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When the bar comes off your chest... don't stop [Weightlifting thread]
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Googling says it usually only lasts a few weeks or so, was the pain a long-term thing? It seems like that would be an easier thing to deal with than if it turns out to be weightlifter's shoulder and needs surgery, I can only hope it's that
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The best thing you could do would be to visit a physical therapist, and a number of those places offer free injury evaluation and if you shoot the shit with em a bit they'll give you some general advice.
But without seeing, or knowing much about the problem past what you're saying here, my guess is it's a muscular front to back imbalance, you probably need to work on your mid back a bit more and lay off the bench/pressing in the mean time, as well as adding a good shoulder warm up each day, some stretches, and tissue work for the shoulders and pecs.
How's your posture in general? Lower/mid trap and rhomboid weakness combined with tight pecs/delts can cause the shoulders to crunch and hurt during some exercise and until you strengthen the posterior bits that are weak it won't get any better. Could be during the time off you lost some muscle but that balance stayed about the same so the problem still exists. Also, keep in mind if some of those muscles are really weak you may need to do some rehab type work because some of those muscles may be so weak other spots are taking over and doing their jobs for them during some of the bigger exercises.
Just my guess, I had something like this and worked on it a good bit, my shoulders still aren't great but they're much, much better.
Oh also, keep in mind, if it IS a muscular balance issue, and you continue without addressing it, eventually it WILL tear something. My brother went through surgery for a labrum tear a bit ago and that's kinda what scared me into really studying up to avoid what happened with him. No matter how strong you are if there's a major imbalance it's going to result in injury, you might have to do some obnoxious exercises with very light weight to correct issues, just gotta stick to it.
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Thanks for the response - one of my mom's good friends is actually a physical therapist, and she told me a few years ago the same thing, that it might be a muscular imbalance. Since then, I've done a lot more back work than front because of the relative pain levels, trying to see if it would help. I've been doing lots of reverse flies, rows, face pulls, etc to work on my back and rhomboids and stuff. My posture has definitely improved but it's not perfect yet. Hopefully the specialist can tell me if I'm still imbalanced.
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I got these ones.
But they're basically the Risto White Thunder with a different badge.
I was contemplating the Adidas Power Perfect II's, but it's hard to find a pair that will ship to Australia and I'd rather deal with an Australian reseller anyway. The bright red Adistars look slick as hell, but I'd look like a goddamn peacock at my gym, and also they're too expensive for my needs, especially when I include international shipping.
Yeah that's my first thought with it too, some of the spots in the back can lag behind really easily and be a real bitch to get caught back up. Could try not pressing/benching for a bit, work in some push ups and some extra back work and see if you can talk to the PT and get an eval. Might need some lower/mid trap isolation work. I always have trouble isolating the lower trap, it's just kind of a pain in the ass to do, none of that shit is fun.
Also, the mobility workout of the day stuff could definitely help.
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Everyone go do this mob right now and do the test/retest. It's dynamite for loosening up some external rotation in the hips.
And I always regret it when I start foam rolling my quads after a month of neglect.
To prevent the injury, they say I need to strengthen my quads.
Anyway, I stopped playing racquetball and worked on my chest instead. Then I went to work. Bleh.
Those are pretty dang sweet, I like the Risto version a lot. I'm sure I have a birthday coming up or something.
that's what i would attribute the injury to, mudbrain
maybe time for some new material
I do just mean being weary (muscularly) as all get out by the end of the week. I tried a hot bath, but I don't think it really helped. So I dunno, meditation?
Cripes, I need to gain weight.
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Got 185 on my squat after 4 months away, not bad I'd say.
115 on my bench
and then worked on my deadlift form at 135. Gonna spend some more time there to get that form down before I increase the weight.
I figure I'll do something akin to: Squat/Bench/DL/DBs then Squat/Pendlay Row/Upright Row/DBs on alternating days with Crunches, Push ups, Pull ups, and running on the in-between days (i.e. Tue/Thur and weekends).
No overhead work? Might be a nice addition to your second day
I've heard good and "meh" reviews about them. Probably like with any product, it comes down to personal preference. I don't have enough experience with lifting shoes in order to form a solid review, nor do I have anything to reference them against, but they seem to do the job well for me and I'm very happy with them for the time being. They were within a price range I was happy to spend and they seem to be pretty solidly built (the wooden heel is bolted into the sole).
They're also all apparently hand-made in South America, so they're not always "perfect" when it comes to stitching and glue smears and stuff like that. Also the heel height is variable based on the size of the shoe, the logic behind it being that the heel elevation should remain proportional to the size of the foot rather than being a set height through all the sizes. At my shoe size, I believe the heel is around the 1" mark.
After measuring my foot on a piece of paper with my socks on, it came out to around 29cm (11.5"), so I went with the size 12/45. It could be a little more snug, but tying up the laces and doing the strap down nice and tight seems to work well.
Now I feel like we should all take a picture like that because it's fucking hilarious.
Also yeah, milk up dude, yo legs is thin.
Not hatin', most of us are too thin or fat, just aspiring to one day be half as sexy as A! duck.
Man, my calves really are small. I promise I'm not a skinny fuck, at 5'6" and 190 I have an ass to block out the sun!
No excuses, Methuselah, milk up!
I got a ghetto booty as well. Beefy legs, too. But skinny little arms, and no-where near enough chest back and shoulders. I'm like the nega-Slider.
Onto a better topic, I pushed beyond one hundred pounds today on my deadlift, pulling 103 lbs. The sad thing is I think I could only get another 10-11 pound addition onto my bars and still have room to screw on the collars. Going to check to see what I've got in the back den downstairs and if it isn't anything too good, I'll just visit the local flea market. No need to get brand spanking new plates as long as they aren't damaged.
Hell, get damaged ones, so long as they seem roughly the same weight
Eating healthier is rad too. It feels good and clean
Not sure if serious here.
I went down, but then, didn't go back up
So I was between my feet and the bar, kinda under it, so I dipped my head down and slowly rolled it forward over the top of me with my wrists and had a good chuckle. About time I failed. Its just a pity I did it on a weight I've already succeeded at before
Why not roll it off your shoulders backwards? Less chance of straining your neck...
Because I couldn't I was under it while it was on the safeties. They're at the perfect height for me, I was ass to grass and had no way of moving up or down
So I did the slow roll, which was hilarious
Ooooooh, a joke.
I get jokes.
Maybe I'm a retard, but if the bar was at the safeties, couldn't you have just dropped to your back (by splaying your legs forward) and the bar would have stayed on the safeties?
How's this for a joke:
My bench press.
I'm here all night folks.