Forearm Bar vs. Wrist Rollers
Wrist Rollers target the forearms by rolling up a weighted rope. This does target the forearms
to a certian degree but there are several inherent shortcomings associated with this apparatus
Limited weight
Once you start improving your forearm and wrist strength an inherent problem becomes evident with a wrist roller. The problem is when using a wrist roller you stand holding the apparatus out in front of you at arms length. Once you start graduating to higher weight it becomes extremely difficult to hold even 10 pounds at arms length out in front of you for any given amount of time and once you reach 15-25 lbs. you will fatigue the shouldes before the forearms. Many manufactures of wrist rollers recommend not exceeding 10 lbs when using their apparatus. Therefore a wrist roller becomes pretty much becomes a moot point after you build up to 10 lbs.
The Forearm Bar allows you to hold it down at arms length, a much more natural position. The high-density
foam gripping allows you to really dig in for dramatically increased forearm muscle activation.
The Forearm Bars Construction
is commercial-grade. Weight Range 1.25 to 50 lbs.
Wrist Curls - You cannot perform a true wrist curl with a wrist roller.
Forearm Bar vs. Formulator
These guys are on the right track but there are a few of
limiting factors with this apparatus.
The locking of your hands between the foam padding and metal base plate reduces range of motion in the upward motion of the reverse wrist curl thus limiting full muscle engagement
The E-Flex Forearm Bar allows full range of motion for 100% muscle engagement.
The Formulator also has a fixed angled weight support so when you turn the Formulator over to do wrist curls the weight is in an angled up position, thus limiting tension on the targeted muscles over the fulll range of motion.
The E-Flex Forearm Bar's "Patented Quick Change Weight Attachment" allows you to rotate the weight to an
angled down position for all exercises. This allows you to maintain tension on the targeted muscles over the full
range of motion for all exercises and 100% muscle engagement.
And again as with a barbell when performing wrist curls with the Fomulator there is too much forced supination (the position where your palms are facing up), placing a lot of stress on the wrist joints, which over time can lead to injury.
The E-Flex Forearm Bar's design allows a natural grip, greatly reducing any undo stress on the wrist and wrist flexors.
The makers of this product also claim that by locking the hands between the foam pad and the metal base plate that they remove the weak link in your hands (your thumbs)
This
we believe is a weak link in there product as engagement of the thumbs in a gripping specific manner during forearm and wrist strengthening
exercises activates and strengthens the muscles of the forearm that are responsible for grip strength. This is essential
to overall forearm and wrist strength development.