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Forearm Pain Anonymous
Hi /fit/

Whenever I do any sort of lifting with my biceps, I get intense pain as soon as I release the weight after my last rep. The focal point of the pain is right in the middle of my forearm. It kind of feels like the bone is being put under stress and is ready to snap. I drink a lot of milk (0 fat), so my bones should be in good shape.

I've seriously had to stop doing any excercising where my forearms are outward from my body with weight on them (tricep exercises included). I took a few days off and then tried again, but the pain was still there.

Is this a serious problem?
Are there any bicep lifts I can do that don't rely on my forearm bearing all of the weight?
>> Anonymous
Could just be an errant nerve in your arms. Is it both arms or just one? How much are you lifting, and do you feel the same kind of pain with any other lift?
>> Anonymous
It's in both arms, but much more painful in my right. I'm either doing 30lb dumbells or 70/80lb barbells. I get a little bit of pain when doing some shoulder and tricep lifts, but not nearly as much. They don't put a lot of pressure on the forearm.
>> Anonymous
OP again, I just discovered that if I do dumbells as a hammer, the pain isn't as bad on the right and is almost non-existant on my left. Maybe it really is the bone?
>> Anonymous
Drink milk that's full fat, to me it sounds like your tendons aren't used to the weight you're placing on them, it'd be worth seeing if chinups still hurt your forearms, same for bench and deadlift.

I'd suggest seeing a physio incase it's more serious, but otherwise I'd lower the weigh and change your rep\set\density for biceps work because it might just be tendon pain and adjusting to the weight.

Check out flameout, it's pretty helpful if it is inflammation.
>> Anonymous
>>121884
There's no pain for benching or dead lifts, at all.

I'll try lowering the weight though, but just a little.
>> Anonymous
>>121860
hammer curls are a lot easier, so not necessarily. To be honest I think you're just trying to lift more than you could handle. Try light wrist curls to improve forearm.
>> Anonymous
>>121892
So you think my biceps just surpassed my forearms? I can definitely see that as possible.
>> Anonymous
>>121892
This is what I think, I'd say throw your ego aside a bit, lighten the weight and get your form tight, chances are if you're not swinging from the back you're still throwing your elbows forward at the top.

To me it sounds like your forearms have just started taking the brunt and aren't used to it, in which case forearm curls (palms up and down) are probably a good bet.

Swap your normal curls for reverse curls (palms down, use EZ curl bar to get a fuller range of motion)
>> Anonymous
>>121895
I think your curl weight is too great for your body.

Which as most people do, means you've tried to progress too fast with your curls at the expense of form and recovery.

How often do you train biceps?
>> Anonymous
>>121897
I was doing every other day for a while, but I did cut back.
>> Anonymous
>>121901
Do you know much\anything about program design and exercises? Or did you decide you just wanted hueg gunz?
>> Anonymous
>>121911
Well, for a while my friends and I were alternating different workouts every other day, so it was bis every 4 days during that time. Once I got home from school, I wanted to step it up so I started doing workouts everyday. Every other part of my body is doing fine with it, it's just this damn bicep problem.

Also, I was working my left bicep MUCH harder than my right (because it's smaller right now and I want to even the size), but as I said my left forearm is somehow the one with less pain. I don't get it.

Mostly huge guns though.
>> Anonymous
>>121914
That's just silly dude.

Read some tnation shit, search westside for skinny bastards, learn what you're doing.
>> Anonymous
>>121932
I've basically just been doing 5 sets with a target max of 5 reps each set. I alternate between bench presses and butterflies for chests and bar and dumbells for biceps. I also do squats, weighted sit ups, and some lifts for triceps and shoulders that I don't know the actual names of. I've been making sure not to work the same muscle 2 days in a row.
>> Anonymous
Does anyone else have any more input on this?