Forearm Exercise

The forearm is a part of the body that does not receive much specific attention. You probably don’t have a set of forearm exercises built into your workout routine. Let’s examine the forearm a little more closely.

The forearm is made up of two long bones. The bone that extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the wrist on the same side as the thumb is the radius. The second bone of the lower portion of the arm is the ulna, which is longer and larger than the radius. The ulna is located at the medial side of the arm and parallel to the radius. Of course, these bones are covered and surrounded by muscles, tendons and skin.

Now that we have more information about the forearm let’s take a look at a couple exercises that can help keep the area loose and help avoid injury.

Exercise 1:
• Stand or sit in an upright position and stretch your left arm out in front of your body.
• Flex your left wrist, pointing your fingers up.
• With your right hand, pull the left palm toward your body and hold for twenty seconds.
• Relax for fifteen seconds and repeat the stretch two more times exactly as the first time.
• Repeat the exercise with your right hand stretched before you. Do three repetitions.

Exercise 2:
• Stand or sit in an upright position and stretch your left arm out in front of you.
• Point your fingers down.
• Use the right hand to increase the stretch of the left forearm as you did in exercise 1 and hold for twenty seconds.
• Relax for fifteen seconds.
• Repeat the same stretch two more times.
• Complete three stretches on the right arm.

Make sure to do these physical activities as often as you can to stay in the best shape.