Wrist extensor exercises
65 exercises that work the wrist extensors (extensor carpi radialis), easiest first.
At home or with basic kit 59
- Finger Extension — Rubber Band Beginner friendly · Resistance Band
- Rice Bucket — Slow Figure Eight Beginner friendly · Rice Bucket
- Wrist CARs Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Wrist Circles Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Wrist Circles — Seated Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Wrist Extensor Stretch Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Finger Extension — Resistance Band Beginner friendly · Resistance Band
- Low-Intensity Forearm Tap Drill Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Radial Deviation — Lighter Dumbbell Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Reverse Wrist Curl — Dumbbell Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Rice Bucket — Finger Extension Beginner friendly · Rice Bucket
- Rice Bucket — Hand Immersion Beginner friendly · Rice Bucket
- Rice Bucket — Wrist Rotation Beginner friendly · Rice Bucket
- Slow Knife Hand Practice Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Tapping Drill — Simple Alternate Beginner friendly · Dowel / Stick
- Ulnar Deviation — Lighter Dumbbell Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Wrist Pronation / Supination — Dumbbell Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Wrist Weight-Bearing Extension Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Wrist Weight-Bearing Extension — Fingers to Side Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Bimanual — Same Direction Circles Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Crab Walk Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Dumbbell Reverse Curl Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Dumbbell Wrist Roller Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Finger Extension — Resistance Band, Pronated Position Beginner friendly · Resistance Band
- Juggling — 2 Ball Warm-Up Beginner friendly · Juggling Balls
- Push-Up Position Wrist Circles Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Radial Deviation — Dumbbell Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Rice Bucket — Finger Extension with Full Pronation Beginner friendly · Rice Bucket
- Rice Bucket — Pinch and Twist Beginner friendly · Rice Bucket
- Ulnar Deviation — Dumbbell Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Wrist CARs — Weight Bearing Beginner friendly · No equipment
- Wrist Roller — Lighter Plate Beginner friendly · Weight Plates
- Zottman Curl Beginner friendly · Dumbbells
- Forearm Conditioning Drill Some experience helps · No equipment
- Forearm Pronation / Supination — Heavier End Load Some experience helps · Dumbbells
- Hand-Eye Coordination — Tennis Ball Wall Some experience helps · Tennis Ball, Wall / Door Frame
- Knife Hand Strike Drill Some experience helps · No equipment
- Rice Bucket — Rotation with Grip Squeeze Some experience helps · Rice Bucket
- Rice Bucket High Volume Sets Some experience helps · Rice Bucket
- Knuckle Push-Up Some experience helps · No equipment
- Plate Pinch — Static Hold Some experience helps · Weight Plates
- Push-Up Position Wrist Circles — Extended Plank Some experience helps · No equipment
- Radial Deviation — Longer Lever Some experience helps · Dumbbells
- Rice Bucket Pinch — Maximum Load Some experience helps · Rice Bucket
- Tapping Coordination Drill — Sticks Some experience helps · Dowel / Stick
- Ulnar and Radial Deviation Combined — Single Rep Some experience helps · Dumbbells
- Wrist Roller — Weight Plate Some experience helps · Weight Plates, Dowel / Stick
- Wrist Weight-Bearing Extension — Push-Up Position Some experience helps · No equipment
- Bimanual Coordination Drill Some experience helps · No equipment
- Coordination Bounce — Two Ball Some experience helps · Tennis Ball
- Juggling — 3 Ball Some experience helps · Juggling Balls
- Tapping Drill — Syncopated Some experience helps · Dowel / Stick
- Bimanual — Opposite Direction Circles Advanced · No equipment
- Tapping Drill — Complex Rhythm Pattern Advanced · Dowel / Stick
- Wrist Roller — Arms Parallel to Floor Advanced · Weight Plates
- Bimanual — Circle and Pat Simultaneously Advanced · No equipment
- Juggling — 3 Ball — Walking Advanced · Juggling Balls
- One-Arm Knuckle Push-Up Advanced · No equipment
- Juggling — 4 Ball Expert · Juggling Balls
With gym equipment 6
- Reverse Barbell Curl Beginner friendly · Barbell
- Reverse Wrist Curl Beginner friendly · Barbell
- EZ Bar Reverse Curl Some experience helps · EZ Bar
- Reverse Wrist Curl — Standing Cable Some experience helps · Cable Machine
- EZ Bar Reverse Curl — Preacher Bench Some experience helps · EZ Bar, Preacher Bench
- Heavy Bag Forearm Conditioning Some experience helps · Heavy Bag