Get Rid Of Your Weightlifting Elbow Pain Without Resting Instantly

If you’ve got elbow pain when you’re lifting weights this post is for you.

You’ve probably tried resting but the pain didn’t go away.

Maybe you’ve tried stretching or looking for exercises on youtube.

But you’re still frustrated that your pain isn’t getting better and you’re not making progress in your lifts.

Maybe it’s your bench that’s being limited by your weightlifting elbow pain…

Or maybe it’s your snatch or your jerk.

Either way there’s an easy solution to get rid of your weightlifting elbow pain.

Find the triggers

The first step is to find out what exercises trigger your pain.

When you’ve got a list of the triggers everything becomes easier.

You’ll know exactly which movements give you pain…

And then you can stop the triggers from hurting.

So get out your notepad right now and right down all of the movements that hurt.

Usually for weightlifting elbow pain the triggers will be bench, overhead press, dips, snatch, jerk, rows and sometimes the squat.

Reduce the weight

Now we know what the triggers are reduce the weight you’re lifting for them.

Reducing the weight will reduce the amount of stress on the elbow which will reduce the pain.

Ideally you want to reduce the weight as little as possible while still reducing your pain.

That way you can still build muscle and get stronger without making the pain worse.

Reduce the volume

If the weight isn’t the problem, the volume will be.

The volume is the total number of reps.

By bringing the reps down often the pain will go away.

But if it doesn’t I got you…

Reduce the speed

Because we’ve reduced the weight and the reps you’re probably thinking…

“Alex, this isn’t heavy enough - I’m going to lose all my gains!”

Well first off let’s set the record straight.

You only need to do 1 set to failure per week per muscle group to maintain your strength.

So as long as you’re still training close to failure you’re going to keep your gains.

But you might still be thinking how can we still get close to failure with less weight and reps?

By slowing down the speed!

Slowing down the speed limits how much weight you can put on the bar…

But it keeps the stress on the muscles high because of the long time under tension.

Which often means that you can still get a good workout in even if the weight is lower.

If you’re ready to get rid of your weightlifting pain within 90 days schedule a call with me below.

You’ll find out exactly what’s causing your pain and get a game plan to get rid of it for good.