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joint pain at shoulders
- Thread starter jonny100
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It depends on if the pain is in your joints, or muscles at the shoulder. I know that when I'm working my chest, I do the bench press and alternate in with dumbbell flyes, and I can really feel it in my outer chest... ...of course, mine is more of a stretching pain.
What does the pain feel like? You say "stress", but this could also be attributed to the load that you are lifting, and the muscles that are working. Try lowering your weight, and doing a warmup set before hitting the heavier weights. (NEVER stretch a cold muscle, however, do a warmup first!)
Another option is to lower the weight and do slower reps - this helps reduce the stress at the joint, while you can still exercise the muscle.
What does the pain feel like? You say "stress", but this could also be attributed to the load that you are lifting, and the muscles that are working. Try lowering your weight, and doing a warmup set before hitting the heavier weights. (NEVER stretch a cold muscle, however, do a warmup first!)
Another option is to lower the weight and do slower reps - this helps reduce the stress at the joint, while you can still exercise the muscle.
if you are benching wrong then yes. try this...
unrack the bar, pull ur shoulder blades together behind your back and push your shoulders down towards your waste. it will keep your shoulders closer to your body and more stable so they won't be in the positionto get injured. also, pull the bar down towards your chest with your back muscles, it will keep you safe and build strength and size.
unrack the bar, pull ur shoulder blades together behind your back and push your shoulders down towards your waste. it will keep your shoulders closer to your body and more stable so they won't be in the positionto get injured. also, pull the bar down towards your chest with your back muscles, it will keep you safe and build strength and size.
on chest day, i got a lot of pain in my left shoulder on bench and incline dumbbell flies, i wasnt doing a lot of weight, and i didnt know if it was that my shoulders couldnt support the weight, or my technique was wrong, or what.
i wouldn't really say it's a pain, maybe that was the wrong word to use. It's really difficult to describe, but it occurs around the shoulder joint and slightly down towards the biceps (kinda in between shoulder and bicep). I guess I'll just keep going and see if it goes away eventually.
I don't think it's my technique that's the problem since I already do the thing where you squeeze your shoulder blades together, move them towards your hips and arch lower back etc. And I also always warm up first, always with stretches and usually a gentle set of push ups before i begin.
Could you explain what you mean by lowering the bar with your back muscles. I don't see how you can lower it with anything other than your triceps.
I don't think it's my technique that's the problem since I already do the thing where you squeeze your shoulder blades together, move them towards your hips and arch lower back etc. And I also always warm up first, always with stretches and usually a gentle set of push ups before i begin.
Could you explain what you mean by lowering the bar with your back muscles. I don't see how you can lower it with anything other than your triceps.
I know that gravity is already pulling the bar down so you don't need to. But if you clench your back muscles and pretend to pull the bar down with your back muscles instead of gravity, you will be safer, just go slow. You also build some muscle and strenght because you emphasizing the negative aspect of the lift and I've read that it helps create a sort of charge in the muscles that helps when pushing the positive aspect.