Elbow Hurts When Benching

[icu222much]

For the past several days when I am benching I start to feel a bit of pain or discomfort. I would be benching about 50% of my max for 7 or 8 reps. By the 3rd or 4th rep, I would start feeling some discomfort. When I go all the way up to 8, I would start feeling my elbow 'muscle' sort of snap slightly.

I work out about 3 or 4 times a week on a regular basis. Only my right elbow is effected and I am right handed. I use to also feel this 'muscle' snap feeling several years ago when I was doing push-up competitions with my friends. In addition, when I use to do squats, both of my knees also experienced this snapping feeling. I also want to add that my dad has arthritis, but my brother and I (we are bout in our mid 20s) do not have arthritis.

I am wondering if this snapping feeling on my joints is normal? Some of my friends get this every now and then, but then it goes away very quickly for them.

 

[nicolaw]

It's probably some sort of elbow tendonitis that flares up sometimes.

I have had terrible DOMS in my elbows the past couple of weeks. Last week I did a pump class and over did it and I couldn't bend my elbow past 90 degrees for days (so it was my outer elbow and triceps) - I think ice did the trick in the end. Then on monday I did a group thing at the gym and now I can't can't extend my arm (it's the inside of my elbow and my biceps this time). So frustrating. But that's what I get for laying off weights for a little while. grr