Arms · Bodyweight
Wrist Circles
How to do the wrist circles, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Mobility
How to do it
Stand tall with your arms extended out to your sides at shoulder height or held comfortably in front of you. Keeping the rest of your body still, rotate both wrists in smooth circles for the prescribed reps, then reverse direction.
- 1Feel the movement around your wrists and forearms as you draw smooth circles with your hands
- 2Keep the circles controlled and even rather than flicking through the range
- 3Let the wrists warm up gradually before making the circles larger
Common mistakes
- Do not tense your shoulders or turn the movement into big arm circles
- Avoid forcing the wrists through painful ranges or snapping the motion
- Do not rush; smooth circles are more useful than fast ones
Muscles worked
The wrist circles works the forearms.
- ForearmsSupport
Kovo programs the wrist circles for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More forearms exercises
- How to do the wrist curl
- How to do the conans wheel
- How to do the farmers walk
- How to do the forearm extensor stretch
- How to do the forearm flexor stretch
- How to do the medicine ball hussafel carry
Last reviewed April 2026.