Posted on 10/13/2009 5:13:34 PM PDT by pissant
“light chest, shoulder and tri’s. My elbow hurts, wear you bend, at the top of the forearm and bottom of bicep. kind of like a burning sensation.”
You hurt because you have a muscle imbalance (like most lifters), favoring pressing exercises.
Stop all presses for a while, except push ups at varying widths. (Push ups will engage back muscles. Presses against a bench do not.)
Do deadlifts and chin ups.
Pull downs are not the same a chin ups. If you can’t do chin ups, use the weight-assisted chin up station.
If you are not comfortable using a bar to do deadlifts, use dumbells. Don’t lose the arc of your back (look in the mirror like you want to read your t-shirt). If you lose the arc, you will screw up your back royally.
Got all that. Sounds like a great plan for overall strength and major muscle groups.
I will try that in the morning and looks like a good change up that still works everything.
Thank You.
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