tendonitis advice

[thedawg]

I've had trouble with tendonitis in my wrist/forearm from the ez curl bar in the past. the first time was 10 or so years ago when i was young and stupid and dreamed of huge arms. then everything was ok until about a year ago when i was on some gear and working biceps twice a week. i really like the ez curl, but i could tell it was giving the trouble, so i dropped weight and went high reps, but the pain persisted. Then I just did nothing but hammer curls to let the tendons rest. I'm about to be back on and want to work the arms twice a week again. The tendons are fine right now, but I'm hopin gfor some preventative advice.

 

[gjohnson5]

I've had trouble with tendonitis in my wrist/forearm from the ez curl bar in the past. the first time was 10 or so years ago when i was young and stupid and dreamed of huge arms. then everything was ok until about a year ago when i was on some gear and working biceps twice a week. i really like the ez curl, but i could tell it was giving the trouble, so i dropped weight and went high reps, but the pain persisted. Then I just did nothing but hammer curls to let the tendons rest. I'm about to be back on and want to work the arms twice a week again. The tendons are fine right now, but I'm hopin gfor some preventative advice.

I just wrote about this. I got tendonitis from the straight bar , not the preacher bar. But once you get tendonitis , it will hurt in both spots...

Try cable preachers. I could lift 200lb on a cable machine and then place another 45lb plate on the stack for added weight while having tendonitis

 

[Tedster]

I'm recovering from bicep tendonities right now. I'm avoiding working the bicep in any way for another 1 1/2 weeks or so and am taking 2400 mg of Ibuprofen per day. My doc recommended at least two sets of light warm-ups to prevent tendonitis and he also mentioned that high weigh with very low reps (under 4) can injury to the tendon for those who are prone.