Severe forearm pain

[tennisgod]

That workload which for a stronger forearm would not cause inflammation causes it in a weaker forearm. This is why so many doses of tendinitis have been fixed with training, and grip training in the specific instance of elbow tendinitis.

This is a quote from Rip. I am having some severe elbow/forearm pain now that I am lifting some pretty heavy weights (at least for me... 50 yrs old, 98kg, dl 154 kg). I have always had thin arms and I agree with Rip that my forearms are too weak to support these new weights.

So... I'm in Sydney, AU... can someone recommend some grippers and a place/website/etc to purchase them.

I'm just starting to really see the results of my lifting and I would hate to stop now because of this... Cheers. Eric.

[knox]

Captains of Crush grippers are generally considered to be the best.
http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Main/captainsofcrush.html

I don't know much about grip training. The only advice I can give you is this: it's VERY easy to overtrain. A lot of the grip training programs will have you doing grip work multiple times per week, including doing eccentric holds with a gripper that you can't close with one hand. I messed around with this a while ago and my grip was fried for weeks - and this was BEFORE I started SS. If you're doing deadlifts on a regular basis (and also playing tennis), make sure you don't overdo the grip training.

Good luck!

[quadancer]

While no expert, I am 56 and powerlift these days. My arms are generally 17+ but pains seem to come and go, often 3 months at a time. I don't do grip, but pull barehanded as long as I can depending on weight and reps before using straps or chalk.
The coolest trick I've found for pains seems to oppose what the body wants:
do 2 25 rep sets of a 25 rm. This produces lactic acid (bigtime) that heals stuff, as I understand it including joints, tendons, and muscle.
All I know is that face pulls rule my world, and set me free. (shoulder problems)
A freind rips a pec and uses 25 rep flyes to heal it.
My "funnybone" nerve got swollen/sore and they helped, but didn't cure it fast enough, so deep fibre type massage finished the job.
I got to where I could barely release a squat bar.