the best exercise for forearms.
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Post by: Dr Dutch on September 28, 2011, 12:52:06 PM
Forearm exercises are useless. I do hammer curls for the brachioradialis, that's enough..
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Post by: deadz on September 28, 2011, 02:03:45 PM
i have a forearm machine


...it's called tubegalore.com
How's the gelato business...LOL
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Post by: johnnynoname on September 28, 2011, 02:48:09 PM
How's the gelato business...LOL

awesome....

...it's a small business but more girls are turned on by the fact that i'm a "Business owner" than the fact that I have a awesome tan or abs....it's unreal
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: JasonH on September 28, 2011, 03:11:25 PM
I'm proud to say I've never done a direct forearm exercise in my life.
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Post by: Nails on September 28, 2011, 03:15:35 PM
i once got a Forearm cramp stimulating the Gspot on a girl at a very rapid pace, the pump was intense
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Post by: BILL ANVIL on September 28, 2011, 05:25:44 PM
nothing like a grip that'll turn a guys balls and throat into paste   8)
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Post by: RagingBull on September 28, 2011, 05:35:37 PM
This device was invented by Vince Basile precisely after he invented the forearm itself.

 ;D
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Post by: GroinkTropin on September 28, 2011, 05:50:42 PM
i have a forearm machine


...it's called tubegalore.com


tblop.com
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Post by: Natural Man on September 28, 2011, 05:58:02 PM
This device was invented by Vince Basile precisely after he invented the forearm itself.
vince basile or vince goodrum?
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Post by: chaos on September 28, 2011, 06:01:03 PM
vince basile or vince goodrum?
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_653_4FsTEfc/TAj-seVQQeI/AAAAAAAAA_M/v_8JmXwL61E/s1600/HolyFacepalm.jpg)
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: EZ$ on September 28, 2011, 06:18:29 PM
I do heavy rack deads without straps for forearms.
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Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 07:06:52 PM
Ropes and fatbars.
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Post by: deadz on September 28, 2011, 07:08:49 PM
Reverse curls work fine for me.
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Post by: johnnynoname on September 28, 2011, 07:42:17 PM
seriously- my forearms are a result of having generation after generation of ancestors who worked manual labor and playing baseball without batting gloves

none of you can tell but I got sick forearms.......they look like circumcised, African cocks
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Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 07:45:53 PM
Flip tires, pull a truck with a 50-100ft rope 2" in diameter. (machines..oh brother)
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Post by: che on September 28, 2011, 07:50:11 PM
Flip tires, pull a truck with a 50-100ft rope 2" in diameter. (machines..oh brother)

 ::)


(http://www.tvexerciseequipment.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/phil-heath-big-forearms.jpg)(http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rEritJD8HHg/SbL-yb_METI/AAAAAAAACgo/V7ocYF8wyGs/DSC02749.JPG)
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: dyslexic on September 28, 2011, 07:56:53 PM
Hanging from a chinning bar... which gives out first? Your grip or your back?


Wrist roller. Try three full (non-cheating {as in: don't let the rope slide}) reps with only 5 lbs. ~ all the way up, all the way down.


Try carrying a 45lb. plate with just your finger tips... better yet, try two 45's and watch your toes....


Fill up a bucket with sand. Dig your way to the bottom using only your fist (you "fisters" should love this)


Then you can finish with your barbell forward and reverse wrist curls. Dumbells are very hard to control and are hard on the wrists unless your forearms are really stable, even then R.O.M is very limited.


Hold a BB from a rack pin with weight that you cannot deadlift from the ground. Don't use straps.


See if you are able to type a nice informative little post here on GB right after the workout. Ha. No effin' way, Junior.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 07:58:35 PM
Hang from towels instead then progress to towel pullups.
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Post by: che on September 28, 2011, 08:03:16 PM
Hang from towels instead then progress to towel pullups.

 ::)

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eswpob8pMcI/SmvSc_qJ0RI/AAAAAAAABb4/kYC-a0kSwEQ/Lee-Priest-Wallpaper-2.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Derek_Poundstone.JPG)
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: OneMoreRep on September 28, 2011, 08:06:52 PM
My favorite...

Go grocery shopping and try carrying 5-10 heavy, grocery-filled, plastic bags in each hand, while using your fingers as your only support.

Individually load each finger with 1-2 bags and once all fingers are full, form a tight fist and go up a few flights of stairs with those bags and then after unloading, try masturbating with those numb fingers.

Result: You will feel as if a stranger was pleasuring you.

"1"
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: dyslexic on September 28, 2011, 08:09:14 PM
Hang from towels instead then progress to towel pullups.


I always end up resting my elbows in the towels and doing *non-grip* chins....
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 28, 2011, 08:10:17 PM
::)

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eswpob8pMcI/SmvSc_qJ0RI/AAAAAAAABb4/kYC-a0kSwEQ/Lee-Priest-Wallpaper-2.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Derek_Poundstone.JPG)

che, are you implying that those bodybuilders with huge forearms hardly every work forearms, yet they have huge forearms because forearm development is highly genetic?  :D :D
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 08:21:06 PM
No..what che is implying is my way hard and he chooses machines because they're much easier.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 28, 2011, 08:22:31 PM
No..what che is implying is my way hard and he chooses machines because they're much easier.

But bodybuilders have bigger forearms than those powerlifters who do all the exercises you have suggested  :-\ :-\
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Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 08:26:21 PM
They have bigger or more muscular forearms? And I can't remember the last time a pro bodybuilder did towel pull ups, tire flips, farmers walks, etc. Can you? (I'm talking as part of their training)
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 28, 2011, 08:29:08 PM
They have bigger or more muscular forearms? And I can't remember the last time a pro bodybuilder did towel pull ups, tire flips, farmers walks, etc. Can you? (I'm talking as part of their training)

Looks like both.

No, I can't because I don't train for that stuff. Can a powerlifter perform surgery? No, because they aren't trained for it. So that point really proves nothing. So they can do towel pull ups. Whats your point?
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Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 08:30:54 PM
the point it forearm strength and development doesn't have to be limited to machines.
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Post by: che on September 28, 2011, 08:31:26 PM
But bodybuilders have bigger forearms than those powerlifters who do all the exercises you have suggested  :-\ :-\
Thank you SF1900, the Coach is more delusional than Goodrum.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: che on September 28, 2011, 08:33:06 PM
Looks like both.

No, I can't because I don't train for that stuff. Can a powerlifter perform surgery? No, because they aren't trained for it. So that point really proves nothing. So they can do towel pull ups. Whats your point?
Haha
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 28, 2011, 08:34:00 PM
the point it forearm strength and development doesn't have to be limited to machines.

But how did Vince goodrum build such massive forearms?  :o :o
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Post by: SF1900 on September 28, 2011, 08:35:33 PM
Thank you SF1900, the Coach is more delusional than Goodrum.

The coach also thinks the earth is 6000 years old  :o :o :o :D :D
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Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 08:35:38 PM
Ask Vissy.
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Post by: SF1900 on September 28, 2011, 08:41:59 PM
Haha

 ;) ;)

I dont know, seems like all those powerlifting movements are a waste of time. You either have big and strong forearms or you don't. I mean, if you havent developed big looking forearms from all the years of basic lifting, doing towel pulls probably wont help much.  :-\ :-\
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Post by: Coach is Back! on September 28, 2011, 08:49:06 PM
Big doesn't necessarly mean strong.
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Post by: Stavios on September 28, 2011, 08:55:41 PM
This device was invented by Vince Basile precisely after he invented the forearm itself.

that's gold  ;D
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Post by: Meso_z on September 28, 2011, 09:09:10 PM
Ropes and fatcocks.
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Post by: dyslexic on September 28, 2011, 09:51:21 PM
Ropes and fatcocks.


"Ropes?"


How about "Pearl Necklaces?"  ;D
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Post by: dragonfist on September 28, 2011, 09:53:55 PM
i have a forearm machine


...it's called tubegalore.com

I believe Lee Priest approved of this method.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: chaos on September 28, 2011, 10:41:59 PM
;) ;)

I dont know, seems like all those powerlifting movements are a waste of time. You either have big and strong forearms or you don't. I mean, if you havent developed big looking forearms from all the years of basic lifting, doing towel pulls probably wont help much.  :-\ :-\
You do realize the bber posted are puny in comparison to the strongmen posted right? Side by side their forearms are probably the same size, the fact that bbers are 5'6" tall and strongmen are 6'5" tall plays a huge role. Even then, I'd rather be strong and functional than ripped and unathletic.
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Post by: #1 Klaus fan on September 28, 2011, 10:52:45 PM
Big doesn't necessarly mean strong.

 ::)
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Post by: cephissus on September 28, 2011, 10:52:52 PM
so a 5'6" guy has forearms as big as a 6'5" guy and we're supposed to train like the 6'5" guy???
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Post by: #1 Klaus fan on September 28, 2011, 10:55:51 PM
;) ;)

I dont know, seems like all those powerlifting movements are a waste of time. You either have big and strong forearms or you don't. I mean, if you havent developed big looking forearms from all the years of basic lifting, doing towel pulls probably wont help much.  :-\ :-\

Powerlifting = squat, bench, deadlift. Learn your fucking strength sports son.
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Post by: 20inch calves on September 28, 2011, 11:16:20 PM
the gym i go to has one. i use it on occasion. that is alot of weight the guy in the vid is using
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Post by: CalvinH on September 29, 2011, 08:34:59 AM
You do realize the bber posted are puny in comparison to the strongmen posted right? Side by side their forearms are probably the same size, the fact that bbers are 5'6" tall and strongmen are 6'5" tall plays a huge role. Even then, I'd rather be strong and functional than ripped and unathletic.


But your neither :D
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Post by: _bruce_ on September 29, 2011, 08:42:10 AM
This device was invented by Vince Basile precisely after he invented the forearm itself.

Hahaha - but when did he find the time to invent white vans to gather "workput partners"?
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: chaos on September 29, 2011, 08:47:46 AM

But your neither :D
"You're"......stubby.
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Post by: CalvinH on September 29, 2011, 09:06:25 AM
"You're"......stubby.


Uncalled for :(
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Post by: BILL ANVIL on September 29, 2011, 01:00:33 PM
But bodybuilders have bigger forearms than those powerlifters who do all the exercises you have suggested  :-\ :-\

Bahaha Id be surprised if a 5'7" 250lb bodybuilder had bigger anything than a 6'4" 330lb+ powerlifter or strongman. Some of those guys have more solid muscle in their necks alone than guys like Phil Heath have in their entire body, they are HUGE dont get confused by seeing proportionately differences in pictures. Poundstone as many others would make the current Mr. O look very puny and weak.


dave gulledge, cut down from 320lbs to 270 ripped. Huge mofo.






Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: Nails on September 29, 2011, 01:04:04 PM
(http://goalorientedtraining.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/frank-mcgrath.jpg)
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Post by: cephissus on September 29, 2011, 01:05:11 PM
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=396836.0;attach=432543;image)

tbombz finally upping the dose?
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Post by: Parker on September 29, 2011, 01:32:50 PM
You do realize the bber posted are puny in comparison to the strongmen posted right? Side by side their forearms are probably the same size, the fact that bbers are 5'6" tall and strongmen are 6'5" tall plays a huge role. Even then, I'd rather be strong and functional than ripped and unathletic.
Which one will have the longer lifespan, or is it about equal?

I remember talking to some strongman/PL (more PL than strongman) one time and he told what he ate--my arteries started clogging up just listening to him.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: jaejonna on September 29, 2011, 01:36:17 PM
My old gym had one I actually liked it too.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: chaos on September 29, 2011, 05:06:03 PM
Which one will have the longer lifespan, or is it about equal?

I remember talking to some strongman/PL (more PL than strongman) one time and he told what he ate--my arteries started clogging up just listening to him.
I don't know, alot of those 70's/80's strongmen are still around aren't they?
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: Parker on September 29, 2011, 05:11:52 PM
I have one of those Wide "V" angled bars that you can put weight on and do wrist curls.
Works real well---my brother has it.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 29, 2011, 05:19:08 PM
Powerlifting = squat, bench, deadlift. Learn your fucking strength sports son.

Sorry, I bow down to the ultimate schmoeness, which is you!  :D :D
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 29, 2011, 05:22:09 PM
Bahaha Id be surprised if a 5'7" 250lb bodybuilder had bigger anything than a 6'4" 330lb+ powerlifter or strongman. Some of those guys have more solid muscle in their necks alone than guys like Phil Heath have in their entire body, they are HUGE dont get confused by seeing proportionately differences in pictures. Poundstone as many others would make the current Mr. O look very puny and weak.


dave gulledge, cut down from 320lbs to 270 ripped. Huge mofo.








I dont know many powerlifter or strongmen with forearms this size  ::)

(http://www.rippedworkouts.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/frank-mcgrath.jpg)

(http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/50759-bigthumbnail.jpg)

Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 29, 2011, 05:24:31 PM
You do realize the bber posted are puny in comparison to the strongmen posted right? Side by side their forearms are probably the same size, the fact that bbers are 5'6" tall and strongmen are 6'5" tall plays a huge role. Even then, I'd rather be strong and functional than ripped and unathletic.

Perhaps height does play a huge role. But in overall size, there are certain bodybuilders who are on par, if not have bigger forearms than most powerlifters.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: Nirvana on September 29, 2011, 05:28:53 PM
does HIT help get fivearms?

(http://www.athlonelite.com/wp-content/uploads/image/Random%20Internet%20Pics/M_%20Mentzer-HIT.jpg)
(http://www.steroidtr.com/wp-content/uploads/DorianYates.jpg)
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: chaos on September 29, 2011, 05:30:34 PM
Perhaps height does play a huge role. But in overall size, there are certain bodybuilders who are on par, if not have bigger forearms than most powerlifters.
It's cool though, cause most powerlifters/strongmen can rest their beer on top of the bodybuilders head while the bodybuilder sips his water. :)
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: SF1900 on September 29, 2011, 05:47:43 PM
It's cool though, cause most powerlifters/strongmen can rest their beer on top of the bodybuilders head while the bodybuilder sips his water. :)

 :o :o :o ;) ;)
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Post by: BB on September 29, 2011, 05:58:48 PM
Which one will have the longer lifespan, or is it about equal?

I remember talking to some strongman/PL (more PL than strongman) one time and he told what he ate--my arteries started clogging up just listening to him.

Olympic lifters probably have longest lifespans of the barbell based strength sports just bouncing the idea around in my mind, perhaps because they are more of a weight class strength sport.

Offhand, I can think of 5 notable Strongmen that have passed in the last 20 years- John Perry(complications from Rec. drugs, heart attack I believe), Murunde, O.D. Wilson, Grizzley Brown, and Sigmarsson. Wilson and Brown were Powerlifters first and for the most part.

Powerlifters tend to be ok, after there careers are over. A decent amount have died over the years, but they tend to be the SHW's that never dropped the weight after their career was over and stopped training.


Here's a very famous forearm on the powerlifting scene-

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HbaApmpa-Po/SRzjEjaDfsI/AAAAAAAAANE/g4Ev7KzhZ_0/s400/fore.jpg).


Many strongmen tend to have forearms in the 16-17" range, fromwhat I've seen over the years.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: Parker on September 29, 2011, 06:14:56 PM
Olympic lifters probably have longest lifespans of the barbell based strength sports just bouncing the idea around in my mind, perhaps because they are more of a weight class strength sport.

Offhand, I can think of 5 notable Strongmen that have passed in the last 20 years- John Perry(complications from Rec. drugs, heart attack I believe), Murunde, O.D. Wilson, Grizzley Brown, and Sigmarsson. Wilson and Brown were Powerlifters first and for the most part.

Powerlifters tend to be ok, after there careers are over. A decent amount have died over the years, but they tend to be the SHW's that never dropped the weight after their career was over and stopped training.


Here's a very famous forearm on the powerlifting scene-

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HbaApmpa-
Po/SRzjEjaDfsI/AAAAAAAAANE/g4Ev7KzhZ_0/s400/fore.jpg).


Many strongmen tend to have forearms in the 16-17" range, fromwhat I've seen over the years.

I remember that Grizzley Brown used to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. There was a big write up of him in Musclemag when he died, they had a pic of him leg pressing 3000 pounds.
Title: Re: Forearm machine
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on September 29, 2011, 07:44:04 PM
This device was invented by Vince Basile precisely after he invented the forearm itself.

 . . . The world's best forearm.

THE BEEF