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SHAREWTH?? Bicep Pain
Ok, so I am having this issue. Where the bicep ends at the shoulder I get this annoyingly bad pain whenever I do "pushing" type exercise. I.e. dumbell bench, incline dumbell bench, etc. It kicks in anywhere from 3/4s into the first set to half way through the second. Once it does kick in though I am pretty much screwed for the remainder of the workout. I cant even concentrate on my chest because of the pain. Then when I move on to the next muscle group for that day I cant put it all into those either. It makes a pop and grind occasionally once its aggravated and I try to do overhead tricep extensions. So do I just lower weight and increase rep? Only happens on my weds workout which is chest. Does not effect any other day. Very annoying and starting to piss me off.
Anyone have some guidance they can give me?
I am no expert by any means but if you are feeling pain to the extent that you cannot concentrate you would do well to take a week or two off and see how it feels after a temporary break (it wouldn't hurt to ice it daily either). Keep your nutrition on track and stay on the cardio every day but force yourself to step away from the resistance training to let things heal up. If you drop the weight and increase the reps does it still bother you? If so, I would definitely not push through it. Discomfort is one thing, but distracting levels of pain is your body telling you something else. When you use the words "pop" and "grind" it sends a warning flag up in my mind.
Nobody wants to take time off from the lifting but a temporary rest will not set you back nearly as much as pushing yourself into a full-blown injury. It sounds to me like you have strained something in there and if you give it time to heal up a bit you should be right back on track in no time. Of course, if you take some time off and the situation is exactly the same in a week or two then you probably need to have a doctor check it out.
Good luck. I hope it works out.
Thanks for the feedback. I feel that that is exactly what I need to do. It sucks cause I am getting back into the rhythm. But ya I am with you. Its beyond discomfort and effects the performance. I am going to give get a tendonitis arm band and lower the weights and increase reps next week. If it does the same then I will back off those styles of exercises. It is gonna be tough telling myself I cant lift but I'd rather have that then really get hurt and be totally down for awhile... w/ doctor bills. lol. Thanks!! I will keep everyone posted how this turns out.
