Workout Woes and Worries

In the last two months, I have been experiencing a shooting pain in my forearm, or more specifically, the brachio-radialis muscle, a group located in the outer region of the forearm directly beneath the brachialis. It started off as a shooting pain only when I did heavy lat pulldowns, but then progressed to occurring every time I did any form of curls, especially barbell and hammers. Of course, like any athlete with a profound faith in his invincibility, I pushed through the pain confident in the ...

MIND THAT MUSCLE!

The Mind Muscle Connection: We've heard that term a thousand times - about how it is crucial to achieve that state of mind during training so as to attain maximal workout intensity and muscle growth. Heck, I even remember how Bill Phillips (Yeah yeah, that guy behind the controversial Body-For-Life competition) got the market clearing out all the health store shelves of St. John's Worts because of its "touted" abilities to enhance the mind-muscle connection... ...