This was my first day at the gym since last Friday due to holiday and work commitments. I decided I would get some benching in even though it was far outside my normal Monday timeframe for the movement. Even with my mini-layoff which you would think allow my body to rest and recover, I had some pretty significant shoulder pain. Shoulder pain while benching isnt a new thing for me but it is always my left shoulder that hurts. Today it was the right shoulder that was bothering me. It hurt enough that I bailed after doing 3 weak reps at 205. I jumped to dumbbell chest press and for whatever reason that seemed to be less painful on the shoulder.
My pushing numbers overall were down, not only because of the shoulder pain but because I was doing sets of 10 dead hang pull ups in between chest sets. With the dead hang pull up you totally release the tension in your scalpula in between reps which of course makes the movement more difficult. Even though pull ups are all back, adding those sets seemed to take away dramatically from my chest pushing power endurance.
It was hot as hell in the gym again. I really wish they fixed the AC in there once and for all.
Today’s Workout
5 minutes cardio/stretching
Barbell bench press – 135lbs x 10
Deadhang pull ups x 10
Barbell bench press – 185lbs x 5
Deadhang pull ups x 10
Barbell bench press – 205lbs x 3
Deadhang pull ups x 10
Dumbbell chest press – 70lbs x 10
Deadhang pull ups x 10
Dumbbell chest press – 80lbs x 8
Deadhang pull ups x 10
Dumbbell chest press – 90lbs x 3
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