Arnold
An online trainer on YouTube who I otherwise respect talks about performing triceps exercises by advising that people begin their triceps routine with pushdowns “in order to maintain elbow health.” Triceps exercises properly performed pose no challenge to elbow health. This tells me he is hyperextending and/or locking out during his triceps exercises, that is, he is unnecessarily challenging his elbow JOINT in what is a MUSCLE-challenging exercise.
You should never challenge your joints. Joints are not designed to be challenged, to bear weight, or to move in opposition of their intended arc or range.
To make progress it is essential that you earn to isolate your individual muscles— your pecs, calves, lateral deltoids, etc. Learning to isolate, to put any given muscle in gear right before performing the exercise just as you do your motor vehicle, is the key to muscle growth and joint injury advoidance.
Guard your joints, especially your elbows, shoulders and knees. They are not muscles. They are not designed to bear weight: They are NOT shock absorbers. Those things are what your muscles are designed for. Your muscles that surround the joint bear the weight and stress and absorb shock, ensuring that the joint can safely bend or rotate well into old age. Our joints are merely hinges — that’s all they are.
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