Originally Posted by
Moxt
Wanted to follow up on this.
I've tightened up my squat grip considerably -- my pinkies are now on the line of the 32" mark on my bar. I'm dropping elbows down and keeping my wrist neutral.
I dropped the weight down from 345 to 315 with the intention to quickly ramp back up using the improved grip.
I squatted yesterday for 3 sets of 5 reps at 315 pounds. My left elbow (same elbow) started hurting during the warmups and ramped up as I did my sets. The pain stopped completely every time I put the bar on my back.
Immediately after lifting, I took 800 mg of ibuprofen.
For about 20 minutes after I finished my third set, the pain was extreme -- can't think about anything other than the pain, dizzy, would like to vomit, wandering around in a daze. The only time I've felt something close to this level of pain was having my bone marrow sucked out during a bone marrow biopsy or having the anesthetic run out during dental work.
After 50 minutes, there was a dull pain, and my arm was shaky, but just barely.
After an hour and a half, I had a dull ache in my elbow, but the arm was no longer shaking.
Within 4 hours, the pain completely disappeared. I went back to the garage and pressed 3 sets of 5 at 157.5 pounds and cleaned several sets at 165 pounds (the goal was to clean 5 sets of 3, but I had several technique mistakes and kept performing cleans until I had completed 15 total). No pain came after either of these exercises.
Today (the day after), I continue to feel no pain.
My question is this: is my description of the pain within the reasonable expectation for me to continue down this path? I'm willing to train through it and to continue to subject myself to this, but I just want to make sure I'm not doing something obviously stupid.
Thanks again.