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Life's a Hillary
I’m actually dealing with some triceps tendonitis right now too. Don’t do the overhead extensions or skull crushers, those are rough on your elbows. Kickbacks are a good substitute (for now) and one arm pressdowns (if you have access to a cable machine) and focus on the negative. I pull the rope down with one arm and let the negative work with the other. Another exercise that’s suppose to be easy on your elbows is overhead rope extensions using a low pulley as that puts less stress on your elbow and more into the belly of the tricep, not the tendon.
If you don’t have cable machines you can do overhead tricep extension, just try to do them seated where you can lock your feet into a bench or something and have your body and more of an incline. That takes the stress off the tendon but you need something to keep your feet pinned down or you’ll probably fall over. Another pair of dumbbells or a squat rack positioned well should work.
The worst thing you can do is rest, it’s better to workout and avoid any movements that cause pain. With my tendonitis, once I get warmed up the pain goes away or is very reduced. That’s a good sign that with proper training and not pushing past the point of pain that it will heal eventually. Tendonitis is a pain though, it won’t go away overnight.