Well, yesterday I did my chinups on a square-bar (my gym only has a wide pull up bar grip, with nothing in between, I wanted to do close grip chins).
Anyways, I was kinda hanging by my fingers.
And today, my forearms are in pain. If I grip hard I can feel the pain best.
How long should I give for this to recover?
Anyone know how I can prevent it all together?
Any help appreciated.
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
Well, yesterday I did my chinups on a square-bar (my gym only has a wide pull up bar grip, with nothing in between, I wanted to do close grip chins).
Anyways, I was kinda hanging by my fingers.
And today, my forearms are in pain. If I grip hard I can feel the pain best.
How long should I give for this to recover?
Anyone know how I can prevent it all together?
Any help appreciated.[/quote]
You just worked muscles you didn’t know existed. Good for you. Now keep it up and you’ll have foreams as big as your upper arms. Using big bars is a great way to build forearm strength.
Is it a sharp pain, or a dull ache?
If it’s soreness, then you need to static stretch your forearms (both flexors and extensors, and pronators/supinators) and fingers every which way you know how. As bikemike said, you just worked muscles you never knew existed.
To help end the soreness forever, don’t use straps, or get rid of the straps you do use. You’ll hurt more in the short run, but after a while you’ll adapt. Also could try to do short grip workouts more frequently. Nothing major, just get used to using your finger strength or grip strength more often. Just get the blood flowing.
Bottom line, it’ll take time. Personally, the more olympic lift and deadlift variations I did, the better my grip got. Also could try farmer’s walks as short cardio instead of any long duration cardio (grab two dumbells, walk for 1-2 minutes, rest 30sec, walk 1-2 minutes, rest 30sec, repeat 4-5x). And rock climbing is the single best finger strength workout there is, for starters. It’s also a lot of fun.
If it’s sharp pain, disregard everything I just said and visit a doctor.
It’s hard to describe the pain. When I stretch my forearm by pulling back on my hand while it faces out, it definetly hurts.
Not really a stabbing pain, but a bit more than a dull ache. It’s tolerable however. I can stretch through it.
I just wanted to know if there was anything in particular that was bad about hanging by ones fingers.
It’s probably just soreness, as I really didn’t feel it until a few hours after my workout.
I’ll check with my dad (doctor) anyways, just in case.
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
I just wanted to know if there was anything in particular that was bad about hanging by ones fingers.
I’ll check with my dad (doctor) anyways, just in case. [/quote]
Mountain climbers hang by their fingers all the time. Look at their forearms.
You’ve got it made. Your dad’s a doctor.
I get a pain in my forearm sorta when i do barbell curls with heavy weight.
Try this: Put your fingers together, and wrap a thick rubberband around them (like the kind that comes with brocolli). Then open your fingers a few dozen times against the resistance. Repeat for the other hand.
This works the antagonist to your pinching muscles, the finger extensors. It helps relieve the pain in forearms too, that is caused by inbalanced grip training, particularly pain on the tops of the forearms. Helps with elbow pain too. Good luck.
You can’t tell the difference between muscle soreness and an injury? They’re pretty distinctly different.
[quote]cap’nsalty wrote:
You can’t tell the difference between muscle soreness and an injury? They’re pretty distinctly different.[/quote]
True, but when it’s in an unfamiliar area you’ve never worked before, it gets a little tricky. I can relate. Sometimes dull pain means injury, sometimes just soreness.
[quote]facko wrote:
I get a pain in my forearm sorta when i do barbell curls with heavy weight.[/quote]
you’re not alone brother, I get it on the outside of my forearms, like a broken bone.Hurts like hell to rest them on the edge of a table!