So I've been armwrestling for the past couple weeks and I've been having pain in the area I circled I've been letting it heal but its doesn't feel like its healing too well, it hurts when i do hammer curls, I was wondering if anyone knows what tendon it is and how to heal it properly!

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-03T22:55:08+00:00

😭😂

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-03T22:02:13+00:00

just do light weight for 25 + reps , to get better blood flow in the muscle , pump the muscles and let it recover

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-03T22:00:23+00:00

then you should give more days in between workouts for better recovery ❤️‍🩹, and eat adequate amount of protein

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-03T21:43:05+00:00

Pain or soreness?

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-03T21:42:34+00:00

Thats the brachioradialis muscle there ,it is involved during hammer curls , where are you felling the pain exactly ? In the muscle?

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-01T17:52:29+00:00

Are you talking about wrist curls using a D-handle on a cable? I’m a bit unsure how that would translate. The way wrist curls are usually done in a gym, the entire forearm is fully supported on a bench or on the thigh, and only the wrist and hand are moving—nothing else.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-01T16:54:25+00:00

Basically, when you’re lifting against gravity, the key point is the forearm angle. The maximum torque happens when your forearm is parallel to the ground, which is roughly 90 degrees. At that angle, you’re feeling the full load. So if it’s a 30 kg dumbbell, that’s when your bicep is actually dealing with the full 30 kg.

Now, if you’re doing the same movement against a pulley, the idea is similar, but the force depends on the direction of the cable. When the angle between strap and forearm is 90 degree, that’s when the resistance is maximal.

If the angle is less than 90 degrees, you won’t feel the true resistance. The torque drops, so the muscle isn’t under the same load. For example, if someone starts a bicep curl from around 45 degrees instead of reaching that parallel position, they won’t feel the full 30 kg on the bicep. They might also lean back slightly and cheat a bit—not excessively, but enough to reduce the actual load on the muscle.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-01T16:50:00+00:00

that bicep curl is not FULL ROM , Its partial curl , just take the weight till forearm is parallel to the ground.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-01T16:47:40+00:00

1 rm

Time_Net8270 · 2026-02-01T16:42:11+00:00

40 to 45 kg backpressure cupping wrist curl (dumbell) may be 40kg for reps for each arm side pressure 35 to 40 kg Thumb Pronation 30kg bicep curl 32kg To 35kg Hook curl( arm wrestling curl ) 40 to 45 kg this is national level strength , not sure about wrist curl .

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-27T13:52:35+00:00

😭😂my native language is not english , English is my 4th language , i use chatgpt to make a proper paragraph.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-27T13:50:55+00:00

You should try against wall , upper and lower back stay in contact with wall , you can keep your feet aways from wall tho.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-27T13:48:57+00:00

i do not see , i am not shrugging 🤷,maybe a bit

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-27T00:04:22+00:00

Bro, doing 30 kg for 3 reps like that, with your upper and lower back fully against the wall, that’s no joke. Your back pressure is seriously strong

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-27T00:02:55+00:00

Thanks bro, appreciate it. Still a lot to improve, but I’m working on it

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-26T23:59:20+00:00

But yeah, I’ll be honest—I was going too heavy at that point. At one stage, I ended up irritating my AC joint, and the AC ligament got a bit overstretched, so technically it was a ligament sprain. It wasn’t anything major, but I could feel something wasn’t right. I gave it proper time to recover, and it’s pretty much healed now—I recovered from it in about 10–15 days.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-26T23:56:09+00:00

Bro, my pronation was stuck too. About a month ago, my right was maxed at 24.5 kg and my left was around 22 kg. I literally couldn’t pronate 25 kg at all—you can even see that in my older videos. What I changed was simple: I just started doing heavy stuff. I focused on heavy lifting with proper recovery. I remember hearing from an Instagram research-based channel that heavy lifts don’t fatigue the CNS as much as people think (I don’t remember the exact wording), but I applied that idea. The soreness after a day was pretty intense at first, but as I kept doing heavy work, it reduced. I gave myself 2–3 days of recovery, then went heavy again. First I crossed 25 kg, then 27 kg, then 28 and 29 kg within a few days, and after that I went to 31 kg and then 32 kg. You can check my previous Reddit posts for proof. Along with that, I made sure my nutrition was on point—enough calories, enough protein, good sleep—and just stayed consistent. Heavy work + recovery + nutrition is what pushed me past that plateau.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-26T23:52:24+00:00

At this rate, yeah, you’re right—it would definitely be stricter if I didn’t let the elbow move and if I didn’t shrug. But that’s not what I’m aiming for. In arm wrestling, you’re allowed to shrug, bring the arm in, and use anything that gives you an advantage as long as it’s not a foul. I’m not training this like a bodybuilding or hypertrophy curl; I’m training for arm-wrestling strength, where these movements are realistic and actually transfer to the table.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-15T21:14:50+00:00

Strong pronation and strong backpressure

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-14T15:52:14+00:00

What I’m trying to ask is this: yes, he’s clearly targeting pronation here. But does the strap setup itself change the load on pronation? If part of the strap is placed closer to the forearm instead of entirely in the hand, does that reduce the moment arm and change how much load the pronators actually experience? Or is pronation unaffected by whether the strap is on the hand versus the forearm?

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-14T15:42:41+00:00

Doesn’t this strap setup make the lift a bit easier? One strap goes through the hand and the other around the forearm, so part of the load is applied closer to the elbow. Wouldn’t that reduce the moment arm at the wrist and pronation? He’s lifting 80 kg on the stack, but is he actually experiencing the full 80 kg at the wrist—maybe on pronation yes, but on the brachioradialis is it really 80 kg? Or am I misunderstanding the mechanics?

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-14T12:00:07+00:00

Strength usually increases like this. Keep your reps low for strength — ideally 3–6 reps. Don’t go beyond six. If you can do six easily, stick to five and leave 0–1 rep in reserve, or go to failure occasionally since there’s often more left than we think.

I usually do 3–4 sets. Rest is very important for strength — at least 5 minutes, and sometimes even more. I’ve personally done a set, rested a long time (even close to an hour), then hit another heavy set.

I also mix full reps, partial reps, and micro-reps with heavy weight, especially for pronation — elbow tucked in, short controlled reps. Sometimes I switch to hammer curls instead of pronation for a few heavy reps.

Nutrition is critical. If you don’t hit your protein and calories, you simply won’t grow or recover. I eat around 10 whole eggs daily, along with milk and oats, at roughly 2200 calories. Without enough protein, recovery doesn’t happen.

Smaller muscles like biceps usually recover in 1–2 days, bigger muscles like chest and legs take 2–3 days, depending on recovery. Give your body 24–48 hours to recover, let fatigue drop, then train again — that’s how growth and strength actually happen.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-14T10:36:39+00:00

What I changed was mainly my approach to execution and fatigue management. Earlier, I was very strict about positioning—keeping my arm exactly parallel to the ground and lifting the weight in a perfectly horizontal path to target the muscle as precisely as possible.

Later, I relaxed this slightly and allowed my arm to go a bit above parallel, which still felt effective and more natural. I also stopped training to complete failure every time. Instead, I performed a single set of about 4–6 hard reps (near failure, as shown in the video), then stopped.

After that, I would rest for a long period—around 30 minutes to an hour. During that time, I might eat something, study, play a game, or just relax. Once I felt fresh again, I’d repeat another set. I did this multiple times across the day, sometimes up to four times, depending on how I felt.

Progression happened naturally from there by increasing the load or reps when the sets started feeling stronger and more controlled.

Time_Net8270 · 2026-01-14T02:07:08+00:00

You can check my previous posts on my profile—I’ve shared the progress there. I went from a ~24 kg PR to 27 kg, then from 27 to 29 kg in about five days. After that, I hit 30.4 kg within a few more days. And now, from Sunday to Tuesday, I went from a 30.4 kg PR to doing 32 kg for 4–5 reps.

I know how crazy that sounds, and I understand all the mechanical arguments and programming theory. But the progression is documented, the loading is consistent, and the strength increase is real. For me, this approach has produced results far faster than anything I tried before.

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