One exercise i've never done is

INKonspikuouz · 02-08-2006, 07:14 AM

EZ bar curls or straight bar curls. i can't do them. i get this horrible pain in my forearms. it feels the same way as shin splints does. i know its just muscle tearing from the bone as i curl and i've tried resting it and coming back to trying barbell curls. but the pain comes back. so i never included them in my workout. actually i do you a straight bar while doing preacher curls. thats okay. but standing is a no no. too fucking sore. anyone ever get this pain or know how to over come it?

GammoN · 02-08-2006, 09:35 AM

Try doing wrist curls to strengthen your forearms so you can do curls better..either that or use a lighter weight than what you usually do..

Snikka · 02-08-2006, 02:36 PM

get one of those hand gripper things that you squeeze.

mad forearm strength and grip power and from what I can tell allows for more blood flow to the forearms.

could work for you.

XxLiLBuRnAxX · 02-08-2006, 04:56 PM

I have a problem with bar curls too. Its in my left hand, it gets extremely sore sometimes in the thumb section of my palm. If I press on it then it gets really painful. Sometimes its there and sometimes its not. It got so bad last week that I had to wear an ace bandage to bed. But now this week its not too sore. Its off and on like that.

Anyone know what this is?

Steve Schade · 02-09-2006, 04:43 AM

For forearm strength, make a wrist roller, yeah yeah. Get a broom, or piece of PVC piping, whatever, about 12 inches long. Drill a hole in the middle, put rope through the hole, tie it so it can't come through the hole. Tie the other end of the rope to a weight, and roll it up. Google it, find better instructions with pictures probably, but that's the jist.

INKonspikuouz · 02-09-2006, 07:40 AM

i already include wrist curls and reverse wrist curls in my work out. my forearms are pretty strong. and they have a wrist roller in my gym that i use. the pain just stays. i tried using the bar yesterday. i even tried it with just 20 and 30 kgs on it and its still sore. its only not sore when i do preacher curls. think i might go to a physiotherpist and see whats up cause its an exercise i hate missing out on

p. haze · 02-09-2006, 03:09 PM

I heard of something like this before, it's kinda like shin splints but only in the arms.

Don't really know what to tell ya.

UnbrokeN · 02-10-2006, 03:49 PM

damn bro i got the exact same pain in my forearms when im doing that weight pull up u know where u train your shoulder and neck muscles i dont even know whats its called what is it called? maybe its that EZ bar curls ..that shit caused me unendurable pain i had to stop doing that exercise for a few weeks currently i can do them again without pain but i wonder if its coming back..

Old Soul · 02-10-2006, 10:23 PM

Sorry for the stupid question, but what's an ez bar curl?

identity-X · 02-10-2006, 10:38 PM

curls using the bar below...

I think they're MAD comfortable. Maybe not as much as dumbell curls, but moreso than straigh barbell curls.

If you really want to thicken up the inner head of the bicep I'd suggest closer grip EZ bar curls (hands on the innermost 45 degree angle part of the bar).

Soreno · 02-12-2006, 12:44 AM

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Old Soul · 02-12-2006, 12:55 AM

I have no problem curling with that bar...

I too think it's more comfortable than the straight bar.

INKonspikuouz · 02-12-2006, 03:19 PM

yeah its designed to be more comfortable than the straight bar. i think its something to do with the symmetry of my forearms and upper arms through the elbows. well so this guy was telling me in the gym. when i curl with a barbell my arms dont seem to go up straight or slightly inwards like most people, instead they go out a little bit and put more pressure on my wrists as my biceps aren't supporting the weight as they should be. i was looking in the mirror while just curling with my arms. he could be right.

02-08-2006, 07:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
INKonspikuouz An sclábhaí na Éirinn Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Éire Posts: 5,005	One exercise i've never done is EZ bar curls or straight bar curls. i can't do them. i get this horrible pain in my forearms. it feels the same way as shin splints does. i know its just muscle tearing from the bone as i curl and i've tried resting it and coming back to trying barbell curls. but the pain comes back. so i never included them in my workout. actually i do you a straight bar while doing preacher curls. thats okay. but standing is a no no. too fucking sore. anyone ever get this pain or know how to over come it? __________________ InKonspikuouZ ~AIM~ InKonspikuouZ "If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything" Malcolm X

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GammoN Sole Survivor of the DOJO Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,143	Try doing wrist curls to strengthen your forearms so you can do curls better..either that or use a lighter weight than what you usually do.. __________________ GaMMoN MoD:RoD

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Snikka Still Faster Than You Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: AZ Posts: 18,879	get one of those hand gripper things that you squeeze. mad forearm strength and grip power and from what I can tell allows for more blood flow to the forearms. could work for you. __________________ 346 in³

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XxLiLBuRnAxX Revolutionary Soldier Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Former United States, The place where Im from doesn't exist anymore Posts: 1,379	I have a problem with bar curls too. Its in my left hand, it gets extremely sore sometimes in the thumb section of my palm. If I press on it then it gets really painful. Sometimes its there and sometimes its not. It got so bad last week that I had to wear an ace bandage to bed. But now this week its not too sore. Its off and on like that. Anyone know what this is? __________________ The worst concept children are taught in elementary school is the ideology of the inability to have a "wrong opinion". Opinions are only as good as the evidence behind them.

02-09-2006, 04:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
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INKonspikuouz An sclábhaí na Éirinn Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Éire Posts: 5,005	i already include wrist curls and reverse wrist curls in my work out. my forearms are pretty strong. and they have a wrist roller in my gym that i use. the pain just stays. i tried using the bar yesterday. i even tried it with just 20 and 30 kgs on it and its still sore. its only not sore when i do preacher curls. think i might go to a physiotherpist and see whats up cause its an exercise i hate missing out on __________________ InKonspikuouZ ~AIM~ InKonspikuouZ "If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything" Malcolm X

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p. haze slap boxed with jesus Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5,578	I heard of something like this before, it's kinda like shin splints but only in the arms. Don't really know what to tell ya. __________________ I'm loathesome I scream out fuck the world then I throw something Niggas scheming hard but fuck it, it's the god I leave bullets lodged leave you leaning on your broad And our punks leave you gagged up in your car Slumping Kennedy-style with your memory out

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UnbrokeN Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Badstreet, USA Posts: 17,059	damn bro i got the exact same pain in my forearms when im doing that weight pull up u know where u train your shoulder and neck muscles i dont even know whats its called what is it called? maybe its that EZ bar curls ..that shit caused me unendurable pain i had to stop doing that exercise for a few weeks currently i can do them again without pain but i wonder if its coming back.. __________________ lol.. the day Hogan dies, he'll just say "No, I won't lay down for you,brother"!!! he will become the only man in history to actually no sell death.

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identity-X No Talent Assclown Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: over the rainbow Posts: 13,105	curls using the bar below... I think they're MAD comfortable. Maybe not as much as dumbell curls, but moreso than straigh barbell curls. If you really want to thicken up the inner head of the bicep I'd suggest closer grip EZ bar curls (hands on the innermost 45 degree angle part of the bar). __________________ Check out reviews (or provide your own!) of the latest and greatest albums hip hop albums in the... USER REVIEWS FORUM

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Old Soul Nipple Nibbler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: I'll stay below the surface, breaking bread with worms. It's depravity, not gravity, that anchors flesh to Earth......... Los Angeles, CA Posts: 27,037	I have no problem curling with that bar... I too think it's more comfortable than the straight bar. __________________ The venom is inside of me, the reason Greece is fallin to pieces The whole world's callin for Jesus And I'll let him take a strike or three Then crush his skull with a tree from the Garden of Eden I know he has a high threshold for pain So I'll tie him to a bull's tail and drag his flesh over Spain An equisite work of art I'll drop his head at the Louvre I'm impossible to stop once I get in a groove

02-12-2006, 03:19 PM	#13 (permalink)
INKonspikuouz An sclábhaí na Éirinn Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Éire Posts: 5,005	yeah its designed to be more comfortable than the straight bar. i think its something to do with the symmetry of my forearms and upper arms through the elbows. well so this guy was telling me in the gym. when i curl with a barbell my arms dont seem to go up straight or slightly inwards like most people, instead they go out a little bit and put more pressure on my wrists as my biceps aren't supporting the weight as they should be. i was looking in the mirror while just curling with my arms. he could be right. __________________ InKonspikuouZ ~AIM~ InKonspikuouZ "If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything" Malcolm X

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