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Post by Curtis "Smash" Klashinsky on Jul 24, 2006 18:23:23 GMT -5
Questions for all you Verteran pullers out there.
You know how after you have pulled in a tournament or just finished training how for a couple days after that you arm is tender on the outer side of your arm around the elbow area. NOT the joint and NOT the tendons but the muscle on the outer edge of your arm just between your bicep area and your forearm. Technical term for the area is - your Tricep Brachii and Brachoradialis area.
After pulling for a while, do you find that this goes away or does it not get Near a sore. Or do you still get this pain after Years of consistent armwrestling training.
Like in bodybuilding. If you haven't done it for a while obviously no matter what you train if you go pretty hard, you are going to be very sore. But after getting into the training loop and training say 5 days a week It all but goes away except for the workout where you push yourself extra hard or go to the max.
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Post by Mr. Espey on Jul 24, 2006 21:53:22 GMT -5
Kehler can answer this one a lot better than me. As you condition your arms for pulling you will find that you get less sore and recover quicker unless there is a genuine injury there.
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Post by Brian Kehler on Jul 25, 2006 1:50:33 GMT -5
thanks static loading of the elbow flexors creates a lot of force, with pulling more often than not, brachioradialis and barachialis absorb a lot of that force (more so when palms are semi-pronated) and you're getting most of that force at the tendinous attachments to the periosteum (bone covering) - Microtrauma there will create a lot of soreness until there is build up of tissue and scarring because it keeps rebuilding itself stronger. There's very little blood flow to tendons so they're a lot slower to heal. the same can be said for the musculotendinous junction where muscle turns into tendon. Eventually you will adapt to it and your tendons will be like steel cable. It takes a long time. Of course you can overdo it, as Ryan said.. and actually have an injury beyond soreness and then you keep setting yourself back even more every time you aggrivate it. Ice helps alot, since there is little blood flow to promote healing, all the outsidie influence you can apply the better. It's all inter-connected, taking into account superficial and deep fascial layers, soft tissue etc...
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Post by Curtis "Smash" Klashinsky on Jul 25, 2006 18:09:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply kehler. Looking forward to getting myself to the point where it doesn't get quite so sore. I am also being carefull not to over to it.
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Post by Brian Kehler on Jul 25, 2006 18:25:25 GMT -5
I've been at it for almost 4 years now... and though I get far less sore now... I can sure notice a difference from when we're practicing weekly, from when we've taken some time off. It feels like I'm just starting again... but every time, the tolerance comes back much more quickly
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Post by Curtis "Smash" Klashinsky on Jul 25, 2006 22:48:15 GMT -5
That is actually great to know. Just seems like it is taking my muscles alot longer to adapt to this then to bodyuilding.
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Post by Rob Hancock on Jul 30, 2006 23:09:56 GMT -5
I've been armwrestling for ever so I'll tell you what I know. This soreness lessons with time. It is true that your body gets used to the extreme stress caused by armwrestling. Over-training makes the situation worse. eg. Let your arms rest for a couple of days after pulling, trying to workout without proper rest will set you back and make the pain worse. Too much speed (fast hits) aggravates your arms. Poor technique will also hurt more. I find the soreness you're talking about is caused by too much pulling inside. Always make sure your shoulder is behind your hand! Even experienced armwrestlers get this pain when they return after a long lay-off. This soreness tells you how hard you can train. Hope this is some help.
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Post by Curtis "Smash" Klashinsky on Jul 30, 2006 23:12:32 GMT -5
That is great to hear. Thank you for you time.
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