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Why the gently caress do my forearms hurt when I do bicep curls? Are my forearms too weak compared to my biceps or am I just being a goofy rear end and doing them wrong?
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Batterypowered7 posted:Why the gently caress do my forearms hurt when I do bicep curls? Are my forearms too weak compared to my biceps or am I just being a goofy rear end and doing them wrong? They hurt because you're using them. Unless you feel like it's preventing you from getting a good biceps workout (you reach failure due to forearm fatigue before you get a good stimulus for your biceps), don't worry about it.
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Nov 7, 2023 00:56
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feelix posted:They hurt because you're using them. Unless you feel like it's preventing you from getting a good biceps workout (you reach failure due to forearm fatigue before you get a good stimulus for your biceps), don't worry about it. It's not like a sore pain. It's sharp pain, kind of along the bottom right of my firearm if I place my hands palms down, and then they hurt afterwards when I pick up 45s from the floor with both hands. They actually hurt significantly just doing curls with 20lb dumbbells (much less so if I do hammer curls instead). Fake Edit: Just did some regular curls and my forearms didn't hurt if I squeezed the gently caress out of the handle. Maybe I hurt something by not squeezing hard enough previously and straining my forearms in a weird way.
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Nov 7, 2023 01:02
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Then do the version that doesn't hurt?
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Nov 7, 2023 01:06
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Well, sure, but I'd like to know the underlying cause of the pain. Seems like a good thing to know.
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Nov 7, 2023 01:09
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Batterypowered7 posted:Well, sure, but I'd like to know the underlying cause of the pain. Seems like a good thing to know. It's not
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Nov 7, 2023 01:11
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Sounds like golfer's elbow perhaps? Or one of that family of forearm tendon bullshit
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Nov 7, 2023 01:17
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There are several threads in YLLS for lifters of different experience levels where we relitigate the issue of pain while lifting on, no joke, almost a daily basis. I suggest you read one of those instead of asking GBS.
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Nov 7, 2023 01:20
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yeah wouldn't want to clutter this thread up with too many posts
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Nov 7, 2023 01:31
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sometimes i get a little tendonitis and the theraband flexbar is pretty nice for that but it kind of sounds like you might have strained a muscle or something and should just do things that don't make it hurt until it doesn't hurt anymore
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Nov 7, 2023 01:34
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Concatenation posted:yeah wouldn't want to clutter this thread up with too many posts We post about it so much that we have cool inside jokes about it. If I post about it here I can't make those
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Nov 7, 2023 01:41
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feelix posted:We post about it so much that we have cool inside jokes about it. If I post about it here I can't make those We could come up with a new inside joke, you and I.
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Nov 7, 2023 01:49
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man people say nitric oxide is good for pumps but i did a bunch of whippits and that did not help
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Nov 7, 2023 18:58
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My scuba instructor who was also my drug dealer told me that the dissolved nitrogen in my tissues from scuba diving would give me better pumps and I don't think that's true
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Nov 7, 2023 19:02
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nooneofconsequence posted:every day can be leg day speaking from recent experience, do it.
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Nov 7, 2023 19:06
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Batterypowered7 posted:Well, sure, but I'd like to know the underlying cause of the pain. Seems like a good thing to know. This is a very common issue especially for less experienced lifters. Basically you just exceeded your ability to recover from this exercise. Drop curling completely for 4-6 weeks to give yourself some time to heal. Then slowly reintroduce curls starting with low volume.
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Nov 7, 2023 20:21
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I think 4-6 weeks of complete rest is way too long. I would restart activity immediately at a very low intensity (like pink dumbbells low) and see how the pain responds
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Nov 7, 2023 22:09
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Theyre still gonna be doing rows and pullups and deads and poo poo, thats gonna slow recovery down. Anyway, do whatever the gently caress... you wanna do.
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Nov 7, 2023 22:21
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I used to get awful forearm/elbow tendinitis in one arm. I switched to a thumbless grip for some things like pullups, avoided whatever that seemed to directly trigger it but powered through everything else, and since I've been using knockoff fat grips for all my dumbbell lifts it hasn't flared up again.
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Nov 9, 2023 01:27
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New exercise https://i.imgur.com/VK2iVnt.mp4
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Got my new plates. Time to see how accurate 1rm calculators are. e: Verdict: Pretty loving good! I'd been stuck with 300 lb since that's all I owned, and didn't deadlift for awhile because I knew I'd blow past that, I kept loving up my back, and I hate deadlifting for reps. I got up to 300x9 before today. A couple calcs put my max at 370-386. Pulled 385. Shoulda put 3 lb to make it 2x bodyweight but oh well. My pr is 495 but I was about 85 lb heavier so I'm pretty happy with 385 today. nooneofconsequence fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Nov 12, 2023 |
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Nov 12, 2023 21:22
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mobby_6kl posted:New exercise 
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I've been doing so much dead lifts that the skin on my palms is tearing off, so I guess I need gloves or something. Max was 135 kg but been doing volume at lower weights. I did not expect to be palm skin limited on this.
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Dec 9, 2023 01:40
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doverhog posted:I've been doing so much dead lifts that the skin on my palms is tearing off, so I guess I need gloves or something. Max was 135 kg but been doing volume at lower weights. I did not expect to be palm skin limited on this. You don't use straps at all? Those might be better than gloves.
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Dec 9, 2023 01:47
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Use straps not gloves
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Dec 9, 2023 02:10
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doverhog posted:I've been doing so much dead lifts that the skin on my palms is tearing off, so I guess I need gloves or something. Max was 135 kg but been doing volume at lower weights. I did not expect to be palm skin limited on this. Try starting with the bar in your fingers, not your hands, and use straps to save your hands if your still losing skin until your grip strength catches up.
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Batterypowered7 posted:You don't use straps at all? Those might be better than gloves. Haven't been using anything except bare hands. ** thanks for the advice doverhog fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Dec 9, 2023 |
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Dec 9, 2023 03:50
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I picked some up some of the heavy duty ones from Pioneer a while back: https://generalleathercraft.com/product-category/pioneer/wraps-straps-and-sleeves/lifting-straps-by-pioneer/
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Dec 9, 2023 04:23
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RP video on using straps https://youtu.be/10gP3nfpr2g?si=koVvi_q6buAxT8Oa
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I prefer figure of eight straps to normal straps and also versa grips are worth considering.
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yeah I can't use regular straps. I must be doing something wrong, but I feel like I can handle LESS weight with regular straps. Fig 8 straps own though.
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All those muscles wont do you good in the streets, learn bjj bros.
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One of the best videos on the "just learn bjj for all the street fights you obviously get into" crap is the one where the bjj bro gets a guy in an arm bar on the ground and oops guy whips out a knife in his free hand and stabs bjj bro to death. Yeah Congratulations man you had floor control or whatever with your magic grappling. Or the MMA video where bjj bro gets a guy into a submission but the other guy just stands up with him.
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Buschmaki posted:All those muscles wont do you good in the streets, learn bjj bros. Buddy, if I'm bjj-ing some dude out on the streets we're both getting arrested for lewd and lascivious conduct in public. No thanks!
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Guyver posted:One of the best videos on the "just learn bjj for all the street fights you obviously get into" crap is the one where the bjj bro gets a guy in an arm bar on the ground and oops guy whips out a knife in his free hand and stabs bjj bro to death. never skip leg day (because running away is the best strategy)
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Mozi posted:never skip leg day (because running away is the best strategy) That sounds dangerously like cardio. I will simply squat all those present to establish dominance.
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Buschmaki posted:All those muscles wont do you good in the streets, learn bjj bros. Have you been waiting to post this for 15 years?
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Buschmaki posted:All those muscles wont do you good in the streets, learn bjj bros. Being strong helps you do bjj better though
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BJJ is fun to do.
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Hellblazer187 posted:BJJ is fun to do. This.
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