# Forearm muscle exercises while lying down

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**Created:** [December 7, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753 "2015-12-07T23:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/1 "2015-12-07T23:47:04Z")

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Anyone know of a good forearm weight exercise to do while lying down? (For physical reasons it’s best for me not to lift weights in a standing or sitting position.)

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**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/2 "2015-12-08T01:38:15Z")

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Squeeze a tennis ball, or get a hand gripper.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/3 "2015-12-08T01:45:33Z")

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Masturbation?

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**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/4 "2015-12-08T01:55:43Z")

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> [@snfaulkner](#):
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> Masturbation?

That’s more a bicep/shoulder exercise.  
You sure as hell don’t want to squeeze too hard.

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**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/5 "2015-12-08T01:58:19Z")

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Reverse wrist curls with your arm resting on a bench, and your wrist overhanging.

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**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/6 "2015-12-08T02:03:51Z")

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This may be exactly what you’re not looking for, so apologies in advance.

Anyway, what about a wrist roller? It’s not really weight lifting per se - you hold the thing stationary and roll. You couldn’t do it laying down but you could prop your elbows on something, and you don’t have to use much weight at all to work out your forearms.

Otherwise a gripper is probably your best bet, yeah. You might be able to do a wrist curl while laying down. You take a dumbbell and just curl your wrist up and then back. Warning: I have no idea whether this would be safe in a prone position.

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**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/7 "2015-12-08T02:37:47Z")

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Get a couple of elastic or spring things you can hook somewhere down by your feet and do curls using those. If you have a bench you can do curls with dumb bells with your arms hanging over the sides.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forearm-muscle-exercises-while-lying-down/739753/8 "2015-12-08T05:20:11Z")

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Many sock puppets are useful in this regard. Speed not a requirement.