My forarms hurt when lifting....

[MattUK666]

Hey guys,

I hope someone out there has this same problem (sorry lol) but I need to know why this happens...

When I am lifting, lets say, dumbells, preacher, basically, any rep that has to do with the normal curl routine, I get a sharp pain in both of my forarms (there fine on the other machines).

Its very hard to explain, I have tried loosening my grip, or changing the angel of the lift, they just kill, and I end up stopping the set due to the forarm pain, and I have not even had the chance to make my biceps burn!

Its frustrating, and I guess I am just wondering if I may have torn something inside my forarms for this to happen?

Thanks

Matt

[8iron]

r u on a cycle right now??

[Big_gRunt]

Does the feeling in your arms feel like the bones in your forearms are going to splinter? If so it's tendonitis and you'll need to avoid doing exercises that give you that feeling for about 1-2 weeks...maybe longer.

Should be ok after that.

[quarry206]

if its during pressing movements (bench, should press)

try using wrist wraps, i have heard people have great results

[(1*)]

forearm splints suck. stop the preacher curl.

[vpchill]

Take time off, Also you can substitue for Cable movements until the pain subsides.

[wackod2]

like said above, i had the same problem, I went easy for a few weeks and then no problem

[higherdesire]

I have struggle dfor a long time wiht my forearm on my right arm. I cannot do one of my favorite excercises (straight bar curl) anymore. I do usse angled bars though. Try what I call crapper curls on a machine. Use a v bar and squat down. Put your elbows on your knees. Concntration curl like that. also inverted bar for wide grip. DB work on an incline bench allows you to motion out of any position that stresses it. You can get through it and get good bicept w/o's. Good luck

[auslifta]

As stated by others, stop it for a while about 4 weeks, I had this prob esp with preacher, so I never done then again. Never had pains again

[Adreja]

Got the same prob and like big_grunt said its tendonitis. Yes its a **** to workout with it but drop the weight and avoid curls for a while. Try cables.

[LizzardSecond]

I have them too. I just lay off of straight bar curl and from preacher curls and then they go away. I have noticed that they really just occur when i am including preacher curls in my routine for an extended period of time. Just drop them all together and move to cables and dumbbells. The pain will subside and not be an issue. You dont need a straight bar or a preacher curl to get bigger bi's. I find though I can do straight bar and not cause pain. Just 4 sets and then move on.

[bakie]

I had them horrible, if you are talking about what felt like shin splints in your arms. Wrist wraps, reverse curls and working the forearm muscle with the rope and stick turning your hand up palms down fixed this problem for me.

[therecanonlybe1]

I had them horrible, if you are talking about what felt like shin splints in your arms. Wrist wraps, reverse curls and working the forearm muscle with the rope and stick turning your hand up palms down fixed this problem for me.

thanx for reminding me...started taking motrin 800mg q6-8 hours for my f'd up arms..but thankfully it does help

[bakie]

No problem man... I was distressed like you couldn't imagine when this problem set in on me. I know how you are feeling to say the least... Glad I could be of some assistance.

[(1*)]

don't motrin too much, it causes muscle to break down.
don't forget to ice them as well. cut the foot off a sock and cram an ice pack with your fore arm in it.

[stack_it]

Pick up some wrist wraps. They saved me. After about three weeks I was able to lift without them again.

[Biohazard74]

Wow this thread was sort of a relief for me (dont mean im glad you guys have it) but i thought my body was rejecting working out because i was getting the same pains awhile ago so i stopped doing curls altogether it was so bad. Im doing em just fine now with no pain but for awhile i was on a really bad deppression thinking it was only me with those crappy pains. Felt like my forearms were gonna crack. But i laid off a couple of months and started back up slowly and it has yet to come back. Hope the best for you

[trulbfan3]

I had the same problem and fixed it instantly...use a wider grip on curls or what not and most importantly dont squeeze so damn tight w/ your hands use a looser grip i promise it works

[JDawg1536]

I got em again about a month ago. They were so bad I took about 3 weeks off. They would hurt if I had to open a heavy door. I went back tonight and did barbell curls, which usually hurt the most. I had slight pain so I'm gonna stick to cables for a couple weeks and then give it another go.

[trulbfan3]

did you try spreading your grip a little further apart and not squeezzing the hell out of the bar?

[BPack10]

Okay, this may sounds stupid but I had tendonitis on the inside of my forearms from training at the gym. I found that at work while sitting at my desk I rested my forearms on the forearm rests and realized after a while it was making it worse. I changed chairs to one without arm rests and this helped a lot. I also warm them up with Equi-Block and Blue Heat that I get at Elitefts.com. Wearing elbow sleeves helps keep them warm and helps.

[F4iGuy]

I'd lower your weight a bit and stop a rep or two shy of failure for a couple weeks.