Thread: Muscle aches after workout

I get this sort of pain in my forarms. Try ez-curl bars or dbs and strapping your forearms up. It helps a little but not much.

Yeah i've tried that. It doesn't help. I'm thinking about ordering some good quality wrist wraps, I had some garbage ones and it helped a tad I wonder if good ones would be better?

Thinking about ordering some Inzer wrist wraps z.

Use dumbbells instead?

Originally Posted by GymRat707

Yeah i've tried that. It doesn't help. I'm thinking about ordering some good quality wrist wraps, I had some garbage ones and it helped a tad I wonder if good ones would be better?

Thinking about ordering some Inzer wrist wraps z.

not just your wrists, your forearms right up to the elbows

Stop doing curls maybe?

Are you pre-fatiguing your biceps? I would. I think you'll get the same results and you'll be able to use less weight.

Drop the weight on curls. If you want greater bicep stimulation increase the reps, use exaggerated negatives, or do some more pullups.

I'm trying to increase the size of my arms, hitting in the 6-12 rep range.

these wrist/forearm pains can actually be from the onset of ELBOW tendonitis......in the past whenever i've had "forearm splints" i've also noticed my training consisted of alot of movements that put my elbows in "over stretched positions" (i.e. nosecrunchers, french press, etc).....as a result you tend to grip the bar much much harder than necessary and overwork the skeletal muscle and it gets inflamed.......the only way i was able to overcome it was to lower the poundage and use less straining movements for each of biceps,triceps, and making sure to directly do some forearm assistance work (but only for a few weeks at a time)

Originally Posted by GymRat707

I'm trying to increase the size of my arms, hitting in the 6-12 rep range.

If you go below 10 reps its too heavy for an isolation.

You're not gonna be making any size gains if you fuck your wrists up, are you? Lower the weight.

If the exercise hurts, don't do it. I have never done tricep pulldowns for example - they murder my elbows. There is more than one way to build any given muscle - don't be stupid.

Be careful you don't hyperextend your arms doing curls either. Don't go to full extension, it's a recipe for disaster - I was stupid and used to do it all the time.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Drop the weight on curls. If you want greater bicep stimulation increase the reps, use exaggerated negatives, or do some more pullups.

Originally Posted by danzik17

If the exercise hurts, don't do it. I have never done tricep pulldowns for example - they murder my elbows. There is more than one way to build any given muscle - don't be stupid.

Be careful you don't hyperextend your arms doing curls either. Don't go to full extension, it's a recipe for disaster - I was stupid and used to do it all the time.

Yup.

If it hurts, why do it? Some people just aren't built properly for certain exercises.

Originally Posted by gtbmed

Stop doing curls maybe?

LOL Yes doctor..the problem might be "Too Much Curls" Syndrome ... lol

I also have a problem with straight bar curls. The guys are right, there are several other exercises that you can do as a substitute.
There is a big difference between good hurt and bad hurt. I tried going WAY too heavy on barbell curls by sacrificing form and pulled a muscle in my right bicep. Took a good month after that to hit bi's hard again

Cut back on the LHJO or the RHJO or both. Otherwise try the straps and see if it helps, if not, try some of the suggestions above. It could be a flexibility issue in that joint. I guess I'm getting old. I never feel like I'm 100%. Something always hurts. I just lay off of it for awhile and hope it heals better.