Hello everyone,

I've been training for the Iron Cross on the gymnastic rings part time for over a year now.

I've hit an issue in that my left elbow hyper-extends under the levered force of my bodyweight as I lower into it. I reach a point where the discomfort in the joint causes me to stop the rep long before I reach muscular failure in the prime movers (latimus dorsi, deltoids and pectoralis major I believe).

Due to this, I rarely train on the rings and instead opt to train the prime movers with a training device that supports the elbow. This is further increasing the gap between what my muscles are capable of and what my elbow joint can take.

I cannot hyper-extend the joint by any other means and don't have any other joints that hyper-extend at all.

Could this be a muscle weakness in the stabilising muscles of the elbow? I have pretty strong biceps although my triceps are only moderately strong.

I would only use an elbow brace as an absolute last resort or if I was convinced it would aid in strengthening the joint which I suspect it would not.

Thanks in advance, this is an amazing resource!

Richard

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