Plus a Bonus "WOD" to Boot When I was younger, and first starting in bodybuilding—I'm afraid I often refer to, and think of, the '90s as the "good ol' days" here on the blog—I read quite a few articles on building muscular, large forearms. They were often accompanied by pictures of some of the '90s bodybuilding superstars with the best forearm development—Lee Priest comes to mind. These articles often featured workout routines for the forearm muscles that were similar to workout programs for other muscles. In other words, they were programs with multiple sets of multiple reps, featuring multiple exercises. Sure, the authors of these articles didn't recommend as much work for forearms as they did chest, back, legs, or arms, accepting the adage that the forearms got plenty of work from a lot of back and biceps training, but, on the whole, the programs were pretty much the same. The kind of programs I am rememberi...
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