Which “Gym” Exercises Should You Avoid When You Have Tennis Elbow?

Which upper-body strength-training exercises should you avoid, stop or modify when you have a Tennis Elbow injury?

Does it matter whether you use dumbbells or barbells? And is it better to do more ‘general’ exercises or be more ‘targeted’ and specific?

Read the full article at Tennis Elbow Classroom

First Ask Yourself: “Should I Be Exercising At All!?”

Exercises To Skip When You Have Tennis Elbow

You may want to read this article first / watch the video on whether you CAN still work out when you have a Tennis Elbow injury.

If you DO decide it’s a good idea for you to continue doing upper-body strength training exercises, then here are some key considerations in order of importance:

1. Whether you stop when it hurts or not!
2. How much weight you use!
3. Whether you warm up first!
4. And how many sets you do per exercise.

Then comes the question of which exercises you should consider avoiding…

Here’s a brief slideshow covering the KEY upper-body, strength-training gym exercises you should avoid (at least temporarily)

And here’s the full post with video and podcast

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