Old skool forearm (grip) and calf exercises...

[Parker]

When I was a sophmore in college, I happened to see my old weight training coach from HS, I asked him, since I didn't have access to a gym (it was summer time) what I could do for calves and forearms.
He told me to get two buckets of sand and stand in them and do calf raises...try doing a 20-50 of them, when you get real good , do 100 of them, for advanced, make the sand wet...it's harder
then go to steps...and rep out some more, to help with shin splints go put your foot under the stove and lift up, 20-30 reps

for forearms use the same two buckets of sand, but stick your hands in them, and grab a handful and make a fist, for a variation, twist the hand, do 20-30 reps...follow same pattern as wet sand

have softball or tennisball with a nail in it that has been curved, put a chain with weight on it, and lift softball with hand, then try with baseball, superset with bucket of sand....

Has anybody tried this old school routine?
 

[BIG DUB]

Wrestled in high school and we used to run with bricks in our handsie.) palms down, eagle claw grip .

[Meso_z]

I know of a special forearm equipment. i believe its pretty oldschool. bulgarians use it a lot.

Ive made one myself and used it his summer...my forearms ooked great.

its pretty had to describe it though as english is not my first language.

[haider]

I know of a special forearm equipment. i believe its pretty oldschool. bulgarians use it a lot.

Ive made one myself and used it his summer...my forearms ooked great.

its pretty had to describe it though as english is not my first language.

broom stick tied to a weight with a string? and you just roll it up by twisting your wrists?

just guessing.

[noworries]

broom stick tied to a weight with a string? and you just roll it up by twisting your wrists?

just guessing.

Yep used to do thsat everyday.  overhand then underhand.  Hold the stick out stright and just start curling your wrists.  Go all the way up to the top then do it the opposite.  Do not just let the weght unravel.

[Meso_z]

broom stick tied to a weight with a string? and you just roll it up by twisting your wrists?

just guessing.

Yes! thats it. my forearms were on fire after a few twists.

[Meso_z]

Yep used to do thsat everyday.  overhand then underhand.  Hold the stick out stright and just start curling your wrists.  Go all the way up to the top then do it the opposite.  Do not just let the weght unravel.

yes that it, quite the invention for sure. 

[Parker]

Funny how some of these simple old skool ways of doing things, produced great results, yet somebody tried to reinvent the wheel.

[The Showstoppa]

broom stick tied to a weight with a string? and you just roll it up by twisting your wrists?

just guessing.

Great forearm workout....when i worked in minor league baseball, they had them still doing these....pretty cool.

[Coach is Back!]

When I was a sophmore in college, I happened to see my old weight training coach from HS, I asked him, since I didn't have access to a gym (it was summer time) what I could do for calves and forearms.
He told me to get two buckets of sand and stand in them and do calf raises...try doing a 20-50 of them, when you get real good , do 100 of them, for advanced, make the sand wet...it's harder
then go to steps...and rep out some more, to help with shin splints go put your foot under the stove and lift up, 20-30 reps

for forearms use the same two buckets of sand, but stick your hands in them, and grab a handful and make a fist, for a variation, twist the hand, do 20-30 reps...follow same pattern as wet sand

have softball or tennisball with a nail in it that has been curved, put a chain with weight on it, and lift softball with hand, then try with baseball, superset with bucket of sand....

Has anybody tried this old school routine?
 

That's a great one. We use rice.

[SilverSpoon]

Roger Clemens used to use buckets of rice.
And bowls of d-bol.

[Parker]

That's a great one. We use rice.

He was one of those old skool Vietnam vets/ semi pro ball players, had huge forearms and calves...
He actually was the one who got me into bodybuilding...I had taking the BFS (don't laugh) in HS, as a gym class. One day he came over to me and said I should try bbing, he said because I was disciplined abd wasn't trying to throw weight around, I would just go to a corner and rep out, if I couldn't handle the weight I lower it.

I was surprised he recognized me, and he asked if I was still lifting...

[CalvinH]

I don't need to leave the house to get a forearm workout.

[Yev33]

Or you could just ditch the wrist straps.....