Wrist Circles / Rotations
How to Do Wrist Circles / Rotations
- Seat yourself comfortably on a solid chair, with your back straight and unsupported. Keep your feet planted on the floor.
- Raise your arms directly out in front of you and allow your fingertips to dangle loosely towards the floor.
- Bring your fingertips towards each other by rotating at the wrists.
- Continue to rotate until your fingertips are pointing upwards and then turn your wrists back over to allow the fingertips to fall back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the specified reps or time.
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Related Forearms And Wrists Exercises
Seated Palm-Down Wrist Curls / Forearm Curls
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Standing Palm-Up Wrist Stretch
Wrist Circles / Rotations Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Wrist Circles / Rotations targets forearms and wrists. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Seated palm-down wrist curls / forearm curls, your exercise (placeholder) and standing palm-up wrist stretch. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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