Wrist Pain

[MC428]

Trying to see if anybody else has had the same issue and has any good advice. I've been weight lifting for a few years now - started the New Rules workout back in January - and I've been noticing lately that my wrists hurt after working out. I really do need to start doing better warm ups but besides that does anybody have any recommendations such as doing wrist stretching and strengthening exercises?

Thanks!

[wil58]

The source of all the wrist issues I've had were through curling (or reverse forearm curling) using either the straight bar or the preacher bar (pinkie side of wrist). I still curl but only with machines that allow me to position my wrists so that my palms are facing each other (I guess you could do the same thing with dumbells).

Having said that, those issues (probably tendon irritation for me), took quite a while to go away (6 months?), but were relatively benign (i.e. didn't effect my lifting) because they only were noticeable when curling.

[LiFeIsGoOd]

Originally Posted by wil58

I still curl but only with machines that allow me to position my wrists so that my palms are facing each other (I guess you could do the same thing with dumbells).

Yes, you could just do hammer curls.

As for the wrist pain, you're probably doing something wrong to cause that, maybe bending them too much on bench press?