Originally Posted by
quikky
I don't know the stats or the true risk of recurrent pec tears either. Obviously, benching more often increases the chance of tears, simply from a probability standpoint. It's like saying the more often you drive, the higher the chances of you getting into an accident.
I'm simply pointing out that to me, it seems illogical to bench heavy, but not incline bench with less weight. It's like if someone had a spinal erector tear, still deadlifted heavy every week, but was afraid of adding RDLs. I guess the only thing that would explain this is if accumulated fatigue from higher frequency lifting increases the risk of muscle tears? Is that true? I'd be interested if one of the docs here could weigh in on this.