If you’re like a growing amount of lifters you will suffer tendonitis pain at some point in your lifting career. Unfortunately while weight training has countless benefits to the human body, not training properly can put strain on joints and this often leads to tendonitis. Personally, I have now got tendonitis in my right elbow that is a constant problem after doing skullcrushers (a tricep exercise) with bad form and much too heavy weight back in the day when I was young and inexperienced!

Trust me, you don’t want to get tendonitis. And if you do, you need to deal with it right away otherwise (like me) you could end up having it be a constant problem in the background. When I had my tendonitis problems, the internet was still young and there was not a lot of good information around about tendonitis. The other day while surfing around looking for tendonitis info I came across this site. It’s called iTendonitis and is an absolutely awesome resource for tendonitis. I suggest you check this out, even if you don’t have tendonitis now. There are some great guides on how to prevent it occurring.

As always, you can reduce the likihood of getting tendonitis by training properly. This means less weight and strict form — all the time! Train smarter not harder, and you’ll train longer!