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Zander1983
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Maybe its time to up the volume and reduce the intensity. It works bro 
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jackangel
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Zander1983 said:Maybe its time to up the volume and reduce the intensity. It works bro
This sounds good to me, at least for a while. It's good that you warmup, but perhaps a distribution of your work/intensity over 2-3 sets will give your body the break it needs.
Ice down those inflamed tendons too, definitely. Stretching them gently/gradually might be in order. A sleeve or wraps on your elbows could make working out manageable in the meantime.
The pain in your biceps tendon sounds annoying because it probably interferes all of your upper body movements.
RobertFontaine
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The darn tendons are slow to strengthen. I've had challenges with both my rotator and now my biceps tendons. The strength builds rapidly, I get very optimistic and then the twinges begin.
I think we don't focus enough on developing tendon strength. They aren't flashy and they don't help us lift more until they fail.
I'm pretty good about rotator cuff exercise these days but I still don't have a plan for toughening up my tendons other than taking a break when they start to hurt (I'm fairly sure this isn't the "Right" way to do things).
Now that I'm in my mid thirties strength development has become much easier but tendon and joint injuries have become way more common.
Have any of you lifetime lifters out there beat this issue?
I think we don't focus enough on developing tendon strength. They aren't flashy and they don't help us lift more until they fail.
I'm pretty good about rotator cuff exercise these days but I still don't have a plan for toughening up my tendons other than taking a break when they start to hurt (I'm fairly sure this isn't the "Right" way to do things).
Now that I'm in my mid thirties strength development has become much easier but tendon and joint injuries have become way more common.
Have any of you lifetime lifters out there beat this issue?
RobertFontaine
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louden_swain
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RobertFontaine said:
Wow!!
Good information Robert!! You get K for this!
Lord_Suston
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I implement a low weight training cycle every 8-12 weeks. Basically I set pr's for a month or two and go back to my old maxes and take it easy and climb back again to push further. example bench max=275 standard sets are 205 5x5 go up about 5lbs a week so at the end of 8 weeks I am doing 245 for 5x5 and test max, then I go back down to 225 for 5x5 and repeat, this gives me about four-6 weeks of time for my tendons to grow and repair before i start hitting weight I have never used before. during this time I work on form and muscle weaknesses, yet to have any serious injuries
PRO_BODYBUILDER
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seems like you dont do enough volume to actually condition your muscles.
like taking a rubber band and pulling that shit apart basically. instead of using volume to condition the muscle
like taking a rubber band and pulling that shit apart basically. instead of using volume to condition the muscle
louden_swain
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PRO_BODYBUILDER said:
volume is not necessary. . .plain and simple.
Like I said before. . here is an example on how i train
1. Incline Barbell Presses
Warmups: 135lbs x 10, 185lbs x 8, 205lbs x 3, 245lbs x 1
Building Set: 275lbs x 8-10
I don't for the love of god jump in an perform my all out set without warming up properly.
Also my muscles have good conditioning. . .I have been training for 10 years.
Lord_Suston
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i think the problem is that you do an all out set, no offense louden but you use some pretty fucking heavy weight, and going all out is not safe. The muscle have two important function:
1) movers of the skeletal system
2) to protest the body from injury, including the tendos and ligaments.
The problem is when you go all out and hit failure the muscles no longer act as a safety mechanism, so what takes the burden of stress. The tendons, ligament, and cartilage. these parts of the body don't heal as fast as muscle, they have limited blood supply, cartilage has none, so they heal much slower. Now in your case, you use heavy weight and take out the musles the other parts of your body are gonna take all that stress over and over and never properly heal.
My suggestion is that on incline you can get 275 for 8-10, why not do thrre sets of 4 reps or so, your muscles won't reach failure and the joints will be protected. Just my 2 cents bro
1) movers of the skeletal system
2) to protest the body from injury, including the tendos and ligaments.
The problem is when you go all out and hit failure the muscles no longer act as a safety mechanism, so what takes the burden of stress. The tendons, ligament, and cartilage. these parts of the body don't heal as fast as muscle, they have limited blood supply, cartilage has none, so they heal much slower. Now in your case, you use heavy weight and take out the musles the other parts of your body are gonna take all that stress over and over and never properly heal.
My suggestion is that on incline you can get 275 for 8-10, why not do thrre sets of 4 reps or so, your muscles won't reach failure and the joints will be protected. Just my 2 cents bro
louden_swain
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OK. . .thanks for all suggestions.
I am planning on re-evaluating a few things in my training.
It wouild be interesting to see how my body likes
4 sets of 10 reps @ 70 percent of max for all exercises.
I plan to lighten it up for a while.
I am planning on re-evaluating a few things in my training.
It wouild be interesting to see how my body likes
4 sets of 10 reps @ 70 percent of max for all exercises.
I plan to lighten it up for a while.
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