dammit to hell

[Fit Guru]

Ok so I know that I have most likely a torn rotator cuff. But dam when I do ez wide grip curls I get the damdest shooting sharp pain down the outside of my arm. WTF??? (from shoulder to elbow)
Gonna try dbl curls next time and see how that goes. Also narrow grip ez curls.
Just whining here..

Don't do wide grip EZ curls! Lol

[Vicious 13]

Careful w shoulders bro!!! Mine have popped out during lifts.... I almost took an 85 lb dumbbell to the face, I never use spotters but that day I had one. Thank god! I think easy that dumbbell would have been my first knockout

[zedhed]

I used to get lots of pain in my upper arm too. I changed my arm curl form and that helped a lot. A lot of guys will let the bar or dumbbell go all the way down with the arm fully extended. What they dont know is that actully hyper extends your arm. It usually causes lots of pain in the elbow and shoulder area. The trick is to reduce the range that you lift in. At the bottom keep your arm slightly bent, look at your arm when its relaxed it hangs in the slightly bent position. At the top try and hit the chest area just, one or two inches above the nipple line, about center chest. You may not think thats high enough but the biceps pull the wrist toward the shoulder area so taking it to your chin doesnt help do anything but move your shoulder. This will keep constant tension on the biceps and help reduce the pain. Do this on all the tricep exercises too.

Gr8 advice and thanks bro!

[zedhed]

Don't do wide grip EZ curls! Lol

Well yah bro! LOL
Ok but it really seems like doing the EZ curls on the narrow part of the bar is too narrow. Maybe just cuz Im not used to that...

[zedhed]

Careful w shoulders bro!!! Mine have popped out during lifts.... I almost took an 85 lb dumbbell to the face, I never use spotters but that day I had one. Thank god! I think easy that dumbbell would have been my first knockout

Yeah had the dam thing fixed once but now its fugged again. Not even sure how or when I did it this time around.

[Vicious 13]

Mine was baseball and football in highschool...I worked on them for years then went snowboarding and popped em both out, now I need surgery now that I think about it though now might b a good time

[Bruiser]

Rotator cuff work prior to ANY upper body work. Also try Blue Heat. It's a liniment used on race horses. I go through a bottle a month! Of course I train in my garage and its been about 30-40 degrees in there this past month while training, so keeping the joints and tendons warm isn't easy! Lol

http://www.flexcart.com/members/elit...id=114&pid=492

[Fuelfan]

Zed,
Jump on YouTube and look up Lee Hayward's rotator cuff and you will find exactly what you need. I also grab like a 30 lb dumbbell and bend over and allow my arm to dangle relaxed for about 20 second each and that helps to rebuild that fluid sack. Give that a shot! Helped me out a ton.

[zedhed]

Thanks guyz, much appreciation for the help.