Plate Pinch
How to do the Plate Pinch with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Forearms
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How to do the Plate Pinch
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Grab two wide-rimmed plates and put them together with the smooth sides facing outward
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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.
- 3
Squeeze the plate with your fingers and thumb. Hold this position for as long as you can.
- 4
Repeat for the recommended amount of sets prescribed in your program.
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Switch arms and repeat the movements.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Plate Pinch set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your forearms volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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