dumbbells and slight hurt in the elbow

Generally, this means too much weight. Also, form (e.g., you many be
swinging them? Are you locking out your arms?). Be advised, also,
that some exercises may be "riskier" than others (stuff like barbell
rows and presses are said by many to aggravate the shoulders' rotator
cuffs).

Basically, listen to your body. Discomfort is "normal" in the sense
that everyone experiences them -- but not normal in the sense that
your body's not happy with the movement you're doing! IOW, everyone
needs to find their own "zone" of optimal training. That's part of
the challenge of this sport: discovering who and what you are by how
you and your body responds to various stimuli.



On May 21, 7:15 am, exciti....TakeThisOut@ownmail.net wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have recently started to exercise in my home. I have been doing
> some curls and my elbow has been hurting lately. I have been doing
> these curls while standing up and while sitting in a chair (with my
> elbow just next to my knee).
>
> It doesn't hurt when I touch it, but when I flex my arm I "feel it".
> Is this type of discomfort normal, or does this indicate that I am
> doing it wrong somehow?
>
> I am NEW to this, so please excuse my ignorance. After seeing some
> dumbbells in the store I decided to buy them and thereafter found some
> exercises on the Internet to follow. A fitness gym would be more
> appropriate, but unfortunately I don't have easy access to a gym where
> I live.
>
> Thanks!
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"Bully" <bully62.RemoveThis@proteinbars.co.ok> writes:

> In news:5bdumbF2rfe6iU1@mid.individual.net,
> Steve Freides <steve.RemoveThis@fridayscomputer.com> typed:
>> "excitizen" <excitizen.RemoveThis@ownmail.net> wrote in message
>> news:1179752027.631338.116340@y18g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>> Thanks for responding.
>>>
>>> As I am standing and doing the curls, where should my palms be
>>> faced? Towards my legs or facing forwards in the same direction
>>> as my body?
>>
>> Internet diagnosis is worth what you pay for it. I have no idea
>> if you're doing something incorrectly (unlikely, IMHO), or are just
>> suffering from a bit of "too much too soon." People do curls in
>> almost infinite variety, but I don't do them at all so I don't want
>> to make suggestions as to which way may or not be best for
>> you. Suffice it to say that palms facing downward is a bit less
>> common than palms facing upwards, and palms facing each other is
>> somewhere in between, at least to the best of my limited knowledge.
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> No problem. For another way to work your arms plus a lot of other
>> things, try pullups instead of some of those curls.
>>
>
> That's really not gonna help if he has a bicep related injury, is it
> !!!

You never know. I had what was probably a similar issue with my left
bicep. Pullups hurt, but chins (especially narrow grip chins) didn't.
Now my left elbow only hurts when I try and do several sets of pullups
in a row.

I would suggest that the original poster replace the exercise that
hurts with another similar exercise that doesn't. If you can't find
an exercise that is pain free then try using far less weight.

Jason
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On Tue, 22 May 2007, excitizen wrote:

> I have only been doing push ups and curls so far, but I will experiment
> with some of the other exercises from the web site.

Please do. I would suggest shoulder presses, bent-over rows, and lunges or
squats, to get you started.

> From the replies I am getting it sounds like I should do a variety of
> exercises, using light weights to get my body accustomed to these
> movements.

Quite so. Not too light, though - you do need to get used to moving
against resistance. For some exercises, bodyweight is enough, but for
something like a curl, it's not. Just don't overdo it to begin with!

tom

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