pain in wrist

[kunta]

i was out for a while with a hurt back and just started working out again, i'm wearing gloves and for some reason my wrist hurts after i finish a set of bench,,,,,anyone know why
i also never had this before ....

 

[needsize]

That tends to happen if your wrists are not locked out properly when you bench, if you let them bend at all it puts a lot of stress on the tendons. I find if you stretch them really well before you train, and keep them locked, the pain will go away.

 

[Lord_Suston]

your hand should be flex and not the weight just resting in them. if your hand and forearm are in a perpindicular shape then you are resting the bar too much on your hand and this wwill cause all sorts of problems.

 

[Thaibox]

I have a buddy that said his wrists hurt when doing bench also. I watched him do them, and like needsize said, his wrists were bent a lot. I had him try changing to a suicide grip and after getting use to it, he said it was no longer a problem. Something to try anyway

 

[kunta]

this may be a stupid question but whats the suicide grip?

 

[Thaibox]

Sorry, its putting your thumb on the same side of the bar as the rest of your fingers. As opposed to wrapping your thumb around the bar.

 

[aurelius]

Suicide grip... Wonder why they call it that.

 

[Bob Dole]

I had the same problem a few years back. What worked for me was wrist curls with lightweight on arm days. I also started doing dumbbell bench press instead of using a barbell until I strengthened the tendons. No problems with wrists since.

 

[kunta]

thanks guys for the info