Charles Poliquin Interview

grow? They don't seem to want to budge at all, no matter what I

do. I recently started using thick grips whenever possible to

hopefully remedy the problem. Should I use thick grips on every

exercise possible or vary the grip from exercise to exercise? Help

A: Thick grips should be used as a source of training variety.

Therefore you should vary the thickness of the handles the same

way you vary your training parameters, i.e. reps, sets, tempo and

rest intervals. In other words, use thick grips on certain exercises

for a predetermined amount of time. Then, when you plan a new

workout program, use them on another exercise. The key, of

course, is to continually provide new methods of stimulation.

Here's a little trick you can try that should trigger more growth in

your forearms when you do wrists curls. For this method, a one-arm

low pulley works best. Do your wrists curls like everybody does,

with your forearms on your thighs and your upper body leaning over

the forearms. This method will recruit the flexor digitorum

your arms to measurements you never dreamed of. Now, isn't that a

for the practitioner. For in reality what Charles has presented

sets of 10-12 reps, done on a 20X tempo (where X means as

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