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Originally Posted by atlmo I on the other hand really like the hammer curls, I can do much more weight. I think however that I may have been doing them incorrectly. I took a look at the animation at exrx.net. I have been doing them for years where my arm is held close to the body and I basically bring the dumbell up and down from my groin to my upper chest, basically i hjave been moving it across my body. According to the illustration this is incorrect. http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...ammerCurl.html
Now in reference to the pain, in your forearms I have done some reading about the forearm pain, I used to get it to. But basicallyy I read that the pain comes from not having your arms far enough out from your body. this is often manifested with a barbell or ez curl. People try to keep there arms at shoulder length and you really need to keep them slightly wider than shoulder length. They say that you normally dont see this using dumbells because of the free range of motion, your arms naturally go to the proper width from your body. HOpe this helps. |
thanks mo. you are correct about not keeping the arms so close to the body. it is painful and you can't lift as much weight. my pain is due to some problems i'm still having as a result of an accident i was in last august, though. but, still, hammers are great. they pump up the whole arm and you can use considerably more weight than with regular curls. can't wait to use 'em again.