Chest/tris day and some cardio. BTW, tendonits sucks.
Training is going pretty well all things considered. I am down to 203 (from 212) and it appears that I am getting leaner and my abs are more visible than before.
My forearm tendonitis is still plaguing my workouts especially bis and back.
Chest day went like this:
Flat barbell bench
135 x 12, 225 x 12, 275 x 10, 315 x 2 (hurtin’ on this set), 225 to failure
Incline dumbell bench
80 x 10, 90 x 8, 90 x 8 (forearms started hurting bad)
Cable flyes
45 x 10, 50 x 8, 50 x 8 (forearms are hurting REALLY bad at this point)
Tricep cable pressdown w/stright bar
180 x 12, 200 x 10, 200 x 10
I did some more tricep exercises but don’t want to bore you with the minutia associated with describing a daily workout. After lifting I did 25 minutes on the elliptical.
I need to have my forearms checked out by a Sports Medicine Doctor and plan on doing so shortly.
If any of you have tips on how to ease or eliminate the pain please chime in. I am willing to try just about anything short of surgery. I know part of the answer is to rest and use the affected area less. I have decreased my volume slightly but have kept the intensity the same. It seems like I will have to cut back on both intensity and volume to make it go away. I will probably have to cut back on frequency as well.
Oh well. Such is life.
’til next time…
-kenji
