Plate Pinch
Plate Pinch is a isolation strength exercise using other that trains the forearms.
StrengthOtherIntermediateIsolationStatic
Primary muscles: Forearms
How to do it
- Grab two wide-rimmed plates and put them together with the smooth sides facing outward
- Use your fingers to grip the outside part of the plate and your thumb for the other side thus holding both plates together. This is the starting position.
- Squeeze the plate with your fingers and thumb. Hold this position for as long as you can.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of sets prescribed in your program.
- Switch arms and repeat the movements.
Track it with MyoAmigo
MyoAmigo pre-fills every set of the Plate Pinch from last time, charts your estimated 1RM trend so you can see strength move without testing a true max, and flags a stall with a concrete fix. It also credits this work toward your weekly Forearms volume on the MyoMap heatmap. New to the movement? Start with picking a working weight and progressive overload.
