I am on week 9 of my test/eq cycle and at the beginning of week 8 I strained my shoulder doing chest on that monday. I thought that I would rest it and do no upper body for a while. Well I was ancy to get back in the gym, so that Saturday I went back in a did arms. That day the shoulder was feeling better until I did heavy standing curls, I could tell I strained it again, this time worse than on Monday.
So I went to the Dr and got a cortisone shot which helped a little bit. But the real question is should I just continue my cycle like normal? I can only do legs and cardio and abs. This sucks. I feel like I am wasting my gear. It has been 2 weeks since the initial strain and I cant do any upper body. It hurts like a mutha f*cker.
Please advise because I was at my peak of strength and now I am reduced to cardio. By the way I have been icing it and taking ibuprofin, also the Dr just think that it was a bad strain and not a tear. he didnt advise that I get it scoped.
Continue with your cycle as planned. I’m guessing that you are near the end anyway. Finish strong with leg work and abs. Train whatever you still can. It sucks but this far into a cycle you might as well finish with all working muscle groups.
I injured my chest in the middle of my current cycle and have gotten it feeling rather well by the end of my cycle. I did not break any PRs on the bench but I can now train it normally and it certainly will be primed for growth by next cycle.
With a strained shoulder, you should still be able to do some kind of upper body training. You will need to experiment and find out what doesn’t hurt and do that.
So I went to the Dr and got a cortisone shot which helped a little bit. But the real question is should I just continue my cycle like normal? I can only do legs and cardio and abs. This sucks. I feel like I am wasting my gear. It has been 2 weeks since the initial strain and I cant do any upper body. It hurts like a mutha f*cker.
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How could you damage your shoulder worse by curling? Were you doing heavy cheating curls???
I would say, man up! keep cycling and do this a lower body specialization program. Work on calves, squats or leg presses, lunges, step ups, hyperextensions and leg curs in various forms. For upper body just do some wrist curls and work your grip with grippers and wrist rollers. Don’t do any upper body and let it heal. Let it heal completely until there is no pain.
This will teach you that while on gear form and tempo are more important than total poundage lifted.
So I went to the Dr and got a cortisone shot which helped a little bit. But the real question is should I just continue my cycle like normal? I can only do legs and cardio and abs. This sucks. I feel like I am wasting my gear. It has been 2 weeks since the initial strain and I cant do any upper body. It hurts like a mutha f*cker.
How could you damage your shoulder worse by curling? Were you doing heavy cheating curls???
I would say, man up! keep cycling and do this a lower body specialization program. Work on calves, squats or leg presses, lunges, step ups, hyperextensions and leg curs in various forms. For upper body just do some wrist curls and work your grip with grippers and wrist rollers. Don’t do any upper body and let it heal. Let it heal completely until there is no pain.
This will teach you that while on gear form and tempo are more important than total poundage lifted.
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Yeah I was doing heavy standing curls and on the last set I went balls to the wall and cheated my last couple of reps out. Thats when I screwed it up. I have been pounding my legs, abs, forearms, calves pretty hard for the last couple of weeks. Actually I dry-heaved in the parking lot of my gym last night I did legs so hard. Thanks for the advise, I will just stay off it and let it heal completely before I lift on it. Will gear help it heal faster or does only HGH do that?
So I went to the Dr and got a cortisone shot which helped a little bit. But the real question is should I just continue my cycle like normal? I can only do legs and cardio and abs. This sucks. I feel like I am wasting my gear. It has been 2 weeks since the initial strain and I cant do any upper body. It hurts like a mutha f*cker.
How could you damage your shoulder worse by curling? Were you doing heavy cheating curls???
I would say, man up! keep cycling and do this a lower body specialization program. Work on calves, squats or leg presses, lunges, step ups, hyperextensions and leg curs in various forms. For upper body just do some wrist curls and work your grip with grippers and wrist rollers. Don’t do any upper body and let it heal. Let it heal completely until there is no pain.
This will teach you that while on gear form and tempo are more important than total poundage lifted.
Yeah I was doing heavy standing curls and on the last set I went balls to the wall and cheated my last couple of reps out. Thats when I screwed it up. I have been pounding my legs, abs, forearms, calves pretty hard for the last couple of weeks. Actually I dry-heaved in the parking lot of my gym last night I did legs so hard. Thanks for the advise, I will just stay off it and let it heal completely before I lift on it. Will gear help it heal faster or does only HGH do that?[/quote]
Look for “collagen” in the search engine. A very recent thread discussed those issues. I think EQ and Anavar were though to be good. But be careful, it’s not a free pass to train worry free.
BTW I personally feel that the cortisone shot was a big mistake. It masks the pain but doesnt cure anything. It’s more useful for non-chronic type of injuries IMO. Us weightlifters tend to injure ourselves from imbalance and overuse, and masking the pain is the last thing to do.