Originally Posted by
Bill Anders
I hear ya. My whole life, my left shoulder has been loose, easily dislocating if I let it get weak. Then this summer I had a nap accident, where I woke up and it felt like I had dislocated it during my nap, although I know that I hadn't. Granted, I had pressed heavy that morning, so that might have contributed, but this discomfort, then pain, set in some 12 hours after the press workout. Instead of doing the normal thing and running to the doc or taking a layoff, I just did a 15-20% reset, and kept at it. A few months later, I'm back to where I was, and just set some new single PRs yesterday. I did have your post in mind when I was under my last attempt and I just kept pushing and pushing and pushing for what felt like forever, but then the right side started dropping. Looking at the video, it was about 5 seconds. That's just the way it is. Keep pressing, get stronger, and you'll soon put all of that concern about your shoulder out of your mind.