Good evening and thank you for taking time to read my questions!
I’m a 41 year old female lifter of almost 2 years and I’m just completing my second run of Bridge 2.0 with significant success. Since I started lifting, I’ve always had pain in my right hand at the base of my thumb where it meets my wrist (pronator quadratus muscle if I’m not mistaken) whenever I deadlift over 135 lbs or pendlay row over 100 lbs. I switched to an alternate grip for deadlifts using the supine position with my right hand and the pain is not there and I even recently completed a 1@9 at 300 lbs without incident. However, the pain is keeping my rows from progressing since I only use pronate grip.
Would you have any recommendations for alleviating pain during rows? Or an alternative exercise that I may be comparable to rows? Also, after reading up on your blog regarding alternate grip with deadlifting, should I switch to a hook grip for deadlift even though I’ve been successful with alternate grip?
Thanks for your amazing programming and for any advice you may have!