My team and I have a daily routine for tennis practice. First we run a mile, then we go to the weight room and do several different weight lifting exercises, and then we play tennis. Is lifting weights bad before playing tennis? Can it affect our performance on the courts?

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last wednesday i did stength training on my arms for the first time in about 6 months. starting last friday morning, i could feel the tendens where extremely sore on the inside of my elbow. so sore it was painful to fully extend my arms. now it is tuesday the following week. i still feel a slight bit of soreness but it is not painful. if i do the same routine on my arms today, it will not be painful. my question is: is it ok to do another arm workout today or is it too soon? i want to maximize my efforts and make sure my arms have rested enough.

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hi, i was wondering if there are any weight lifting exersices that target the same exact muscles as "skull crusher" exersices, but without the same exact movement, because it agitates my tennis elbow condition.. thanks..

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I am a male in his early 20s who is new to weight lifting. I have never “worked out” before this stage in my life. I have been lifting weights every day for about 4-5 weeks now. I probably have only taken 6 days off total. To keep my body from wearing down, I have been alternating the days when I work out upper and lower body (like my buddies have told me).

Within the last week I have noticed that I have been experiencing a pain located around my elbows. The pain is usually at its worse right after I do bicep curls. The pain continues after I leave the gym. I go home and find it painful to fully extend my arm. This pain in my elbow joints keeps me from opening my arms to full capability. For example, when I reach my arm out to grab something, a sharp pain is felt in or around my elbow joint.

I asked a few weight lifting friends what the problem could be. They said they have never heard of this happening before and I should take a few days off. I took 2 days in a row off and the pain disappeared but returned when I began lifting again.

HERE IS MY MAIN QUESTION. Am I putting myself at risk of elbow joint injury? OR am I simply feeling the pain of a new set of muscles being worked that I have never worked before? Am I actually feeling pain in my bones or is this just sore muscle pain that I need to overcome to get stronger?

If it helps, the pain is felt directly behind the pointy bone that appears when you bend your arm (located on the upper arm, not the hand/wrist lower half of the arm).

Thanks!

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