just hurt my arm...

[roadwarrior]

Got home from the gym an hour ago and have been icing my arm. I was deadlifting.

It's back day and I started with deads. Worked my way up to 455 all raw and did 6 reps. Felt good. Went to 495 and one repped with belt. Went for 535 with belt. 525 is PR. 535 went up but I did not lock out. At the top something pulled in my tricep and /or lat. I put weight down... kinda heavy. Rested a bit then tried pullups. Not happening! Hurt like hell so I went home.

I've been icing for an hour. Whole area is swollen and my elbow has started to throb. Wife is a nurse. She says it's a pull or minor tear. Nothing serious. That bastard is throbbing though.

Boo hoo... woe is me. Better not hurt my squats on Thursday and Shoulder/Core is Friday. I want to try the Overhead Press with a power leg push from following Scotsmans threads.

 

[SaiBoT]

Got home from the gym an hour ago and have been icing my arm. I was deadlifting.

It's back day and I started with deads. Worked my way up to 455 all raw and did 6 reps. Felt good. Went to 495 and one repped with belt. Went for 535 with belt. 525 is PR. 535 went up but I did not lock out. At the top something pulled in my tricep and /or lat. I put weight down... kinda heavy. Rested a bit then tried pullups. Not happening! Hurt like hell so I went home.

I've been icing for an hour. Whole area is swollen and my elbow has started to throb. Wife is a nurse. She says it's a pull or minor tear. Nothing serious. That bastard is throbbing though.

Boo hoo... woe is me. Better not hurt my squats on Thursday and Shoulder/Core is Friday. I want to try the Overhead Press with a power leg push from following Scotsmans threads.

Hope you get better bro!

 

[Scotsman]

That sucks man. Rest, ice, and anti-inflammatories should help. Hopefully it's only a pull and not a tear.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[roadwarrior]

That sucks man. Rest, ice, and anti-inflammatories should help. Hopefully it's only a pull and not a tear.

Cheers,
Scotsman

That's my fear. I'm watching for the black and blue if it's a tear. It is what it is though.

I figured out what I think caused it. I was a little off balance on the bar... not quite centered on it. I though of moving but was psyched for the lift and thought "f' it". I could feel my right arm compensating from the moment it left the floor.

S

 

[roadwarrior]

That sucks man. Rest, ice, and anti-inflammatories should help. Hopefully it's only a pull and not a tear.

Cheers,
Scotsman

Update... the top arm and lat where my armpit is in the back is black and blue today but not too much. I can move the arm but moves overhead hurt and lifting even a server with it hurts. Guess I do have a small tear.

Either way .... squats tomorrow night and we'll see about shoulders/core on Friday when we get there. ( Yeah "we"... me and the mouse in my pocket)

S

 

[SouthernLord]

Nice pulls. I would take it easy though. Why risk hurting yourself more. Maybe deload and let it heal. Good luck.

 

[housemusik83]

damn bro rest it till its COMPLETELY healed! trust me i just had wrist injury not fun

 

[roadwarrior]

Nice pulls. I would take it easy though. Why risk hurting yourself more. Maybe deload and let it heal. Good luck.

Thannks Southern. Now that it turned black and blue indicating a tear instead of pull, I have to rest it.

I will do light high rep squats to warm up ( 135x20, 225x15, 315x12) then heavy squats up to 495 or 515 ( might try 525 if it feels good) , leg press, extensions, leg curl, toe raises tonight. I ussually do some 50rep ball crunch sets after legs for a second ab day each week.

I will probably skip shoulders tomorrow and just do a full ab workout then make adjustments for the next couple weeks based on how it feels.

I'm pissed at myself because I think I caused it by being unbalanced on the bar. Tuesday is ussually leg day and Thursday is back day for me. Wonder if going heavy the day before on Chest/Bis had any effect on the pull. I just felt like doing back on Tuesday. Ah... 20:20 hindsight is a wonderful thing! Live and learn I guess.

S

 

[roadwarrior]

Thannks Southern. Now that it turned black and blue indicating a tear instead of pull, I have to rest it.

I will do light high rep squats to warm up ( 135x20, 225x15, 315x12) then heavy squats up to 495 or 515 ( might try 525 if it feels good) , leg press, extensions, leg curl, toe raises tonight. I ussually do some 50rep ball crunch sets after legs for a second ab day each week.

I will probably skip shoulders tomorrow and just do a full ab workout then make adjustments for the next couple weeks based on how it feels.

I'm pissed at myself because I think I caused it by being unbalanced on the bar. Tuesday is ussually leg day and Thursday is back day for me. Wonder if going heavy the day before on Chest/Bis had any effect on the pull. I just felt like doing back on Tuesday. Ah... 20:20 hindsight is a wonderful thing! Live and learn I guess.

S

Ahh... it's a suckfest being injured. Leg day was fine last week... stopped at 1 repping 495... just wasn't into going for more. I skipped shoulder work on Friday and did not do "sticks and stones" on Saturday with my boys. I did light chest today. Gonna play it light except for legs for a couple weeks on chest/ arms/ shoulders and no back work except hypers while my lat heals.

 

[SouthernLord]

Ahh... it's a suckfest being injured. Leg day was fine last week... stopped at 1 repping 495... just wasn't into going for more. I skipped shoulder work on Friday and did not do "sticks and stones" on Saturday with my boys. I did light chest today. Gonna play it light except for legs for a couple weeks on chest/ arms/ shoulders and no back work except hypers while my lat heals.

That sucks. At least you are able to train your legs hard. 495 for a single is sick with any kind of tear.

I almost had a mishap today pulling. I was on my work set of five and the buckle of my belt shot across the gym on my third rep. The belt dropped to the ground and I managed to pull the fourth rep without the belt. That could of gotten ugly because I was in true 5RM territory and shit like that kind of throws off your groove. I have a brand new 14mm leather belt, but it binds and digs into my ribs on pulls making it hard to lock out. I think I am gonna buy the new Spud Inc triple ply deadlift belt at EliteFTS. I really like soft belts for pulling and this one looks to be put together well.