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[sbt2082]

Kick Ass Workout!

^^^Agreed!!! 100%

 

[the-short-one]

Today's workout brought to you by the letter A, & the numbers 5 and 35.
Barbell Curls: 5X40, 5X60, 5X80, 3X90, 3X90, 3X90, 14X50.
Tricep Press: 5X40, 5X60, 5X80, 3X90, 3X90, 3X90, 18X50. I think this is a PR
Alt. D.B. Curls: 5X20, 5X30, 5X40, 3X45, 3X45, 13X25.
Skull Crushers: 5X35, 5X55, 5X70, 3X80, 3X80, 13X10.
Crossbody Hammer curls: 6X15, 6X20, 5X25, 3X30, 2 1/2X30, 15X20.
Tricep Kickbacks: 5X10, 6X15, 5X25, 3X25, 3X30, 14X20.
Took 1 hr 10 min.

How are you linking the cross body hammer curls? Are you remembering to clothesline yourself? (I bring that dumbell all the way over to me opposite ear with me elbow horizontal directly under me chin.)

 

[HiDnGoD]

How are you linking the cross body hammer curls? Are you remembering to clothesline yourself? (I bring that dumbell all the way over to me opposite ear with me elbow horizontal directly under me chin.)

I almost touch the top of the opposite shoulder with my knuckles in the D.B..

 

[treilin]

I THINK my form is pretty good. I used to bench with my elbows out, & I have to watch, when the weight gets heavy, that I don't revert to that. I was getting more shoulder pain that way.
I think my PRs are just due to the new workout format. I think I am gaining some strength, but my PRs are gonna become rarer.
Shoulders: 1. Well, I have tendonitis in my traps. It flares up now & then, but
it's usually not too bad.
2. Sometimes get pain, it feels like the medial delt insertion, under the posterior.
3. Throwing ball last night, I got pain in the muscle belly of the anterior delt.
4. Sometimes where the Pec joins the clavicle.
5. Sometimes where the pec joins the upper humerous
All these aches are usually brought on by a specific action. #1 & #2 have been bothering me of & on for a little while. This morning it seemed I got them all at once.

Basically I'm a bit of a train wreck around my shoulder girdle. Most of those are in my left shoulder, with the exception of the tendo, I get that in both.

Yes I never posted in your log before, LMAO.. but just saw this post and would add my 2 cents give or take it...
I would say from what you wrote rotator cuff weakness, over contracted pecs. Never heard of tendonitis in the traps, were you diagnosed with this?
Rotator cuff attachment where you explain #2 happens to be the same area as the sit (supraspinatous, infrapsinatous, teres minor) and is usually the first area to feel pain since it is stressed the most. Pec major = huge muscle, it's antagonist rotator cuffs itty bitty muscles. Oh and throwing a ball is activated by the supraspinatous, so if you felt it then you could be pinching the attachment under the acromion process of the clavicle. More like rotor cuff tendonitis. By the clavicle I would say Pec minor is the issue. Do you ever get tingling down your arm?
So like any client I would have them strengthen the posterior shoulder, and stretch the pecs more often. Doesn't have to be heavy weights.. more like physical therapy.. low weight lots of reps. JPT was having similar issues with his shoulders. Posture is always a factor in there also.
O.k. 2 cents over..

 

[*Bunny*]

^^ BINGO what T said... I cannot begin to tell you how many people on here and at the gym have this problem in that same area ...

To add I highly recommend fixing & addressing the issue before something ELSE gets injured with poor form, heavy weight, etc. I ramped down all my weights to re-learn proper bench technique and after a few weeks I PR'd my previous lifts, and my massage therapist was kinda shocked that two areas (Pec minor & mid rhom) released. It was there for MONTHS. Great advice treil

 

[HiDnGoD]

Yes I never posted in your log before, LMAO.. but just saw this post and would add my 2 cents give or take it...
I would say from what you wrote rotator cuff weakness, over contracted pecs. Never heard of tendonitis in the traps, were you diagnosed with this?
Rotator cuff attachment where you explain #2 happens to be the same area as the sit (supraspinatous, infrapsinatous, teres minor) and is usually the first area to feel pain since it is stressed the most. Pec major = huge muscle, it's antagonist rotator cuffs itty bitty muscles. Oh and throwing a ball is activated by the supraspinatous, so if you felt it then you could be pinching the attachment under the acromion process of the clavicle. More like rotor cuff tendonitis. By the clavicle I would say Pec minor is the issue. Do you ever get tingling down your arm?
So like any client I would have them strengthen the posterior shoulder, and stretch the pecs more often. Doesn't have to be heavy weights.. more like physical therapy.. low weight lots of reps. JPT was having similar issues with his shoulders. Posture is always a factor in there also.
O.k. 2 cents over..

No tingling down the arm from the shoulder, but I do have tendonitis in the elbows, that flare up now & then.
I had been diagnosed with tendonitis in the traps. I had also been told, on a previous rehab stint, that I had a muscle imbalance between chest & back, so I've been prioritizing my back periodically.
I've done the following exercises also. I'm not sure of the proper name, but I'll try to describe them to you.
1. Standing in front of an overhead pulley, one arm at a time, palms facing down, with 10-15 lbs. Keeping my arm almost straight I bring it from about horizontal (straight ahead) to my side, for 10 reps. 2 sets of 10, each side.
2. As above, but facing the side & bringing the arm down in a sideward motion.
3. Using a theraband hooked to a door handle or something, with my arm bent 90deg at the elbow, rotate the arm across the body. Do the same for each side. Then rotating outwards.
4. With a 5 lb D.B. and my arm straight out to the side, bent 90deg at the elbow. Slowly lower the weight to the front, then raise it.
These seem to help sometimes, but not always.
I'm going for Xrays next week, Ultrasound on Oct. 24, then Doc will decide what to do.
I believe these exercise are supposed to strengthen the rotator cuff.
And thank you Treilin, very much, for your post. It's really nice to hear from people that seem to know what I'm talking about.

 

[HiDnGoD]

Thursday's results.
2498 cals, 74g fat for 26.8%, 275g Protein for 44.1%, 182g Carbs for 29.1%
Meal 1
Cheerios 32g
Skim White Milk 121g
Can of V8 355 ml
Hard Boiled Eggs, 2
Meal 2
Alaska Pollock 195g
2% Cottage Cheese 250g
Meal 3
B.S. Chicken Breast, 145G
Cut Green Beans 34g
Whole Grain Rice 45g
2 Hamburger Patties
Meal 4
Skim Milk, 500 ml
Protein Powder 62g
Meal 5
Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast 171g
Skim Milk 250ml
Sweet Red Peppers 126g
Whole Wheat Fusilli in Tomato Basil Sauce 65g

Meal 6, or snacks


Pre & Post WO Shake, & Supps2 Scoops Creatine Ethyl Ester, Tricreatine Malate Formula
Skim Milk 400ml
Protein Powder, 90g

Glucose readings mmol/L:


WORKOUT!!!!!!!

Already Posted my workout. Arms, some PRS, we'll see if I can duplicate them.

 

[treilin]

No tingling down the arm from the shoulder, but I do have tendonitis in the elbows, that flare up now & then.
I had been diagnosed with tendonitis in the traps. I had also been told, on a previous rehab stint, that I had a muscle imbalance between chest & back, so I've been prioritizing my back periodically.
I've done the following exercises also. I'm not sure of the proper name, but I'll try to describe them to you.
1. Standing in front of an overhead pulley, one arm at a time, palms facing down, with 10-15 lbs. Keeping my arm almost straight I bring it from about horizontal (straight ahead) to my side, for 10 reps. 2 sets of 10, each side.
2. As above, but facing the side & bringing the arm down in a sideward motion.
3. Using a theraband hooked to a door handle or something, with my arm bent 90deg at the elbow, rotate the arm across the body. Do the same for each side. Then rotating outwards.
4. With a 5 lb D.B. and my arm straight out to the side, bent 90deg at the elbow. Slowly lower the weight to the front, then raise it.
These seem to help sometimes, but not always.
I'm going for Xrays next week, Ultrasound on Oct. 24, then Doc will decide what to do.
I believe these exercise are supposed to strengthen the rotator cuff.
And thank you Treilin, very much, for your post. It's really nice to hear from people that seem to know what I'm talking about.

Good to know no tingling down the arms that means no pinched nerve from the Pec Minor being overly contracted.
Sounds like you are on a good shoulder rehab program.. Internal and external rotation excellent...
Can always add in some anti-inflammatory meds also if you know you are going to work chest or shoulders for precaution measures.. I know some people don't agree with that because it inhibits the muscle repairing process by (if I recall right) decreasing the blood flow to the area...
See what the X-rays say I am curious. Ever been to a massage therapist?

 

[HiDnGoD]

Good to know no tingling down the arms that means no pinched nerve from the Pec Minor being overly contracted.
Sounds like you are on a good shoulder rehab program.. Internal and external rotation excellent...
Can always add in some anti-inflammatory meds also if you know you are going to work chest or shoulders for precaution measures.. I know some people don't agree with that because it inhibits the muscle repairing process by (if I recall right) decreasing the blood flow to the area...
See what the X-rays say I am curious. Ever been to a massage therapist?

Nada to the Massage, though I am seriously considering that & Accupuncture.

 

[HiDnGoD]

Just did abs tonight.
Incline Sit-ups. 8 sets of 10, each set holding at the horizontal, progessively longer. Side bends, 5 sets of 10, with 30, 40, 50, 60, & 70 lbs.
Diod my shoulder therapy, which I usually do every morning also.
I also did that superman thingy, on the mat. 10 seconds each X ten times.