[quote]acelement wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
-Were/how/when exactly do your elbows hurt? Does it hurt in the tricep tendon just above the elbow… Or somewhere else?
-How much volume are you doing for chest/pressing in general?
-Does it only hurt while benching?
-Are you also doing heavy skullcrushers or something like that?
Might want to invest in some neoprene sleeves in any event.
It’s not pain, its just discomfort, right here:
Where the olecranon meets the triceps brachii tendon. Which is probably due to the fact that I do arms (tris/bis) on Tuesdays and Bench/Chest on Thursdays, and arm days include heavy skull crushers and french press.
[/quote] Get rid of the skulls and french presses and switch to more elbow-friendly movements… Pjr Pullover/extensions, lying extensions bringing the bar down behind the head instead of on the nose/forehead, scott extensions, CGP’s, In-human presses, Smith wide-RGB (DC style grip), etc… Plenty of good alternatives which don’t bother the elbows much. [quote]
It only bugs me in the barbell bench press movement, AND ONLY ON THE LEFT ARM. I should have mentioned that earlier…my right elbow feels fine, its only my left one. AND, for the record, my right arm always reaches the bottom before the left arm does (despite the fact that my left arm is about 1cm shorter due to a past shoulder injury when I was a wee tike).
A typical day in terms of volume is about 175 reps / body part, usually like this:
5x5 exercise
2 7x5 exercises
1 11x5 exercise
another 5x5 exercise
that’s pretty much for every body part…its super high volume I know…
[/quote] Some can do it. Especially while young. Most can’t… But yeah, get rid of certain exercises first. [quote]
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Weird. Never happened to me before, though Surge originally made me rather nauseous (way too sweet and I used too little water I suppose).
But that nausea came right after drinking the stuff, not 20 mins later.
Could be that you’re somewhat “allergic” or so to one of the ingredients, is it the exact same shake you’ve used previously? A new container of the same thing maybe?
The only thing that’s new that I haven’t used for years is DL-PL, but only because I’ve gone up from 1g to 3-5 grams…so I’ve actually used it before, just not in an amount this high. [/quote] dl-pl? [quote]
Maybe its not 20 minutes later, its probably more like 5-10 minutes later, but its not like, the instant it hits the wall of my stomach, I feel sick, its more like after I have a few moments to settle down after finishing the last drop, I feel kinda crappy.
I’m wondering if its simply because I’m bigger now so I’m slamming down like 110g of food in a matter of 2 minutes? [/quote] Could it be that you, like I did with surge, are using too little water? [quote]
Anyway, first week of the new exercises. I feel great. Shoulders/abs yesterday, and I’m feeling it all over.
The only places that feel under-utilized from last week are:
-Biceps
-Glutes
-Calves
Gotta make sure to put extra focus and intensity on those for next week.[/quote]
Good luck.
Otherwise I guess not. [quote]