How to do: Wrist Rotations with Straight Bar

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Wrist Rotations with Straight Bar — starting position — Start position

Wrist Rotations with Straight Bar — finishing position — Finish position

Step-by-step instructions

1Hold a barbell with both hands and your palms facing down; hands spaced about shoulder width. This will be your starting position.
2Alternating between each of your hands, perform the movement by extending the wrist as though you were rolling up a newspaper. Continue alternating back and forth until failure.
3Reverse the motion by flexing the wrist, rolling the opposite direction. Continue the alternating motion until failure.

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Photos & base instructions from the open-source Free Exercise DB (public domain).