[ClintCanada]

When I do preacher curls with an e-z curl bar (wide/narrow grip doesn't matter) I get serious pain along most of the length of my forearms. The pain is on the inside of the forearm on side of your pinky finger (not sure if this is beside the radius or ulna). Anyways -- just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what seems to cause it and what you've done -- have you quit preacher curls entirely ??

Thanks

[jCoonan]

Yeah I used to get CRAZY painful pumps in my forearms. I figured out that the NO I was using was causing it. When I got them i just had to relax and shake my hands out. Stretching them by extending your arm and putting your hand out as if to accept money, then using the opposite hand to gently push your fingertips down to the ground helped me lots.

[nd22121]

yes i know exactly what you mean. mine are not the muscle being pumped, i liken it to shin splints when i run during track season. i believe it is the same thing because it doesnt feel like the muscle it hurting, but the actual bone itself. by the way it is the ulnar bone too that hurts me. sometimes when i do it i try to squeeze my grip real tight when i begin the curl and try not to move my wrists at all, meaning i keep them in the same position on the negative and the positive phase of the workout. sometimes though that doesnt even work and i just try and take a week or two off from doing that particular exercise.

[firefighter2032]

Be careful that you aren't developing some sort of tendonitis in your arm. If you are, you will have pain at the elbow in the bones to the sides. I developed a tear and didn't realize that was what it was and continued to workout. Took forever to get it to heal.

[3PeteNC]

Originally Posted by firefighter2032

Be careful that you aren't developing some sort of tendonitis in your arm. If you are, you will have pain at the elbow in the bones to the sides. I developed a tear and didn't realize that was what it was and continued to workout. Took forever to get it to heal.

thats exactly what it sounds like, tendonitis. if i were u man, id hold on with the biceps exercises for a little while, take some ibuprofen to quell the inflamation and if it doesnt get better go see the doc. listen to firefighter, you don't wanna f*ck yourself up

[firefighter2032]

I spent a long time doing rehab on arm. Cortisone shots, physical therapy, enough NSAIDs to kill a horse and then finally found Oratropin. They threatened surgery on more than occassion but I refused after reading so many horror stories.

No need to push it too far now and screw yourself up for a year when you can take two weeks off now and spend the other 50 weeks working out.

Btw...you may want to try hammer curls instead and try doing them while laying back on a bench at 45 degrees. I've found they don't aggravate my arm at all and still get a good burn/pump.

[ClintCanada]

Thanks for all the input guys . . . some good food for thought -- I'm definitely going to take a couple weeks off, and may avoid the preachers altogether in the future -- stick with dumbells -- hammers, inclines, etc.

[ITHURTZ]

If its forearm splints when you let go of the weight the pain spikes. Rumor to the cause of that is weak forearms and wrists.

[datBtrue]

Also if you have long forearms it creates a strain on them because of the length the weight is held from the contracting bicep.

One way to ease the strain is to get those metal wrist hook lifting straps. Hold the bar in the hook and wrap your thumb around the bar to keep it in place. It is easiest to keep the bar from slipping if you are doing standing barbell curls. The metal strip takes the strain off of the wrists and off of the last inch or so of forearm. It has the effect of shortening the length the weight "seems" to be held from the contracting bicep.

The result is reduced forearm pain w/o reducing the weight used to curl.

[sfearl1]

Originally Posted by datBtrue

Also if you have long forearms it creates a strain on them because of the length the weight is held from the contracting bicep.

One way to ease the strain is to get those metal wrist hook lifting straps. Hold the bar in the hook and wrap your thumb around the bar to keep it in place. It is easiest to keep the bar from slipping if you are doing standing barbell curls. The metal strip takes the strain off of the wrists and off of the last inch or so of forearm. It has the effect of shortening the length the weight "seems" to be held from the contracting bicep.

The result is reduced forearm pain w/o reducing the weight used to curl.

good idea! i've been using those hooks for heavy deads and shrugs because my grip fails before my working muscles do. i've been gripping the sh1t out of the barbell though when i'm doing heavy curls and i think that its causing the pain in my forearm i've been experiencing. i'm gonna give the hooks a try for curls

[sreed11]

Sounds like forarm splints. i had those as well. i just took a while off from curling with any sort of bar and stuck to dumbbells. but if you wanna give those hooks a try go for it. hope it works out for ya

[ITHURTZ]

hooks while curling blah, how are you supposed to get massive forearms?

[sfearl1]

Originally Posted by ITHURTZ

hooks while curling blah, how are you supposed to get massive forearms?

i don't think its forearm splints that i have. it feels more like tendonitis (description wise). my forearms and bis are plenty strong to move the weight. its more of an inner pain that can only be described as a tendon pain. i'm thinking just laying off bis will be better than anything.

[datBtrue]

Originally Posted by ITHURTZ

hooks while curling blah, how are you supposed to get massive forearms?

Not from curls my man. Remember if you are in severe pain you can't really train.

[sfearl1]

Originally Posted by datBtrue

Not from curls my man. Remember if you are in severe pain you can't really train.

lol i didnt even read that quote all the way. yea i don't do curls for my forearms to grow.