He thinks your entire triceps is inflamed? I suppose he must be obeyed, so just do the workouts without the presses.
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No more benching/pressing
My doctor have forbidden me to do basically anything from SS except squats and deadlifts. This due to inflamed triceps. He wants me to keep away from them for at least 3 months. This really blows, since I really need to get my strength up on those lifts.
But anyway, how would I handle this within the context of SS, do I just go with Squat every session and DL every other session and nothing else? Or do you suggest doing only the warmup sets for the presses? The issue is mostly apparent on the work sets.
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He thinks your entire triceps is inflamed? I suppose he must be obeyed, so just do the workouts without the presses.
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Hmm. Doesn't your triceps get a little inflamed simply by the process of lifting weights no matter what? You stress the muscle, the muscle fibers break down just a teensy bit, the body responds with extra blood flow so they can heal(inflammation), they rebuild just a little bit stronger than before, you press again, they do the same thing all over, and eventually you wind up pressing engine blocks overhead.Originally Posted by PrimalAeon
I guess you could be overtrained, or you pulled a muscle or something, but unless the doc put you in a cast three months, that seems a bit long to not use your triceps. And if the doc put you both your arms in a cast, exactly how did you type this?
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Unless you were traumatically (car accident, mauled by tiger) or exotically (stung by a Portugese needle beetle, impregnated by rabid tsetse flies) injured or you have a disease (CP, MS, AIDs, etc.) I fail to see how "triceps inflammation" can exist. The needle on my quack detector is pinned.
What is your doctor's experience with barbell training and/or athletic muscular growth?
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