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General Fitness & Exercise

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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ironmonga Posts: 185 Joined: 2005/02/09	2005/02/12, 09:34 AM I am new to this board so may I start by saying Hi, and may I thank the owners for having me. Heres my question. I was working out a couple of weeks ago and twisted my left elbow quite badly. I have been able to continue to work out qiute normaly untill it came to doing the side lateral raizes I could no lift with the arm out straight so what I did was I held the arm bent as though doing a curl I and placed the dumbell in the crease of my elbow and then by keeping the arm bent I was still able to achieve the coerrect movement but I had bypassed the forearm and there fore stress on my elbow and I was able to use a heavier dumbell the result was after a set of ten reps I had achieved a much more intenceive burn it felt like a much better quality workout for my shoulders and traps. What I want to know is am I still hitting the required muscles doing it like this.

asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2005/02/12, 09:47 AM Yes, you are hitting the shoulders, and as you said, bypasing the forearm/elbows. This is similar to the machine where the pads rest on your upper arms and you push up against them. Sounds awkward, though, but if it works for you.... -------------- Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -- E. M. Forster --
ironmonga Posts: 185 Joined: 2005/02/09	2005/02/12, 09:52 AM Nice one. The only awkward bit realy is putting them down when your done thanks for the feed back.