Pain while doing barbell curls

Howzit guyz.

When training biceps, everything is perfect - UNTIL i get to straight barbell curls.
When i get to around my second set, i start getting shooting pains in the area between my elbow and wrist (basically along the bottom of my forearm)? Its either only with my right arm, but sometimes when its both, its more intense with my right arm.

Does this happen to anyone here? Im super strict when it comes to form so i know im doing my curls right.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.

Peace...

I get the exact same pain in that region with straight barbell curls. Feels like shin splits in your lower leg, a burning kind of pain. It's annoying and most of the times I just exercise through it.

Straight bar curls do put a lot of strain on your joints, i used to get the same pain until it became so ridiculous that i had to cut out straight barbell curls, i substitute with the ez bar, works way better for me and i felt that cable curls with the bar worked well and didn't strain it too much either.

CHAPEL wrote: Straight bar curls do put a lot of strain on your joints, i used to get the same pain until it became so ridiculous that i had to cut out straight barbell curls, i substitute with the ez bar, works way better for me and i felt that cable curls with the bar worked well and didn't strain it too much either.

This specific pain is not in a joint, it's the area between the elbow and the wrist. Spike will be able to give a good answer here.

North_Boy1 wrote:

CHAPEL wrote: Straight bar curls do put a lot of strain on your joints, i used to get the same pain until it became so ridiculous that i had to cut out straight barbell curls, i substitute with the ez bar, works way better for me and i felt that cable curls with the bar worked well and didn't strain it too much either.

This specific pain is not in a joint, it's the area between the elbow and the wrist. Spike will be able to give a good answer here.

When i had what he is describing it felt like i had an inflamed bar running from my elbow along the inside of forearm to my wrist which gave me shooting pains in my forearm, i didn't ask any professionals just a few PT's and the general consensus from them was that it was joint and tendon related as the swelling started at a point just underneath my elbow, for me the pain was also in the forearm not any joints really, probably should have said that, just my 2c :)spike will probably be able to give better insight than my ramblings haha.

It seems my services are required . Well firstly, there is no specific diagnosis for this as each case can be slightly different from the next, but the general idea is the same. Full supination of the forearm can place quite a bit of strain on the muscles and tendons of the arm, especially when stressed by heavy weight. Either the supinators of the wrist can be weak and takin strain, or the pronators may be placed under unnatural stretch. Sometimes tendonitis of these and other related muscles can occur. Even epicondylitis (tennis or golf elbow) can result in this sort of pain. The best bet would be to either have it assessed by someone qualified to do so (not a pt), or to avoid those particular exercises. Use an ez bar rather, and in order to keep full movement use dumbell curls with full supination

I got these when i first started gym. EZ bar to get around them till they recover.
It is the main reason i have big forearms now.

When you do curls remember to make the movement as smooth as possible - dont jerk at the bottom. Go lighter as you are going too heavy anyway - no two ways about that!

When you put the bar down release your grip slowly. It will help keep the pain spikes at bay.

Thank you so much.

i think i'm more relieved that im not the only one who's been going through this.

@ chapel - you described the feeling 100%
@ jackrabbit - i laughed to myself cos you're spot on too - i find that i have to actually put the bar down and release my grip REALLY slowly so that it doesnt hurt as bad!

@ spike - thanks for your professional opinion.

Guess ill have to leave the straight bar & substitute for ez & cable.

thanks guys.

Peace...

North_Boy1 wrote: I get the exact same pain in that region with straight barbell curls. Feels like shin splits in your lower leg, a burning kind of pain.

EXACTLY!