Plate Pinch
IntermediateOtherIsolationStaticStrength
How to do it
- Grab two wide-rimmed plates and put them together with the smooth sides facing outward
- Use your fingers to grip the outside part of the plate and your thumb for the other side thus holding both plates together. This is the starting position.
- Squeeze the plate with your fingers and thumb. Hold this position for as long as you can.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of sets prescribed in your program.
- Switch arms and repeat the movements.
Muscles worked
Primary:Forearms
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