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Can't do forearm curls. Any replacement?

borpillicus Posts: 454 Joined: 2003/03/13	2003/12/15, 02:52 PM Because of the previous injury in my wrist I am still unable to do forearm curls (or dips... they seem to be the only two exercises I cannot do). Is there any replacement exercise I can do to target that muscle? -------------- - Its never about how much you can lift, or how many reps you do. Its just about doing it, and doing it right. - If your hungry all the time, your not eating enough. And anyways, being hungry sucks. ~Brad~
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2003/12/15, 03:57 PM Forearms are the secondary muscle group affected when doing regular and reverse bicep curls, deadlifts, cleans, etc. -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2003/12/21, 09:51 AM can u not do them period................or can u not do the weight ur used too?.........cause if u lighting the weight i beat u can do them..........i have many injuries from my wrist do to cheerleading( bad on the wrists)nwo i have to wrap them on certain excercises, lighten the weight to where u can do it, lot of people get injured there ego won't let them lighten the weight so they can do it, even if it hurts a lil bit,, i just got off a really really bad anckle sprain, an di could squate no more than 225 or dead lift barly 250.......but hay i set my ego aside and found a way, i did that weight over and over again, now i'm back up to doing 404 for reps on squate and 450 for reps on deadlift -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
starbell Posts: 279 Joined: 2002/11/13	2003/12/22, 08:58 AM borpillicus, I to have a wrist injury that has caused me some difficulty with my work out plan. I have done what bigandrew stated and lowered the weight and was fine. I however was foolish and started to increase before I was truly ready and have had to lay back on the work outs. The most difficult for me was the wrist curls. SO if you can do a curl us light weight, as low as 10lbs.
borpillicus Posts: 454 Joined: 2003/03/13	2003/12/22, 09:07 AM To Big Andrew: My wrist injury prevents me from even trying to do them. Even the motion with nothing but my arm hurts the wrist. I typically keep my wrist wrapped from beginning to end of my workout (while lifting), though for some workouts its not really required. It was a pretty serious wrist injury (2 fractures within six weeks and more sprains then I can count on my fingers, all in the same area) -------------- - Its never about how much you can lift, or how many reps you do. Its just about doing it, and doing it right. - If your hungry all the time, your not eating enough. And anyways, being hungry sucks. ~Brad~
agamble Posts: 1,029 Joined: 2003/09/22	2003/12/22, 07:13 PM Dare we ask how you managed that?
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2003/12/22, 09:04 PM well if u have frastures y the hell you working otu for then??? i mean u can do some serious ass damage, u can keep the boes from healing properly,u can deform then........let ur body do one thing at a time man let it heal b4 u start to work out again.......ur body is a complex machine if ur working out and breaking muscle down, thats engery ur body is using to fix ur muscles and not repairing ur wrists.............and yes i have sprained my wrists abotu a dozen times, i have jamed them countless times tryy to catch girls.....best thing to do is to stop and let it heal, or u could further injury urself -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
borpillicus Posts: 454 Joined: 2003/03/13	2003/12/23, 09:44 AM To bigandrew: As I mentioned in my first post these are previous injuries, the fracture itself has been healed for several months now. The tissue however never got 100% better. The bone and muscle are strong again, its just the tissue around the fracture that is sore. I think this is a pain that will probably stick with me for the rest of my life, so I am trying to work around it. Trust me on this, I know better then working out with an injury. Its better to wait a few months, then hurt yourself for life. -------------- - Its never about how much you can lift, or how many reps you do. Its just about doing it, and doing it right. - If your hungry all the time, your not eating enough. And anyways, being hungry sucks. ~Brad~
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2003/12/24, 09:42 PM oh ok my bad..........well have u tried squuezing things??....liek a stress ball.....or u can try and egt some silly putty.....i know sounds kinda weird but get like to or 3 things of it and rol it up and sqeeze it....it might help the soreness out? -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!