Are sore wrists from E-Z bar?

[stevet68]

Recently I have been experiencing some pain while doing curls. I started using wraps which seemed to help but now my wrists are sore even a few days after lifting. Has anyone found that the E-Z bar causes or prevents these type of issues? Any suggestions?

[SportbikerKid]

Yes. It is very common to get sore wrists from BB curls. I believe the soreness just means that your forearms are building. It hurts like fukkk tho. Once you get a little more curling experience under your belt, it should go away.

I suggest that you either lift through the pain, or avoid BB curls for two weeks then gradually feather them back into your routine.

[stevet68]

So, lift through the pain it is, because taking 2 weeks off is never an option

[auswest]

Lifting through joint pain is never a good idea..... A few years back I used to get very sore forearms when preacher curling, did some reading and it was refered to as forearm splints, small hairline cracks in the forearm or something I didn't touch preacher and mainly stuck to hammer curls for about 6 months or more, have never had that problem again, seems to be very common with new lifters, my wrists hurt when I'm on a high ai dose or have trained to often with limited rest, it's the first thing to let me know to have a couple of days off and stick to hammer variants for a couple of weeks.
When I used to get those forearm problems my hands would stay wrapped around the bar too and I'd have to sometimes use the other hand to pull it away

[JayBee]

I got pain in wrists and elbows using ez-bar so I went with straight barbell curls with no pain.

[JayBee]

Lifting through joint pain is never a good idea..... A few years back I used to get very sore forearms when preacher curling, did some reading and it was refered to as forearm splints, small hairline cracks in the forearm or something I didn't touch preacher and mainly stuck to hammer curls for about 6 months or more, have never had that problem again, seems to be very common with new lifters, my wrists hurt when I'm on a high ai dose or have trained to often with limited rest, it's the first thing to let me know to have a couple of days off and stick to hammer variants for a couple of weeks.
When I used to get those forearm problems my hands would stay wrapped around the bar too and I'd have to sometimes use the other hand to pull it away

I had the same exact problem with preacher curls and had to stop doing them

[fullboost]

I got this problem too, i bought some gloves with good wrist support which helped somewhat but i found that if i kept my wrists angled slightly upright and 'locked' in that position throughout the whole lift (i.e - not letting them drop at the bottom of each rep) then i didn't get the pain.

[stevet68]

Guys, Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it!

[jsn23]

Recently I have been experiencing some pain while doing curls. I started using wraps which seemed to help but now my wrists are sore even a few days after lifting. Has anyone found that the E-Z bar causes or prevents these type of issues? Any suggestions?

you could just stay away from the ez bar curls... I've never been a fan, got my 19" biceps from barbell curls

[jsn23]

I got pain in wrists and elbows using ez-bar so I went with straight barbell curls with no pain.

yes thats the way to go! Best mass builder for arms

[stevet68]

E-Z bar curls have just been replaced with barbell curls - Thanks guys!

[jsn23]

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