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Old 03-13-2010, 08:51 AM   #3746
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Originally Posted by BigFrank View Post
I would be careful with your presses / extension with you elbow issue. high reps is where you would want to stay in regards to your elbow. I would suggest investing in a nice elbow sleeve, get neoprene I would recommend getting a good one that isnt a piece of you know what. Keeping the area warm during training will work wonders.
I will certainly check into that

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I would totally eliminate extension movements and anything neutral grip for a period of time. These from my experience will aggravate your Brachioradialis causing unwanted elbow pain which is usually confused with tricep issues.
I actually cut ALL "pushing" movements out. Only doing pulling stuff. As for a press-type thing, the guy took me to the free weight room and we did dumbells (really light, like 15-20#). I can not push ANYTHING natural grip... even doing the arm straight up, bend back, straight up thing w/ 5# that my PT wants me to do KILLS. I realized with his help that a couple angles hit it just different enough that it's not horrible.


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Pressing or the above exercises with high reps will help
strengthen the area first slowly then work from there. High reps with little to no weight and/or tension.
It is good to push yourself from time to time. Just remember as a training tip, going balls to the wall all the time will drain your body.
I only really tried to go balls to the wall yesterday. Thank you for the tip though... are you saying I should go back and forth between reps and balls out? My thing is that I never seem to be sore the day after...

The only thing that hurts today is my elbow... the rest of my body (legs included) don't really even feel like I did anything yesterday. Is that normal? Does that mean I'm doing something wrong? I would think I'd be sore after how much I did yesterday.
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