Forearm Rolls or Twists

Not sure what you mean by rolls...if you mean using a roller with a weight attached to a string that is a good exercise.

Twists and wrist extention/flexions (sometimes called rolls) won't do much for the ball player.

Barbell In your hands,and you essentially do a curl type motion with your wrists to work your forearms.We have been doing these since the beginning of summer,and I am fairly pleased with the results thus far of my forearms

I hope that helps
Thanks Jon once again for your input!

That exercise is ok for the feel effect and bodybuilding purposes, but will have little carryover to athletic improvement.

But like anything else, if you fell it's working for you continue to do it.

So are you (Mr. Doyle) saying that the exersise that you would most recommend for a ball player for the forearms is where there is weights that are hung from a string and attached to a tube that one turns to bring up the weights on the string (sorry for the long explaination, but avoided using terminolgy to try to clear confusion)?

I personally love that excercise. I don't think many other common forearm excercises get the same result as that.

Andrew,

I didn't say that was my favorite exercise for forearms development. It is simply my favorite of the two listed. But it's a solid exercise and I suggest trying it at the end of your program.

I use a wide variety of forearm/grip exercises that most have never seen/done before. Impossible to explain through words as these exercises need to be seen.

Jon Doyle,what other tpyes of forearms exercises do you do?

Im sure they would be beneficial.

I use a large variety of exercises that develop the forearms...and very few of those are isolation exercises.

It is impossible to explain through words the exercises...they must be seen to be fully understood.

Too much would be lost in written explaination. I would never want someone to perform something wrong and get injured.

alright,makes sense

thanks anyway JD