00:00Today I'm reviewing the strong arm. This is a wrist and forearm strengthener and it's a little
00:03bit different than the ones that are out there. The ones that are out there look like this
00:06where you have a vertical bar, you have a loading pin on the top, and then the handle on the bottom.
00:11So this one's different. So you can see it's angled and it also has three handles, two on the
00:15sides, one on the bottom. So let me talk to you about this one first. So this one here, it still
00:20works, but it does have limitations. So for this one, I can do pronation and supination exercises.
00:25I can do radial deviation, ulnar deviation, but I can't do anything like wrist extensions or wrist
00:31flexions. So that's where I feel the strong arm over here is more of a complete tool because I can
00:36do all ranges of motion with constant tension. So let me show you. So we have the handles on the
00:41sides where I can do wrist extensions. I can flip it over. I can do wrist flexions. And then I have
00:47the handle on the bottom here where I can do the other exercises like this bar here. I can do the
00:51pronation, supination, radial deviation, ulnar deviation. So I can do all ranges of motion.
00:57Now, another thing about this one here is the angle is important because it helps me maintain
01:01constant tension throughout the exercises, both in the eccentric and concentric phase.
01:06So I'll give you an example here. So if I'm doing something like a radial deviation,
01:09if I go down here, you can see that I maintain an angle. This doesn't go completely vertical. So that
01:14maintains constant tension on my wrist and forearms. On the way up, same thing. It doesn't go
01:19completely vertical. So that's important because I'm always getting a constant pull
01:22on my wrist and forearm muscles. Now, if I do that with this one here, on the way down here,
01:28I get an angle. So I maintain constant tension. But on the way up, you can see it goes completely
01:34vertical and that's where I lose tension. So that's where this one here comes in better
01:38biomechanically because I maintain that constant tension. Now, if I were to change something about this,
01:44I would make the knurling a little bit more aggressive. Right now, it's mild. It still works.
01:49It doesn't slip. But me personally, I like more of a medium knurl. So I wish that would have been
01:53done on this one. Also, a little bit more thickness in the diameter of the handles.
01:59The previous version, this is a previous version. It was all black. It had rubber handles on here
02:04that are one and a half inch in thickness. I like this thickness better just because I feel it works
02:09on my grip more while I'm doing the exercises. This one here is an inch and a quarter in thickness.
02:14So I wish that was just thicker. Now, I do like that they made this crumb. It just helps to maintain
02:18more of the aesthetic look of the bar because with this one here, after time, you know, from loading
02:25and unloading weights, it just starts getting scratched with the black paint coming off. So
02:28this one here, you can see less scratches. It's more aesthetically pleasing. But overall,
02:33I feel it's a very good tool. I get all ranges of motions through constant tension for the wrist
02:38and forearm muscles. I just wish it had a little bit more aggressive knurling and then a thicker handle.
02:43But overall, if you'd like to work out wrists, forearms, and just grip strength, this is a very
02:48good tool. If you want to check it out, I'll leave a link below this video. That link is shreddeddad.com
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