[quote]Bull_Scientist wrote:
[quote]flipcollar wrote:
[quote]Bull_Scientist wrote:
I have been having a problem with back squats (both high-bar and low-bar) for a while now. After I do 2-3 working sets of back squats, I get pain radiating from my shoulders to my elbows. Yet, I don’t feel the pain during and after any of the warm-sets. This problem has been going on for at least a few months.
A few weeks ago, I went to a physical therapist, and told him about my problem with my with a nerve compression. The PT said that my shoulder mobility and flexibility was perfectly fine and that I had no injuries on my shoulders and arms. Ultimately his diagnosis was that I get nerve compression from doing either high-bar or low-bar squats. I know that I can trying using a barbell pad to make the bar more comfortable.
However, the problem I have with that is if I do use the pad then I won’t be able lift as much weight as I would without the pad on and I already had to decrease the weight I use on low-bar squats by about 30 pounds. Essentially, the pad on the barbell will make the barbel squats movement into a bodybuilder’s exercise, and I am not a bodybuilder.
I am a martial artist who wants to put on considerable muscle mass on my lower body and core, but at the same I want to build optimal functional strength and size for my lower body and core. So, what should I do?[/quote]
Man up and deal with the pain? Every single strength athlete who’s worth a shit has trained through pain at some point. I’m training through substantial pain at the moment. My right arm gets a ‘dead’ feeling when I bench press. Fairly debilitating by the end of my workout. You know what I did last night? I bench pressed. You know what I’m going to do next week? bench press. You know what I’m going to continually get better at? bench pressing. You know how much the pain matters? TRICK QUESTION IT DOESN’T MATTER AT ALL.
The bottom line is, unless you have significant STRUCTURAL damage (does not include nerve pain), then work through it.
Also, google Brandon Lilly if you need some inspiration. The man shattered his leg earlier this year while squatting and tore just about every tendon and ligament in it. This summer he couldn’t squat 200 lbs. He squatted 700 a few weeks ago. There are no excuses for being weak.[/quote]
But whenever I get the pain from doing back squats, it becomes excruciating and lasts for the rest of the workout. Consequently, whenever I do the bench press after back squats, the pain gets even worse on the shoulders and elbows (probably from compressing on the nerves inside my shoulders again and again when bench pressing heavy after already causing pain in those areas from the back squat). After the workout, the pain would last for hours afterwards. Yet, the pain goes away on the next day. So, why should I just ignore this pain? I thought that when weighlifting you should feel very little to no pain in your joints and nerves, and that the only kinds of pain that are acceptable during weight training are the lactic acid burning and/or high tension in the work muscles (so long as it’s not too excruciating).[/quote]
I already answered this with the post you quoted. I said very specifically why I would train through the pain. I also stated that others have done the same. What more do you expect me to say? It’s like you’re asking me permission to be a pussy.
You have my permission. Do whatever you want. As always, you’re not going to take the advice you’re given here, and you’re going to continue to be weak.
