Thread: forearm pain

I'd say you should use dumbells then, or a z-curl bar (with a fairly pronounced curve on it). I had the same problems with curls. Dumbells allow for a more natural movement of your hands (as opposed to a straight bar which puts your hand in a completely unnatural position and put strains on your wrists as you try to handle weight - I'm not sure but I think that can cause tendonitis). With the z-curl bar, I also found that a narrow grip made it easier. When this happened to me, the pain would stay and I had to slow down on the curls. I don't know about the skull crushers, but when I do the french press, I also use a curl bar with a narrow grip. i've managed to still do good bicep workouts, but straight bars are definitely out. I have also done forearms exercices to try and remedy this problem, by strengthening my forearms, but I'm not pro and could not tell you whether that was a good thing or not, even though it seemed to help. Anyway, hope this helps and good luck!

It wouldn't be a bad idea to increase your forearm and wrist strength. The stronger they are the heavier you'll lift without suffering from alot of pain. I still feel pain in my forearms and wrists on nights when I'm curling alot of weight but it's a lot less than it was.

I had the same problem a while back, but it was only when I got into heavier weight.

I took a wider grip and it solved my problems, but not totally. I never feel like I have a good grip with an E-Z curl bar.

the key is strengthening ur forearms..there is no way around it

do curls and reverse curls

I find that barbell wrist curls and reversed barbell wrist curls were good for strengthening my forearms.