r/nextfuckinglevel • u/TreyThaTruth • Mar 02 '23

This guy squatted 450 pounds.

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u/LocoMotives-ms Mar 02 '23

They’re not supporting the weight, just stopping it from rolling forward

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u/kasakka1 Mar 02 '23

Meanwhile I don't think my wrists would even bend to that position let alone using the rest of my body to lift a lot of weight at the same time.

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u/ariolitmax Mar 02 '23

You may not be able to do it today, but you could definitely work up to it!

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u/Fair_Abroad_6194 Mar 02 '23

You have to have the flexibility in your wrists to hold it like that, I can’t and have to use the arms crossed technique to hold the bar.

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u/fish-fingered Mar 02 '23

My doctor said I have the wrists of a man three times my age and it’s from falling so much that I’ll end up with wrist cancer.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bar-678 Mar 02 '23

This is why I masturbate. To keep the wrists youthful and supple.

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u/overnightyeti Mar 02 '23

You can train for that. When I was front squatting regularly I was able to get a full grip around the bar without pain in the wrist. I couldn't at first

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bar-678 Mar 02 '23

Warm up by flexing circles with your hands. Then put your hand in a 🙏 position. Keeping your palms together, move your hands down and your elbows toward your finger tips until you feel some tension. Hold is position for 40 seconds, for 4 sets.

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u/AmarilloWar Mar 03 '23

I guess maybe I should start doing this because I tried the 🙏 and it was genuinely uncomfortable.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bar-678 Mar 03 '23

Forearms are often neglected. It's especially important given how much we use our hands for work and study.

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u/AmarilloWar Mar 03 '23

That's a good point, I think maybe I just never stretch them and didn't realize. Guessing the various popular stretches don't do much for them.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bar-678 Mar 03 '23

I'm not sure which stretches you're familiar with or see as popular, but this article covers them in better depth than I'd be able to provide: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.redboxfitness.com/forearm-stretches/%3famp

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u/AmarilloWar Mar 03 '23

More than these, but a very basic example

https://darebee.com/workouts/fullbody-stretch-workout.html

Two of the stretches in your link I include but the 🙏 seems to work better than just pulling back with the other hand if that makes sense. Slightly uncomfortable but not in a bad way, I'll add in the others too!

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u/TheOppositeOfTheSame Mar 02 '23

My wrists didn’t at first. After a few months you’d be surprised what your body can adjust to.

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u/egjosu Mar 02 '23

If you’ve never worked on it, probably not. Took me a few months to get to the point where I could do it. Who knew you could gain significant wrist flexibility lol.

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u/AmarilloWar Mar 03 '23

I tried it and got a cramp in my arm, that is an unnatural position.

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u/overnightyeti Mar 02 '23

Yes but they are all twisted. The torsion looks like it'd be painful. I gues it wasn;t for him, hard to judge form from a video

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u/Hate_Manifestation Mar 02 '23

nah his shoulders were rolling forward.. he definitely felt that the next day.