There have been articles on ROK espousing obscure and strange grip exercises to train grip and by extension forearms. In powerlifting lore it's also sometimes insinuated that you'll get decent forearms once you deadlift XXX pounds.
From a bodybuilding perspective these pieces of advice do not make much sense. Every other muscle group is always carefully trained at its full ROM and yet some advocate limiting forearm training to static holds; it would be like advocating holding the barbell at a 90 degree angle instead of doing full curls for the biceps.
One can assume that some of this confusion stems from the fact that the wrist joint does not allow for a very large range of motion; extension or flexion but it's still quite noticeable and easily comparable to that experienced in calf training or when doing shrugs for traps.
For complete forearm development wrist curls to both directions should be incorporated as well as reverse or hammer curls; this will take care of all three major forearm muscles. I only recently started getting truly serious about forearms and am already seeing the results.
From a bodybuilding perspective these pieces of advice do not make much sense. Every other muscle group is always carefully trained at its full ROM and yet some advocate limiting forearm training to static holds; it would be like advocating holding the barbell at a 90 degree angle instead of doing full curls for the biceps.
One can assume that some of this confusion stems from the fact that the wrist joint does not allow for a very large range of motion; extension or flexion but it's still quite noticeable and easily comparable to that experienced in calf training or when doing shrugs for traps.
For complete forearm development wrist curls to both directions should be incorporated as well as reverse or hammer curls; this will take care of all three major forearm muscles. I only recently started getting truly serious about forearms and am already seeing the results.