Top 10 exercises to strengthen your wrists

Your body's as strong as your weakest link. Some people ignore wrist and forearm exercises because they don't find them that important. Well, let me tell you why wrist exercises are most important?

Your upper body will not perform well unless you have strong wrists. Also, people who work long hours at computers and laptops limit the natural movement of the wrists. It restricts the movement of the wrists and leads to serious problems like muscle locking etc. I will be on the list of the top 10 wrist strengthening exercises for you. By practicing these daily, you can strengthen your wrists. And stay away from problems involving Wrist Muscles. Wrist Exercises:

1. Stand upright with a pound dumbbell in your hand and the palm facing the ceiling. Then just relax your wrist & raise the dumbbell. Perform one hand at a time. Do 3 sets of 15 each. 2. Rest your Arms on the armrest of the chair and keeping your palm and wrist in the air. After bending the wrist down until you feel a stretch. Then slowly lift the palm up and your fingers point upwards thus feeling tension again. Do this 10th times on each wrist. 3. Extend your fingers apart from each other as much as possible, then suddenly mold them into a fist as tight as possible. Do this 20th times a day on each hand. You will feel the tension increasing at first, but later it will subside. 4. Hold your hands perpendicular to your body mold your palm into a fist and start turning your fists clockwise. Do this 20 times. Then stand still for 60 seconds and start turning your fists counterclockwise 20 times.

5. To make your non-dominant hands strong, brush your teeth daily with both hands alternately. This will make the non-dominant hand strong as well as give some flexibility to the dominant hand. 6. Rest your palms flat on top of a sturdy table. Then slowly try to put all the weight on the wrist and palms by lifting your body onto the toes. Once you feel enough tension, then you slowly return to the normal standing position. 7. Perform the above direction by lying face down on the floor. Then lift the whole body and put the weight on the palms. Keep the toes on the ground. 8. Stand in Namaste position with elbows and palm at right Angles. Now press both palms towards each other. This will create Tension and Strength in the forearm as well. 9. Stand upright with hands facing the floor line with the body. Hold the dumbbells in your hand and lift them straight up to a little above your waist. And then put your hands in the original position. Do this exercise 10 times in sets of 3. 10. Stand upright and hold your hands with open palms. The hands should be perpendicular in shape to your body. Hold like this for 10 minutes. You feel extreme pain in your hand, but that is when your muscles will start to respond to the exercise. Follow the above wrist exercises diligently and your wrist will have strength in no time.