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Comment by rramadass | Hacker News Reader

Great idea and very useful website! Thank You.

One suggestion: A lot of folks don't go to gym, lack access to exercise equipment etc. It might be worthwhile to have a section on how to work out the specific muscles without any equipment and in minimal space using only bodyweight/calisthenics; eg. Yoga stretches, deep squats, pushups(both Normal and Hindu) etc.

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There are tabs for stretching and bodyweight exercises for each muscle.

If you mean like this: https://musclewiki.com/Bodyweight/Male/Forearms/

You can see how there is still equipment required.

Forearms are quite difficult to do without equipment. Unless you include something that could be easily procured at home.

No you can easily do them at home by clasping your hands together and making your arms work against each other. It just isn’t as efficient as compound exercises (e.g. pull-ups that also exercise your back).

Decline push-ups also work on your forearms.

That sounds very inefficient. Here’s something that gets good results quickly. Tie a string/top to a filled 2L bottle. Attach the other end of the rope to the center of a short wooden pole. Wind up the bottle. Wind down the bottle. Repeat ad infinitum. Quick and easy.

Forearms are also one of the main muscles (groups?) targeted by rock climbing. Depending on where you live, you could likely find some boulders with very low traverses, which would require exactly no equipment (though climbing shoes would help immensely)

The inverted rows can be done hanging from a table or desk.

On another note: technically, for forearms you'd want to have your hands facing away from you when doing a chin-up. Hands facing towards you is better for biceps.

doorframes, tree branches?

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