What good exercises are there to build up the size of your wrists?

[ZombieNixon]

I've been working out a lot lately, with the result that my arms have gotten a whole lot bigger, but my skinny wrists still betray my wiry build and look rather ridiculous compared with my biceps and such. How can I build them up a bit?

[Wapsie B]

1. 12oz curls have done the job for me.

*rimshot*

[ZombieNixon]

2. Oh, you!

:spank:

[asthmaticeog]

3. Lots of short, repetitive motions should do the trick.

And even if they don't build up your wrists, they can still be lots of fun.

[ZombieNixon]

5. I should have thought of this before.

99.9% of these responses are going to be lock-worthy, aren't they?

[asthmaticeog]

8. If not, I'm going to be very disappointed in the Lounge.

:evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

4. Try these suggestions.

http://espn.go.com/TrainingRoom/tylenol/1575883.html

[BiggJawn]

6. Masturbation.

But you have to switch hands or else you get unequal sized wrists.

Seriously, though...

Take a peek at an anatomy book, you'll see that the wrists are mostly just bone and tendons.
Oh, nerves, too....

[ZombieNixon]

7. Great. I get stuck with large muscles and small bones.

I look like a freakin' party favor.

[BiggJawn]

13. Or Popeye..

[ZombieNixon]

14. Even if I were a cartoon character,

I would not, under any circumstance, want to look like Popeye.

[BiggJawn]

16. Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf!

Wahl blow me down!
:D

[Deja Q]

17. Do you think that catchphrase was a double entendre?

:rofl:

[BiggJawn]

18. Hard to say....

"Blow the Man Down" WAS a favourite ditty of the Royal Navy...

[Elidor]

9. Some disc golfers use these powered gyroscopes

You can set the rpms (in the thousands per second). You just hold on to the thing for a few minutes each day. It will wear your arm out. Here's a link to one:

http://www.discnation.com/detail.asp?pid=121967

I've never used one, so I'm not vouching for it, but some people swear by them for wrist conditioning and hand strength.

[Floogeldy]

10. Stop lying!

You big Cracker Whacker!

;)

[ZombieNixon]

11. What?

:shrug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. A 45-minute daily regimen of hardcore internet porn.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Squeeze a tennis ball every chance you get. Also handstand pushups

against a wall. (My cheerleaders are complaining about doing their handstands and I realized that it's because their wrists are weak. But the best cure for that is more handstands.)

[flvegan]

19. You can strengthen/enlarge your forearms, but

not so much your wrists. They're joints without a lot of muscle in the immediate area that can be built upon.