What's the deal with reverse curls?

[AdriaanRobert96]

So as the title asks, what is the deal with reverse bicep curls when it comes to gripper strength?👀

I've noticed a pattern in some of our strongest closers that the reverse curl fairly heavy se to be a staple.

I do the since way back because I love em, never done em too heavy but I tried the past week or so and got 50kg for 10 reps which I think's ok👌

I know they are great for elbow health and wrist strength and all but is there anything else I missed?

[dubyagrip]

They train the extensors, keeping the forearm in balance with grip training.

[Climber028]

When your hand closes, the flexor tendons pull down on your fingers to curl them in, this force would also flex your wrist if it wasn't stable. In order to not have the wrist fully flexed, you need extensors that are strong enough to keep the wrist stable enough so that you can actually use the full force of your flexors. I dislike when people say only train the wrist extensor for "health" reasons since you absolutely need them if maximum strength is a goal. If you don't have the ability to keep the wrist stable and have something to pull against, then even if your flexors are big and strong they won't actually be able to apply their full force to close the hand.Reverse curls and wrist extensor are extremely underrated and would be silly to ignore

[Blacksmith513]

1 hour ago, AdriaanRobert96 said:

 

I know they are great for elbow health and wrist strength and all but is there anything else I missed?

They put hair on your chest

[Luke Blackwell]

8 minutes ago, Blacksmith513 said:

They put hair on your chest

Scientific facts right here☝️

[AdriaanRobert96]

2 hours ago, Climber028 said:

When your hand closes, the flexor tendons pull down on your fingers to curl them in, this force would also flex your wrist if it wasn't stable. In order to not have the wrist fully flexed, you need extensors that are strong enough to keep the wrist stable enough so that you can actually use the full force of your flexors. I dislike when people say only train the wrist extensor for "health" reasons since you absolutely need them if maximum strength is a goal. If you don't have the ability to keep the wrist stable and have something to pull against, then even if your flexors are big and strong they won't actually be able to apply their full force to close the hand.Reverse curls and wrist extensor are extremely underrated and would be silly to ignore

Love this answer, so very well said👍👑

[Ivan Cuk]

4 hours ago, Climber028 said:

When your hand closes, the flexor tendons pull down on your fingers to curl them in, this force would also flex your wrist if it wasn't stable. In order to not have the wrist fully flexed, you need extensors that are strong enough to keep the wrist stable enough so that you can actually use the full force of your flexors. I dislike when people say only train the wrist extensor for "health" reasons since you absolutely need them if maximum strength is a goal. If you don't have the ability to keep the wrist stable and have something to pull against, then even if your flexors are big and strong they won't actually be able to apply their full force to close the hand.Reverse curls and wrist extensor are extremely underrated and would be silly to ignore

Absolutely, if you're training the flexors heavy you should be training the extensors heavy. I also recommend volume on reverse wrist curls like 3x8-12 with simple linear progression each week. Reverse curls also tax your extensors quite a bit, take a look at Kirill Sarychev reverse curling 110kg for reps and he has very strong grip. Carl also has very strong reverse curl, Andrey Smaev has outwordly strength in that movement but I dont think he specialized in grip. Basically just do reverse curls and reverse wrist curls  

[AdriaanRobert96]

17 minutes ago, Ivan Cuk said:

Absolutely, if you're training the flexors heavy you should be training the extensors heavy. I also recommend volume on reverse wrist curls like 3x8-12 with simple linear progression each week. Reverse curls also tax your extensors quite a bit, take a look at Kirill Sarychev reverse curling 110kg for reps and he has very strong grip. Carl also has very strong reverse curl, Andrey Smaev has outwordly strength in that movement but I dont think he specialized in grip. Basically just do reverse curls and reverse wrist curls  

Appreciate it bud, nice to see so many people getting together with all this knowledge👌

Can't wait to see the rest of your grip progress unfold btw👍