Originally Posted by
shawns32428
25y/o male 6' 235
Sq: 5x405
Dl: 5x435
Bp: 5x305
P: 5x1x210
So as my bench and press have travelled close to - and now above - 300 and 200, respectively, I've noticed a lot of pain that radiates from the middle of my palm down to both of my wrists when I perform the movements. On lighter days it doesn't bother me quite as bad, but on intensity days it is quite annoying. It feels like a constant and strong ache and distracts heavily from me focusing on form. I hold the bar in the heel of the hand as is SS norm and follow the SS warm-up protocol in terms of singles working up to my work weight. The last two warm-ups as well as the work sets have this pain issue. The only things that seem to help are a prescription grade topical analgesic that numbs the whole hand (which is not ideal holding weight above your face) or extensive wrist mobility work which makes a long session even longer. Despite an accumulation of muscle mass from my NLP and intermediate programming my wrists are still tiny as hell and apparently fragile. I am wondering if wrist wraps would help or if anyone has had a similar issue. Thanks in advance.