Forgive me if I do not scribe this right, but here goes. Recently, as in last couple days, I have been getting a weird snapping sensation in my forearms after doing lifts, such as the clean jerk or s n a t c h and other exercises such as pull-ups. I talked to the trainer during the WOD today and they hadn't heard of it. Suggested I switch to ring rows instead of pull ups. No pain or inflammation this evening. The last 4 days have seen a lot of arm work, even back to Saturday when we did rounds of 50 pull-ups and 50 snatches. I think it is the s n a t c h sets we have done 2 x since then along with the split jerks, strict presses and front squats that are stressing out my forearms - not sure. However, doing pull-up sets almost every day this week is probably not helping. I am practicing kipping and butterfly technique on the pull-ups so that i can do 100 of them in a couple min. Have you heard of this snapping sensation in the forearms before and is this a real concern? I do not want to tear something, but do not even know if there is a danger of that.

I've had a similar feeling in my forearms when I was doing a lot of preacher curls, but that was 10 years ago or more and I haven't run into it since. Sorry I'm not much help, but it did not turn out to be anything serious.

You may have seen this on HuffPo, but it freaked me out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-robertson/crossfit-rhabdomyolysis_b_3977598.html.

Good luck!

Just the thought of rhabdo is scary... Disclaimer: I obviously don't know much about how you train, just that you are really into it and seem to want to push your body to it's limits... Could you be overtraining? Are you allowing yourself enough time to rest and repair tissue? Giving yourself rest days and taper weeks as well as alternating intense work on muscle groups? 4 days in a row of intense arm work and daily pull up sets, trying to reach 100 in just a couple minutes sounds to me (an admitted novice) like you could be pushing the limits of what your body can recover from, and could end up facing something similar to the story in that rhabdo article Seattle posted. I think it would be an appropriate precautionary measure for you to consult your doctor or physical therapist for an assessment.

Hope you are feeling better soon. Be cautious and take care of yourself.

I've had a similar feeling in my forearms when I was doing a lot of preacher curls' date=' but that was 10 years ago or more and I haven't run into it since. Sorry I'm not much help, but it did not turn out to be anything serious.

You may have seen this on HuffPo, but it freaked me out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-robertson/crossfit-rhabdomyolysis_b_3977598.html.

Good luck!

Thanks for the article. I will take a look at it during a break today. Rhabdo is one of those topics we kind of jokingly talk about at the cross fit sessions every once in a while, especially after there was a special on the news a couple weeks ago. Nobody takes it that seriously because we all think it won't happen to any one of us, and if it did, we would know by the dark urination symptom. No joke, I visually check every morning. No issues. I do have to say that since doing cross fit 3 days on and 1 day off a few weeks ago, I have been a lot more sore and tired all the time. And I mean all the time. My lifts overhead have gotten really disappointing lately, maybe it is overtraining. I cannot seem to lift very much overhead. Strength is way down.

Just the thought of rhabdo is scary... Disclaimer: I obviously don't know much about how you train' date=' just that you are really into it and seem to want to push your body to it's limits... Could you be overtraining? Are you allowing yourself enough time to rest and repair tissue? Giving yourself rest days and taper weeks as well as alternating intense work on muscle groups? 4 days in a row of intense arm work and daily pull up sets, trying to reach 100 in just a couple minutes sounds to me (an admitted novice) like you could be pushing the limits of what your body can recover from, and could end up facing something similar to the story in that rhabdo article Seattle posted. I think it would be an appropriate precautionary measure for you to consult your doctor or physical therapist for an assessment.

Hope you are feeling better soon. Be cautious and take care of yourself.[/quote']

Thanks also; I am definitely hitting some physical limitations where despite training, results are going down hill a bit. Need some Popeyes spinach!!

Did I learn from yesterday?? Nnnooo.....groan...no..

No snapping though. Just really really sore in the forearms. The coaches really got stuck on arm workouts this week.

I went in and did my workout today:

2 mile warmup run, 1600 m row

3 rounds: 10 push-ups, 10 pull-ups, 10 jumping squats

90-120 second handstands against wall.

30+ minutes mobility mashing this and that.

20 min of split jerk to hit 175 #

6 rounds:

9 muscle ups (these are technically hard!!)

12 handstand push-ups

15 kb swings @ 53 #

Time : 11:00 min

After that workout, my forearms were huge and tight. I had to do a lot of mobility cool down by rolling the barbell over em. Wow that was a serious burn in the forearms. However, I liked the pump and the vacillation.

Really hoping these workouts let up on forearm stress, starting tomorrow morning.

I'm beginning to worry about you, Fiddle! No trading one obsession for another. :-(

Obsession? Doesn't seem like one. I exercise about 1 hour a day 5x a week of lifting and met con workouts, take 2 days rest every 3 days. This seems well withing a normal exercise routine, no?

It does. My apologies for suggesting otherwise.

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