Wrist straps for cable side delt raises
I had some major tennis elbow surgery in the early spring this year, and all went well - very happy, lifting heavy again, playing tennis, it was worth it. BUT, I'm noticing that one exercise that immediately gets my forearm tendons aggravated, are side delt raises. Dumbbell, or cable machine, either one, holding that weight with my hand puts a lot of unappreciated strain on the forearm tendons. And I'm really not happy with other exercise alternatives, nothing hits the side delts like simple cable/dumbbell raises.
I've bought a few different brand wrist straps online to use on my cable machine, but they all really fit uncomfortably - so much so, that usually a metal buckle is digging into the top of my wrist, making them unusable.
Does anyone here have a preferred brand for this? Getting desperate, I'm having to skip side delt raises more and more :-(
I don't think a wrist strap brand will break any rules here (?), but if so please PM me instead.
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So if you get an ankle strap instead of a wrist strap to do cable side laterals it will be a much more effective exercise in both stretch and isolation. Put the ankle strap on your wrist and it takes the pressure off the arms and isolates those delts. I bought one from Gymreapers off of Amazon for $10 and it works great! Also for better isolation a good technique is to not keep your wrists aka hands straight...have your hands faced down with a bent wrist especially when doing dumbbell lateral raises.
Just checked it out - looks promising! All the ones I've found before had a metal buckle, which just dug into the top of my wrist. This Gymreapers strap doesn't have that - gonna give it a shot! Thanks!
Yeah using an ankle strap instead of a wrist strap for lateral cable raises was a game changer for me. I'm a chick with super tiny wrists so I wear wrist straps constantly and then just use the ankle strap over the top of them for my lateral raises. The metal rings shouldn't dig into you but if they do just use keep your wrist straps on and put the ankle strap over the top of them.
Something that I find important doing db raises is to concentrate strictly on my elbows and never my wrists. I always try to keep my elbows above my wrists and do not straighten my arms completely out during the raise. Concentration on the elbows puts all the emphasis on my shoulders / a little trap instead of forearms / wrists.
Maybe it can help if you find your sweet spot with technique
Oh, and a good wrist strap is katamu. Nice straps for $15
I like versa grips for this. Initially i had a similar problem with them digging into my wrist but then i started wearing the wrist strap looser and now i love them.
I also used to skip db raises and, instead, use a padded wrist strap attachment on the cables. I had some tendinitis in my elbow and this helped not aggravate it.
Do you remember the brand for this?
I have Versa grips for pulling/rowing motions, agree they are great. But what I need now is specifically for side delt raises, just a high quality padded wrist strap for the cables…. Every one I’ve tried so far (Amazon) has sucked.