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Back is sore from bench should i...?

JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/02/10, 10:56 AM Is it ok to work my back today? I did chest and tri's yesterday and for some reason my back and neck are sore, should i just do shoulders today and wait to do back and bi's on thursday?
rich420 Posts: 1 Joined: 2004/02/04	2004/02/10, 11:04 AM Message deleted by moderator due to unsuitable content for this board.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/02/10, 11:12 AM Justin, You are probably sore from the amount of stabilizing your back has to do on the lowering phase of the bench, that has happened to me. I would go ahead and work back, just maybe not to failure. Working it may actually make it less sore. Rich420, grow up. -------------- "To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it." Stuart McRobert, Beyond Brawn
borpillicus Posts: 454 Joined: 2003/03/13	2004/02/10, 11:53 AM Hmmm... Sounds like your arching your back to much when you press. I have a bad habit of doing that to (even though I try my best not too). Your neck may be sore from straining while pressing it as well ( i did that really bad a couple weeks ago and I could hardly move for a week). If you are really sore in a "bad-hurt" way I would take it easy, especially if its in the neck. If its a sore in the "tire-muscle" way then you should be okay. -------------- - Its never about how much you can lift, or how many reps you do. Its just about doing it, and doing it right. - If your hungry all the time, your not eating enough. And anyways, being hungry sucks. ~Brad~
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/02/10, 12:07 PM my back soreness i refer to is inbetween the shoulder baldes, not lower back. i have excellent form, i am an experienced trainer, but when I increase my bench, sometimes I get sore in my shoulder girdle from the extra stabilization required. Once my shoulder girdle catches up with the weight load, there is no soreness, except in the front delts and pecs, maybe triceps where expected. I guess I didn't ask what part of justins back was sore, that is my fault. I assumed he meant upper, in the middle and around the shoulder blades. Justin, what part of your back is sore? -------------- "To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it." Stuart McRobert, Beyond Brawn
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/02/10, 12:18 PM The middle is sore right below my shoulder blades. it's not a really bad pain but when i arch my back i can feel it. My neck isn't terribly sore either. I will go ahead and do back and bi's tonight and see how it goes. Thanks for eveyone's help
INTRUDER Posts: 642 Joined: 2002/06/27	2004/02/10, 12:48 PM Bend your knees at a 90 and put your feet on the bench also, it just takes the pressure off of your lower back. -------------- "Get everthing you want--just make a little change now"
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/02/10, 01:09 PM How much weight are you doing, many people I see strain alot on weight they can't handle. Now you need to do weight but i'm saying, if you have 200lbs on the bar and you can only do 3 of them and the spot is helping you with 5 more, then you might want to lighten the weight, your spot should only help you on the last one or two, not the entire set. If your doing a 10 rep with a weight. You should get at least 7 if not 8 without ANY HELP AT ALL. When you strain this much bad form pops up( in many ways that one) quaility should be your goal not quanity or the weight your lifting -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR!!
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/02/10, 02:57 PM i was really shocked to find my back sore b\c i really wasn't doing that of a weight except for maybe 2-3 sets and i def. was straining, but i was only going for lik 3-4 reps but on one set the weight was too heavy and couldn't get even 1 rep so i just put the bar back. I think it was from doing incline b\c by then i was fatigued a little from flat bench and was trying to do alot of weight for high reps.
spenco Posts: 76 Joined: 2003/07/24	2004/02/14, 03:50 PM like intruder said, keep your feet off the ground (sometimes i put my feet in the air not just on the bench), this strains your groin as well as your back, ive made the same mistake many times, keeping your feet up makes sure you work your chest and not cheat by using another muscle to help.