The wrist roller, a straight piece of wooden dowel, has been touted
as one of "the" grip developers of all time. Simply tie the rope to
a weight, hold the wrist roller out in front of you at arms' length,
and "roll up" the rope and weight by alternate movements of each
hand.
In order to achieve maximum
leverage (and develop maximum strength in the forearms, wrists, and
hands) the hands should project out straight from the wrists. The
only way this is going to happen is if you put your arms straight
out from the shoulders and grasp the wrist roller at shoulder width.
You could do this with a straight wrist roller if it were an
extremely long
wrist roller. I.e.,
somewhere in the neighborhood of two and a half feet. No one makes
one that long and the use of such a device would be extremely
awkward
Conventional wrist rollers
are much shorter and easier to handle. The problem is that these
shorter wrist rollers are all straight. There is no taper to any of
them. The problem this creates is that, while your arms have to be
positioned closer together to hold a straight wrist roller, your
arms are in
towards each other, the wrists have to bend so that your hands are
turned out.
This isn't the way the wrists and
hands were designed to operate.
The tapered wrist roller eliminates this problem.
For the top of the forearm, roll the wrist roller toward you (at the
top) as you pull the weight up. For the bottom of the forearm, roll
the wrist roller away from you as you pull the weight up.
Try each type of wrist
roller and you will immediately experience the difference. Train on
a tapered wrist roller for several weeks or months and people you
know will see
your forearm size increase and your forearms will feel the
difference in your grip.
TWO SIZES ARE AVAILABLE
LARGE (APPROXIMATELY 3")
SMALL (APPROXIMATELY 2..5")
NOTE: Plates are not included with the
tapered wrist roller