What's wrong with my bench??

[VicTusDeuS]

I took a few months off due to sickness,then work then lack of motivation. Its tough enough trying to get motivated to lift but now sometimes I just want to give up. I tried doing chest 2 times this week and everytime i try to bench i get these pains on the ends of my shoulders/tops of tricepts. I dont know what it is but I havnt lifted for a few months and now when I try to I get these pains and feel like just giving up. WTF is wrong with me..I dont even feel like lifting anymore and Ive lost strength and size which makes things even worse...

 

[wonderstanding]

not sure what you mean by ends of your shoulders... are you saying that meaning the point where your tri's meet your shoulders?

 

[VicTusDeuS]

yeah, like the outside part. Another words..If i was standing side by side in a line with peopke, the part of where we would touch.

 

[spatts]

What's your diet like? Sleep?

 

[VicTusDeuS]

I sleep a lot now. Maybe that's the proplem. The pain feels like a rotator cuff thing. I wish it would go away.

 

[Lift Chief]

Are you warming up enough before you start benching? I find if im a little cold i get pain in my shoulders.

 

[Fatty4You]

Next time you do bench, you should have someone who knows their stuff come over and look at your form. Maybe your form is off somehow and its putting too much stress somewhere.

Maybe you have tennis elbow? Tennis elbow is a bit father down, mmore near the elbow, but i have know people who have gotten it from doing things like skull crushers and tricept push downs.

-Fatty

 

[PolishHammer1977]

V,

When you tried the two sets of bench, did you lift a heavy weight?
I know you said you had taken some time off due to lack of motivation. While you were lifting the weight, were you concentrating on your form and the cadence? Or were you racing around in your mind and not focusing on the task? Just curious.