None that i know of.
If your shoulders hurt 
only kidding
Band or broomstick dislocations can show upper back or pec tightness.
I like a full rack position to check lats and wrist flexibility, but if you donāt have any desire to front squat and clean in a rack position itās not super applicable.
A lot of these trace back to your form when performing pressing exercises. If mobility is lacking in just about any area, the shoulder can/will compensate because of how incredibly mobile it is compared to other joints. However, itās a bit fragile, so this can lead to pain.
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The DB benching to me sounds like pec tightness. Usually DBs have a bit longer range of motion than a barbell. Getting into that bottom position could compromise the shoulder a bit if the pec is unwilling to stretch fully.
DB pressing (shoulder focused, Iām assuming) sounds like a tight/overworked front delt. Again, the longer range of motion can compromise the shoulder.
Disclaimer: this is internet advice from a stranger. Feel free to ignore me completely
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I donāt eat anything particularly fancy, I just eat a ton of basic foods:
Breakfast: 7-8 eggs, 8 oz. ground beef, mix with salsa and a giant handful of spinach (~60-65g protein)
Midmorning food/snack/whatever: 1 1/2-cups of rice (jasmine or brown), steamed broccoli(however much I want), 1/2 slab of cheddar cheese
Lunch: typically eat some weird combo of meat (8 -10oz), corn, sweet potatoes, and broccoli. I have never really cared about how certain foods taste mixed together, Iāll eat it regardless, and drown it in pepper and hot sauce (me and capsaicin or like best friends).
Midday food/snack: giant thing of mixed veggies (usually the whole bag), milk, beans (1 cup or so), lobster tail, and the rest of the ground beef, or some other frozen fish (usually pollock).
Late evening food: 40g protein shake mixed with creative and BCAAs
Late late evening/night time food: bunch of stir fried onions and watercress soup (I up the salt intake around this time because Iām prone to muscle cramps)
Very loose example of what I would usually eat. You can adjust accordingly if you find anything useful. If itās a rest day or conditioning day Iāll bump carbs down slightly, and either keep protein the same or bump them down too, and cut the fat down, or take it out for the day entirely.
Iāve had a very, VERY rough relationship with food for the past 14 years or so, only recently (2 years), have I mended my relationship with food. I usually go by feel when it comes to strength gains. I track my protein and carbs and get a rough estimate.
If Iām cutting calories back thatās usually the only time Iāll chalk up my total calories and take away from them on.
In total youāre looking at almost 3,000 calories. If I actually thrououghly measure and calculate everything which I donāt feel like doing on this post (thereās also some pre/peri/and post workout nutrition I eat when it comes time to train but I donāt feel like adding it in). At the moment I cap in at 3,060 calories, and on rest days I go down to 2500. Iām still hungry on any given day, but it no longer bothers me. Iāll usually just drink some water or two bottles and do something else.
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Dude i love any advice i get, and plus looking at your log with that 500 pound farmers carry i think you definitely know what youāre talking about.
My front delts area got especially cranky during close crip bench, i think they are one of the primary sources of pain in my shoulder.
I think this must be what it is then, because it feels ok when i dont go down to full rom and do like half reps.[quote=ābrady888, post:865, topic:224849ā]
broomstick dislocations can show upper back or pec tightness.
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I have not done these before so i will see how it goes.[quote=ābrady888, post:865, topic:224849ā]
not super applicable.
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I already have a lot of lifts to get a good abse in like a squat which im still finding my optimal stance and hand placement, so for i dont want to learn things like the clean. Im the future however i am interested.
Thankyou for the very detailed response @brady888 , it helps alot and i appreciate it.
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Iāve never understood the science behind eating less on a rest day, why is food not slightly upped so more protein be added etc to help with growth and recovery?
Thankyou for all of that .im getting ideas on what eating meals looks like and stuff so i dont get bored with what i eat.[quote=āplanetcybertron, post:867, topic:224849ā]
hungry on any given day,
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Damn , do you ever have days where u arenāt hungry but have to force it down?, sometimes im super hungry and cant stop eating , then the next day i struggle to eat.
You could up protein while lowering carbs and fats. There is tons of science with eating. However, there are such an incredible amount of variables that the only way to really learn what works for an individual is trial and error.
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Depends on how your body is. Also depends on how much sleep you get, and other variables too. I sleep on average ~10 hours everyday. So Iām well recovered. There have been days Iāve slept 24 hours and woke up to eat and then gone back to bed.
Iāve noticed the more you weigh, the more easier it is to also gain fat. If I were to up my calories on rest days even over maintenance Iād gain fat. Happens every time I do that. Cutting down calories for me personally keeps fat maintenance in check.
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In complete honesty not anymore. When I first started training sometimes it would be difficult to eat.
Now I wake hungry and go to bed hungry, and get hungry all in between. Try not to binge though. Throws a lot of stuff out of whack.
And pretty much everything @brady888 said.
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A few band pull aparts arenāt going to be enough balance to heavy pressing. A general rule of thumb I like to pull twice as much as I press in pounds.
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Do you mean total poundage lifted i assume? ,So 100 pounds bent over row Ć10 reps = 1000 pounds and bench press 50Ć10 =500 etc?
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Im a pretty crap sleeper generally, i used to have These tablets to help me sleep but i dont like tablets for health reasons.
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How??? Tell me the secret lol
That is unfair, gain muscle then weigh more and be more prone to fat gain.
Fair point. I was assuming programming was balanced, which may have made me an assš
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You could try Melatonin
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I have slightly low blood pressure, which in turn makes me incredibly sleepy, and Iām just a sleepy person in general. A while back when I got my checkup the Doctor noted it, and then I completely forgot up until I did a check in on my own.
And then during highschool years, when I weighed a measly 88 pounds all I ever did was sleep.
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Thankyou il look into it.
So, yesterday was lower 2.
Went to my dads house who lives about 1hr 30 away he cane and picked me up missedhe gym but anyways since this week had two leg days il reset and do this week next week., and partieeeddd all night with some mates, someone threw a water bottle and it hit my elbow, elbows pretty messed up today ,so i dont know the damage thats been done hopefully just bruised. Otherwise thr way it feels now i cant even use my right arm to take off a jumper. 
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Jeez what the hell is water doing at a party!??
You kids are getting softer. Lol!
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