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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: GoneAway on April 25, 2006, 07:22:19 AM
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I was wondering if there's any "equipment" or clothing that can make it easier on the joints when lifting, particularly lifting heavy? I don't want my joints to be all torn up later in life, since I'm pretty sure movements like heavy BB curls tax your elbow joints and bones down to the wrist. Thanks for any help.
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Wraps are supposed to help, someone can speak on this.
Best protections IMO are:
-Thorough warm up. Any exercises that cause aggrevation should be done after another exercise for the same area that serves to further warm up the area.
-Keep reps in the moderate range 8-12/set.
-Any exercise that causes chronic aggrevation should be disgarded for a variation of same ie. dumbbell bench instead of barbell bench, dumbbell shoulder presses instead of BB presses. If that doesn't help, substitute another exercise and avoid the problem one(s).
-Workout temperature at least around room temp., or wear extra layers.
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Wraps are supposed to help, someone can speak on this.
Best protections IMO are:
-Thorough warm up. Any exercises that cause aggrevation should be done after another exercise for the same area that serves to further warm up the area.
-Keep reps in the moderate range 8-12/set.
-Any exercise that causes chronic aggrevation should be disgarded for a variation of same ie. dumbbell bench instead of barbell bench, dumbbell shoulder presses instead of BB presses. If that doesn't help, substitute another exercise and avoid the problem one(s).
-Workout temperature at least around room temp., or wear extra layers.
to add on to your good list i have only one,
"do not do anything that hurts you in the knees/joints/ect just because you think you have to or others have told you."
to many people not built for squating do so wrongly and hurt themselves and same goes for other things like curling on a strait bar, skull crushers, ect. find exercise that work for you and push your muscle growth do not do what everybody else is doing and kill you tendons/joints/ect because no amout of MSN or Bengay is ever going to fix it.
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Thanks, guys!
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to add on to your good list i have only one,
"do not do anything that hurts you in the knees/joints/ect just because you think you have to or others have told you."
Ya, you have to be willing to experiment with variations and substitutes using criterions such as injury potential (joint/tendon strain) and effectiveness on the muscle. We're told to do a specific exercise and sometimes continue even when ineffective and injurious ie. BB bench press.
Much better to try other possibilities and stick with what works the muscle best (feel) and what doesn't hurt! I've been through that re: BB bench press, came to the same conclusion as Bob Chich and discarded BB benches. In that case, can try dumbbell presses, machine presses, weighted pushups or dips, or stick to fly motions.
The only grey area are exercises that are effective AND hard on the joints, in which case it's worth trying gentler but similar variations in form before discarding the exercise-dumbbells, cables or machines instead of BB, for example.
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Add glucosamine chondroitin in it helps me a lot
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Much better to try other possibilities and stick with what works the muscle best (feel) and what doesn't hurt!
Can't agree with you more. I've had trouble with DB Pullovers before, and yesterday switched to machine pullovers (over the head, seated.) Got a great feel, moreso than most sets of DBs in the past.
Add glucosamine chondroitin in it helps me a lot
Thanks, I will look into it.
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Ive had shoulder issues before so ive used machines sometimes for shoulders.