Welcome to the Gun Show

[Machete]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AevPGJoGuEo

[Nymeria]

I'll visit the gun show, too, but I should have taken my picture after my workout rather than before.  

 

[Suited hippy]

When going to play dodge-ball you gotta bring out the big guns.

 

[Hazard]

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

I have no guns, but am here for the show.

[Nubbins McGee]

I have no guns, but am here for the show.

Likewise. I'm morally opposed to doing curls so I get 100% of my bicep work when I work on my back. It's not condusive to having "guns"

[Oramac]

Likewise. I'm morally opposed to doing curls so I get 100% of my bicep work when I work on my back. It's not condusive to having "guns"

 

Reverse grip pull ups work the biceps pretty well too.  (or whatever the hell they're called.  with your palms towards you)

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

Likewise. I'm morally opposed to doing curls so I get 100% of my bicep work when I work on my back. It's not condusive to having "guns"

 

I used to be, but it was silly, and has contributed to tendonitis in my elbow due to my triceps being much stronger than my biceps. Curls and bicep heavy pulls have been added. Hopefully I can contribute in a few months.

 

Reverse grip pull ups work the biceps pretty well too.  (or whatever the hell they're called.  with your palms towards you)

 

Chin-ups, they're great.

[Nubbins McGee]

So... I've actually got tendinitis in my elbow right now.   If you're telling me doing curls can help rehab it and/or prevent it from happening again, I'll change my stance on curls officially and forever. 

 

Otherwise, I've avoided beach muscles for decades, it won't kill me to continue doing so.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

So... I've actually got tendinitis in my elbow right now.   If you're telling me doing curls can help rehab it and/or prevent it from happening again, I'll change my stance on curls officially and forever. 

 

Otherwise, I've avoided beach muscles for decades, it won't kill me to continue doing so.

 

The things that have helped my tenonditis recently:

• Rolling out the muscles above and below, especially below in the forearm. I've finally identified the exact tendon the pain originates from. It runs from the inside of the elbow, and down the inside of the forearm, crossing over to the middle a bit. Every time it pains me, I get a golf ball and roll the shit out of it between every set (usually squats, chins, and bench flare it up). Hurts like a bithc when I've doing it, but loosens it up and the pain subsides set to set instead of getting worse. This is probably the biggest thing, and it's been flaring less and less the past few weeks.
• Curls are the other recent thing added. At the end of each workout, do 3 sets of 8-12 of a curl variation. Doing ez-bar curls, every 2 minutes on the minutes, this takes all of 4-6 minutes, Using dumbbells and swicthing hands could take slightly longer.

Like I said, mine has been going away this past month or so since I started these two things. Experiment for yourself and see if it works for you. If not, ditch it.

 

edit: from this picture I think it's the tendon that attaches the bicep to the forearm, which explains why i always early on I thought it was bicep tendonitis as the pain radiates upward into the muscle.

[Rookiebeotch]

Likewise. I'm morally opposed to doing curls so I get 100% of my bicep work when I work on my back. It's not condusive to having "guns"

I don't do any curls either.

[Nymeria]

I don't do curls, either.  For the most part, I don't do weights at all, which I guess is why I have the little pew! pew! pew! guns and not the big ones.  

[wildross]

I'll second Gainsdalf's comments about curls for elbow tendonitus.  I use dumbbells and do what I call curl presses.  curl then shoulder press.  It's a good thing to superset legs with.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

I'll second Gainsdalf's comments about curls for elbow tendonitus.  I use dumbbells and do what I call curl presses.  curl then shoulder press.  It's a good thing to superset legs with.

 

Believe it's called the "Arnold Press".

[RisenPhoenix]

I used to be, but it was silly, and has contributed to tendonitis in my elbow due to my triceps being much stronger than my biceps. Curls and bicep heavy pulls have been added. Hopefully I can contribute in a few months.

So... I've actually got tendinitis in my elbow right now.   If you're telling me doing curls can help rehab it and/or prevent it from happening again, I'll change my stance on curls officially and forever. 

 

Otherwise, I've avoided beach muscles for decades, it won't kill me to continue doing so.

The things that have helped my tenonditis recently:

• Rolling out the muscles above and below, especially below in the forearm. I've finally identified the exact tendon the pain originates from. It runs from the inside of the elbow, and down the inside of the forearm, crossing over to the middle a bit. Every time it pains me, I get a golf ball and roll the shit out of it between every set (usually squats, chins, and bench flare it up). Hurts like a bithc when I've doing it, but loosens it up and the pain subsides set to set instead of getting worse. This is probably the biggest thing, and it's been flaring less and less the past few weeks.
• Curls are the other recent thing added. At the end of each workout, do 3 sets of 8-12 of a curl variation. Doing ez-bar curls, every 2 minutes on the minutes, this takes all of 4-6 minutes, Using dumbbells and swicthing hands could take slightly longer.

Like I said, mine has been going away this past month or so since I started these two things. Experiment for yourself and see if it works for you. If not, ditch it.

 

edit: from this picture I think it's the tendon that attaches the bicep to the forearm, which explains why i always early on I thought it was bicep tendonitis as the pain radiates upward into the muscle.

 

Annnnnd I think I need to start doing curls.  I also have no guns to speak of.  And frequently wonder about why humanity likes them so much. (Mainly as I watch the Bros at my gym marvel at themselves in the mirror.)

[Oramac]

I'll second Gainsdalf's comments about curls for elbow tendonitus.  I use dumbbells and do what I call curl presses.  curl then shoulder press.  It's a good thing to superset legs with.

 

Sounds like you're basically doing half a Man Maker.  

[Suited hippy]

Previously I was doing Curls for the pretty girls... Then found that it was silly and stopped for about a year. 

 

When I started loading my bike with more and more gear in the bags I found curls were great to make lifting the bike up for going up and down stairs... Now Curls are back in my regular repertoire. 

[matty_mcfly]

I don't get the aversion to curls. I feel like we try so hard not to be Bros and fall into that category that we end up neglecting beneficial exercises such as curls. Curls help the elbows and don't we generally always preach balance with our muscles?

Curls for everyone!

[Roldanis]

Zottman Curls, old school is the best school.

 

Late edit: Corrected spelling

[Suited hippy]

Saving the google for those looking up Zottoman Curls : http://youtu.be/ZrpRBgswtHs?t=1m2s

[Rookiebeotch]

I don't have anything against curls other than that they are super unnecessary. Pull/Chin ups and rows do enough for biceps. The only isolation exercise I do now is calf raises, and I use those to work on grip endurance at the same time.

[SpecialSundae]

Triceps seem so much harder to photograph.

 

[Nubbins McGee]

I don't get the aversion to curls. I feel like we try so hard not to be Bros and fall into that category that we end up neglecting beneficial exercises such as curls. Curls help the elbows and don't we generally always preach balance with our muscles?

Curls for everyone!

I don't have anything against curls other than that they are super unnecessary. Pull/Chin ups and rows do enough for biceps. The only isolation exercise I do now is calf raises, and I use those to work on grip endurance at the same time.

I'm kind of in the same headspace as Rookie. I don't do isolation exercises at all and until I heard that they might help my elbow I had no intention of doing them.

[wildross]

Sounds like you're basically doing half a

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Yep. Save the man makers for when I want cardio.

[Silo]

Triceps seem so much harder to photograph.

Very nice! Triceps are hard to catch. They seem to be one of the muscles that flex for a nanosecond when you're doing something in the mirror and then when you try to flex on purpose it's hard to get them just right.

I am not doing curls right now but once I'm out of a caloric deficit I plan to add them in. Same for tricep and calf accessory exercises.