exercises without pressure on wrist

[ephs]

feel free to name everything you know. a fellow has injured his wrist and can't use one of his wrists for about 4 weeks. any chances to work out seriously with this injury?

edit: it is clear that he can do some leg exercises. more interesting are possible exercises for upper body.

[JasonJones]

"pressure on wrists" is pretty generic. The loads specific to an overhead press vs. a curl vs. an internal rotation are hugely different. You could always just tie a theraband to his forearms…

[ephs]

he should not use his injured arm at all. the theraband idea is good!

[Dub]

Well that obviously mean nothing were the weigth is in your hands. Aka almost everything. Very limited band work for upper body is left. The tons of leg work.

[hoosegow]

Tons of one armed stuff - good arm of course and tons of leg work. If he has access to a SS yoke bar, have him keep squatting. Four weeks is minimal time off.

[Stephen Johnson]

Many of the old school Nautilus upper body machines didn't require the exerciser to grab a handle for usage, but these machines have disappeared. Modern machines haven't followed the design - even pullover and pec deck machines are hard to find. Too bad

I agree with Hoosegow - 4 weeks isn't that long a time to wait (except for us exercise addicts ). Better for your friend to take the time off and concentrate on getting well.

[ephs]

sounds like it's the best time for him to do a lot of cardio and drop some pounds. maybe some core work is also possible.