• Beginner Forearm Endurance
Wrist Curls
Why This Matters for Boxing
Forearm endurance for repeated deflections. Every parry uses your forearm muscles — over 12 rounds, that's hundreds of parries. Wrist curls build the endurance to keep parrying sharp when other fighters' hands get sloppy.
How To Do It
- 1Sit with forearms on your thighs, wrists hanging over knees.
- 2Hold dumbbells with an underhand grip.
- 3Curl the weights upward by flexing your wrists.
- 4Lower slowly and repeat.
- 5Switch to overhand grip for reverse curls.
Sets
3
Reps
20
Rest
30s
Pro Tips
- High reps (20+) build endurance; lower reps build strength.
- Do both underhand and overhand variations.
- Start light — wrists are injury-prone.