Joint pain on cycle??

[Dr Pepper]

Iv got pain in my joints, mainly in my elbows... I'm on week five of my first cycle 500mg sust a week. Even before my cycle iv always taken one 1500mg glucosamine tablet a day. Seeing as prop is part of the sust and iv heard it drys out your joints iv been taking two 1500mg tabs a day. The last two weeks though the pain is always there so iv been having four a day but still pain. I haven't been to a doctor yet. Just wanted to see if any1 here has had a similiar experience and what theyv done??

[Nooomoto]

You gotta go up in weight slowly. Just because you can lift it, doesn't mean you should. In the mean time, might wanna try some deca. It'll definitely help with the joint pain.

[Tyler694]

Btw, 500mg of sust / week is only 60mg of prop / week... Not much..

[Dr Pepper]

Not much main, but enough to giv me joint pain??? Will try lifting not so heavy so fast...

[cherrydrpepper]

This is going to sound really stupid.. maybe not.. but I can avoid joint pain by having a better mind-muscle connection. To give an example, one of my rotator cuffs never healed right and is pretty f-d (i'm trying to rehabilitate it on my own). I can actually tell my tricep and pec to bear more of the load on an overhead press by doing it slowly and focusing on the link. Another thing I'll do is figure out if doing it a different way doesn't hurt. When I do an overhead press for example I curl my hand back like im revving a motorcycle. Its hard to explain but it works for me.

A quick summary of times my elbows and surrounding areas felt funny like i was doing something wrong and what I did to help:

Preacher curl: Forearms and elbow areas in a lot of pain when i put the weight down. Learned to put the weight down slowly, keep the hands clenched tight when i put it down, then very very slowly release it after its already down. Something about just smacking the weight down and letting go was hurting the tendons.

Bent over T bar rows: Had to start pyramiding up. I don't extend my elbows to full extension on the downward motion. Did 3 plates today no popping. Did 3 plates a few weeks ago, got a bad pop and sensation in the elbow. Fixed by focusing on mind-muscle link specifically with the biceps and the back muscles. Again I don't extend the arm out straight at the end of the movement when its almost touching the floor. I can tell my body wants my arm to stay tensed up and elbows bent a little throughout.

Barbell Curls: If I don't warm up with just the bar and pyramid up my elbows always wanna pop etc on this

There are many movements where I don't extend ALL the way out because it doesn't make sense to. Lat pull downs is a good example. I always do these in front of me to save my shoulders, and I don't let the thing go slack at the top of the movement; letting it go slack is just a lazy way of lifting to me for a lot of excercises. There are exceptions where range of motion is crucial. I have heard dropping down on pull ups is important but would have to do some more reading to say much about it other than i heard that.

[Dr Pepper]

Thanks brother pepper, il take good notice of that and try a few differant things

[songdog]

Deca may help you give it a try.I have a tear in my rotorcuff makes everything fun.

[cherrydrpepper]

Thanks brother pepper, il take good notice of that and try a few differant things

No problem brother pepper

This guy claims "if you suffer from carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, or golf elbow, or take part in activities that put you at risk for them, then you should be doing wrist curls". I had never heard that but I do these anyway so I would give em a try with strict form pyramiding up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBRX30Rv_E

Like to do those on bicep day

I also do reverse wrist curls at the same time. Typically start alternating sets between regular and reverse at the end of the workout day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wnclJl7vvk

I usually do them on a bench, not with bar on my knees but you can do either

This is a long video from someone I really respect about why we all need to reconsider what the range of motion should be on different exercises; this one specifically is leg extensions and shows you how not to mess up your knee:
http://www.youtube.com/user/scooby19.../1/74QB-UQCm88

All the best