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I started pullups 1 month ago. After 5 consecutive reps i have to stop before beginning again because my forearm bone hurts fucking much. It happens only with the normal pullups. It doesnt happen with chinups or neutral grip so i tend to do more of those to compensate but i want the standard too. How to manage this shit?
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Which bone?
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>>75381905
>bone
cant be your bone must be your tendons
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>>75381905
Lots of things can cause pain there. I had an issue in a similar spot that I though was due to pullups, but was really caused by my grip during bicep curls. What is your entire routine? Is there something else that could be contributing?
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forearms are really hard to gain on. it's likely you have weak grip strength, which can cause pain in the wrist, knuckles and elbow. how often are you training pull ups? try switching to chin ups, add in another pull movement like db bench assisted 1 arm rows or facepulls. more than likely it's nothing serious and you just need to train more and get comfortable with the movement. pulls ups recruit basically every muscle in the upper body so it's normal for them to bring out your weak points.
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>>75383207
for instance a proper pull up that goes all the way to touching the bar to your chest actually recruits the pecs a little bit at the very tippy top. this is why a lot of guys can do 10 spam pull ups but can only do 1 or 2 proper ones that actually touch the bar to your nipples.
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>>75381905
Tendonitis. Try to keep your hands curled. It's hard with heavy weight, but it helps. Also do this when doing bicep curls.
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>>75381905
You can try a thumbless grip.
Or you can just do chinups or neutral grip instead.
Some lifts/machines just hurt some people while others are fine.
Maybe if you return to it in a few months it will be better since you'll probably have made forearm gains in the meantime.
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>>75381905
>forearm bone hurts
could be boneitis, you should check with your doctor
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>>75383214
>1 or 2 proper ones that actually touch the bar to your nipples

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. A proper pullup is chin over bar. I have no idea what the fuck you're describing.
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>>75381905
Work on your grip and grip strength.
>>75383214
Interesting fact, the shoulder extension is mostly pecs during the first 60 degrees (almost half of the movement) and the lats aren't recruited in a meaningful fashion until after that. The pec recruitment then starts to fall of a little bit until 90 degrees in which the lats take over. Of course 90 degrees of shoulder flexion is where muscles must generate the most force. Getting past there is the hardest part.
> this is why a lot of guys can do 10 spam pull ups but can only do 1 or 2 proper ones that actually touch the bar to your nipples.
It's more along the lines that they're just weak at pull ups and instead of only taking the good pull ups and trying to do as many of those and settling for 2-3 and slowly get up the number to 5-6 and 10 much later, they have an ego and think that the number they're doing matters rather than performing the movement properly with good technique.
>>75383457
>chin over bar
They're not even getting the chin over the bar without kicking.



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