AHHHH My Elbow

[Spiderman]

Holy balls batman...I did skull crushers a couple of weeks ago and my elbow has been hurting since then. But today (light legs day) I was doing some abs
@ the end doing some med ball sit ups (throwing it) and something went wrong. My elbow just started throbbing like crazy...it got difficult to lift for a second. I've never had tendonitis like this...and this wasn't even a tricep/bench or excercise. I hadn't done anything with it today aside from light squatting (225). Anyone ever have this happen to them or am I just a panzy little girl...I think I'm going off of heavy weights for a couple of weeks just to let it heal.

 

[mikeswift]

ouch, sounds painful. I haven't had that particular problem but I've had forearm problems and they suck because they take a long time to heal since you use them everyday even when you're not lifting. Take a break and get some rest, are you on at the moment? a lot of things will hurt your ligs and tends when you're on

 

[saudades]

Yep, that's what I had to do a while back. I've been very careful since then and haven't had anything like that recur.

 

[PJT]

How heavy do you guys go on your Skull Crushers that your elbows are killing you from them?

 

[Spiderman]

no I'm not on right now...but I'm waiting and should be really soon. If anything I'm hoping that will help with the pain. As far as heavy I use 45 plates on the ez curl bar. I'm sure this isn't heavy for many people, but it's a killer for me. I give out around 8-10 on the first couple of sets and when I can't get 6 I'm done. A buddy of mine @ the gym says he has some glucosamine gel he rubs on his calves when he gets tendonitis there. He is going to bring me a tube to try and see if it works. I guess that's all I can do. I'm taking a couple of days off of upper body and then I'll start back with lighter weights.