Left wrist sore from bench, help me help me...

[Tryn2]

Did bench day before yesterday, top of left wrist is sore, do I use hot or cold to help heal ???

 

[Winter]

Sure, ice it and heat it. Get some wrists wraps if it keeps occuring or try changing your grip on the bar.

 

[huskyguy]

You might be gripping the bar too tightly when you bench, loosen up your grip a bit it should keep this from happening. In the meantime--ice is a good treatment to minimize swelling.

 

[roccodart440]

GEt wrist wraps

 

[Tryn2]

I was under the assumption I need to grip the bard and pretend Im pulling it apart to activate the bicep muscles to help lift as much weight as possible by recruiting every fucking muscle cell I could in the effort....Is that not correct ???

 

[huskyguy]

I was under the assumption I need to grip the bard and pretend Im pulling it apart to activate the bicep muscles to help lift as much weight as possible by recruiting every fucking muscle cell I could in the effort....Is that not correct ???

No gripping the bar too tightly can result in terrible tendonitis. I had this problem until I started using a looser grip. My bench went up dramatically once my tendonitis healed.

 

[Ponderosa]

exactly. there are different opinions on this and much depends on your goals. for me, to avoid wrist problems: rotate your elbows back a few inches; this helps position your wrists properly under the bar; then rest the weight of the bar on top of the lowest part of your hand/palm...again, i don't recommend gripping the bar, just resting the weight basically above the wrist (as if i didn't even have hands, just stubby wrists).

 

[D-bo]

my wrist hurt bad untill I got gloves with wrist wraps! Cleared the problem right up.

 

[Mudge]

Wrist wraps rule. I tried the glove/strap combo, the gloves are way too big and I need to wrap my hand around the bar without shit in the way. The only exception is me using straps (bitch if you want I'll keep using them).

 

[Suareezay]

another vote for wrist wraps. They help me out with heavy dips especially.

 

[Vegas]

I tried the glove/strap combo,

Oh man, wearing gloves while benching. I love those guys!

 

[Mudge]

First time I wanted wraps that was all the place had (Max Muscle), so eventually I had to order mine online. Those gloves were SHIT.

 

[mister69]

wrist wraps are great..