how long should i rest?

[eja35oz]

my shoulder has been bothering me lately from working out back and chest. so i have taken a week off and it sucks..... from the people who have had the same prob, how much time did u take off b4 you got back in the gym?

 

[holy ghost]

i think you need to identify what exact part of your body is troubling you

and what exact workouts are hurting you

I also have had problems on Military press when on the negative going down too far would stress my colloar bone muscles

Give it 2 wks
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2 calcium citrate pills ed
4 flax ed
2-4 banannas ed

thats the protcol my doc put me on right now when i tore both outer elbow tendons

listen to your body man, highly anabolic steroids will help you keep your figure

and andros will keep you thick while off

 

[Acela]

i have found that religiously stretching my rotater cuffs on any day that i do chest, back or shoulders (been doing this regime for 5+ years) has completely alleviated the problem.

so i never really took time off. its 2 different motions (lying on my back and lying on my stomach) and they are a "fly" type motion done with a 5 lb weight each arm is done both ways 1 set of 15. kinda tough to describe in writing

 

[holy ghost]

acela those are hard as hell ! lol

I got on deca bro.

ps rotations in elbows and shoulders excrete synovial fluid in your joints

 

[GAUDY]

my shoulder has been bothering me lately from working out back and chest. so i have taken a week off and it sucks..... from the people who have had the same prob, how much time did u take off b4 you got back in the gym?

do shoulder strengthening exercises while your at it. I took a week off and it didn't help me at all. 2 days after i started doing the strengthening exercises i felt better. go to a search engine and type in rotator cuff exercises. do them everyday. goodluck

 

[ALIN]

my shoulder has been bothering me lately from working out back and chest. so i have taken a week off and it sucks..... from the people who have had the same prob, how much time did u take off b4 you got back in the gym?

1 week should be plenty...if not better you may see a doc.

 

[iceman7230]

Just don't do the excercises that make it hurt for a couple of weeks.

You need to start warming your shoulders up before every workout. Every time I work my upper body I warm-up my shoulders.

Stand like you are posing to flex your bi's, arms out and forarms up towards the ceiling. Use light weight like 5-15 pounds and rotate your shoulder and hand down. Do 1 set of 20.

Then hold same weight with your elbows to your sides and forearms parallel to the floor and swing the weights away from your body keeping your elbows close to your sides. Do 1 set of 20.

Ever since I have been doing this my shoulder pain has gone away.

 

[holy ghost]

Posing routines are great for stretching and warmups also as a form of pre exhaustion

this is how i warm up although if you are small it looks rather funny to the other people in the gym..

 

[xrsist]

as alin has said take a week off and see if any better then if not you may wanna consider seeing a doctor. no point hitting up aas when you dont know what the pain is...

 

[advanced-stealth]

Good advice bro.

Just don't do the excercises that make it hurt for a couple of weeks.

You need to start warming your shoulders up before every workout. Every time I work my upper body I warm-up my shoulders.

Stand like you are posing to flex your bi's, arms out and forarms up towards the ceiling. Use light weight like 5-15 pounds and rotate your shoulder and hand down. Do 1 set of 20.

Then hold same weight with your elbows to your sides and forearms parallel to the floor and swing the weights away from your body keeping your elbows close to your sides. Do 1 set of 20.

Ever since I have been doing this my shoulder pain has gone away.

 

[thebadguy54]

I warm up my shoulders doing rotations and this (see video) with a light weight or broomstick. Works for me, but then again, the only thing that really bothered my shoulders were heavy bench presses (which I rarely do anymore). I also stopped french presses because of elbow pain... ghost, you may want to consider that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQihwV9CVE

 

[BigGuyPHX]

I warm up my shoulders doing rotations and this (see video) with a light weight or broomstick. Works for me, but then again, the only thing that really bothered my shoulders were heavy bench presses (which I rarely do anymore). I also stopped french presses because of elbow pain... ghost, you may want to consider that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQihwV9CVE

Good solid advice!!!

I droped flat bench completly and do incline bench every 3rd chest routine.
I have ZERO shoulder problems or pain for over 6 months. Actually I included several of Nelsons chest movements in my routine to replace the heavy pressing movements and I reaped some NICE gains from them!!!

Flat bench will fuck you up and KEEP you fucked up with shoulder problems... some bros it does not bother but some its the worst movement to do.

Warm up is key also stretch between sets... I watch a LOT of pro BBrs stretch like this during chest and back workouts between sets.

BigG

 

[holy ghost]

try laying on the ground and bench pressing, its way more isolation then regular bench box press

you are supposed to stretch during regardless, it ALSO helps stretch your muscle fascia therefor muscle belly must encompass empty area

 

[Swtrue]

Just don't do the excercises that make it hurt for a couple of weeks.

You need to start warming your shoulders up before every workout. Every time I work my upper body I warm-up my shoulders.

Stand like you are posing to flex your bi's, arms out and forarms up towards the ceiling. Use light weight like 5-15 pounds and rotate your shoulder and hand down. Do 1 set of 20.

Then hold same weight with your elbows to your sides and forearms parallel to the floor and swing the weights away from your body keeping your elbows close to your sides. Do 1 set of 20.

Ever since I have been doing this my shoulder pain has gone away.

Excellent advice. Lots of guys don't devote enough time to the rotator exercises or warm ups and this can cause inflamation which causes the pain. I have had both shoulders operated on and I know what it means to get them warmed up.

SWT