Cant do preachers curls =(

[DHew]

Hey guys,

I cant do preacher curls. I started to get tendonitis (sp?) a few years ago in my forearms. I'm pretty sure I got it from trying to bench too much weight. Anyways, whenever i do preacher curls it kills that same spot. The pain is pretty mild-moderate when actually repping, but as soon as i put that bar down and let go GO DAMN its extremely painful. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem?

What are some good alternatives to preacher curls?

[DHew]

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[Random]

Yea man, it happens usually when u go heavy wks after wks...best idea is to lay off the preachers or do them single arm--that usually never hurts...

CD

[DHew]

thanks for the info captain!

[Ronnie Rowland]

Don't do any exercise that causes pain.

[sofus99]

What helped me a lot with that problem was doing forearm isolation exercises with low weight and high reps.

[Ajc330]

i have the same exact problem, i also feel it in barbell military press, i skip preacher curls, and my bicep workouts are barbell curls standing, alternating dumbbell curls standing and hammer curls...
but i don't skip my military press on shoulders and i just don't go down to a certain point and i'm fine

[number twelve]

What helped me a lot with that problem was doing forearm isolation exercises with low weight and high reps.

+1 and doing reverse curls

[DHew]

ill try that ^^

Thanks!

[jbarkley]

What helped me a lot with that problem was doing forearm isolation exercises with low weight and high reps.

Great advise, when I was a younger guy I worked for Larry Scott, as you may know he loved preacher curls (Scott curls) and he was a huge advocate of forearm curls, although he trained them very heavy with high reps (guy was a freak using upto 225lbs....no kidding).

[frignugs]

Oh my yes,

Id have to say that pain from doing heavy preacher curls, is the worst pain ive felt in the gym. Diffenetly stay away from them and allow it to heal.

When i had the problem, i would attack the lower bicep with one arm dumbell preachers (i did not have pain with these, although i did with the bar) and sitting or bent over dumbell curls (really stretch the bicep belly).

I remember, i thought i was fine to attack a good weight with preacher bar curls (after working up for a hell of a long time!), and as soon as hit harder wieght, i went right back to stage one of recovery! Diffenetly sucked, love me preachers

Frigstyles