Quoted message said:I haven't lifted weights for ages, but was considering a flat
benchpress ('cos a flat bench - the bench itself - is
convenient to
Quoted message said:hide away). I looked up ways to prevent rotator cuff injury
that can
Quoted message said:result from it.
I did a few rotator cuff stretches and exercises, no heavy
weight.
Quoted message said:Then to test how it felt, I tried a military press motion and
benchpress motion without a weight, and heard those crackling
noises. Does that mean I did the exercises and stretches
wrongly?
Is there pain with the movements? If there's no pain, warm up
your shoulders good before your working sets then work with a
light weight until the cracking/pops stop or you determine
there's not going to be any pain. One or two weeks sounds good.
I usually get a rotator cuff injury if I do too many reps and
sets in the bench. Heavy weight is ok but not a lot of reps. I
also do one board presses so my shoulders don't get pulled down
as far. You can use a 10 or 25 lb plate if your don't have any
boards. Place it on your chest and lower the bar to the plate.
You can also do partial bench in a rack if you have access to
one.
Always warm up your shoulders before doing any upper body
pushing exercises.
locker
Quoted message said:
I think in the past when I first started exercising , I got a
few
Quoted message said:crack noises when doing military press, and after a week or
two,
Quoted message said:when exercising, they did stop
