Originally Posted by
AndrewLevinMusic
Hey everyone I have question about injury prevention:
First off I’ve been doing starting strength for about 5 weeks and it’s been life changing. My Deadlift is up to 200 lbs, my Squat is up to 185, bench 160, press 90. Unfortunately I’ve hit a little snag with my training I’d like your input on.
About 17 months ago I fractured my shoulder biking. This was February 2020 and by the time I should have gone to PT the pandemic hit and I had to do all my PT virtually. I did a lot of the exercises but feel like my shoulder maybe wasn’t fully rehabbed due to not being able to see someone in person.
Anyway, last week after my shoulder press workout my shoulder started just feeling way more sore than normal. This whole week it’s been just feeling a little dull- not massively painful at all, just like something isn’t quite right.
I took Wednesday off lifting completely and Friday was my bench day. I was able to hit 3x5 of 160 no problem, but it felt like my shoulder wasn’t too happy about it.
Anyway, my question is this. Considering that it isn’t super painful and I just want to avoid a serious injury, would you recommend a) not doing any presses for a week or two and substituting chin-ups for press and rows for bench, b) just going light weight on the press/bench and doing 3x10 rather than 3x5, or c) doing a serious de-load on 3x5s which will not be challenging at all but at least stop me from losing muscle as I incorporate mor rehabbing exercises into my routine? I could soldier through it too but that seems dumb to me.
Thanks!