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goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/24, 06:09 PM Hey...i have encountered what seems to be a slight problem. I go to do machine calf raises for my routine right? Well, on my last set i was at 300. My calves could handle it. HOWEVER, i felt a dull pain in my back right beneath my shoulderblades because of the weight pushing down on my shoulders. Suggestions?
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/02/24, 07:17 PM Use lower weight. -------------- Hecdarec in full effect.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/24, 08:18 PM Thank you captain obvious, but what will help strengthen my back/shoulder so that it doesnt hurt as much? I dont want my calves to suffer just because of the pain of the weight bearing down on my shoulders
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/02/24, 09:31 PM I can easily do that weight but i dont. I get some pain in my shoulders and the darn broken blood vessels. You could try lower weight more reps. - Mike -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/24, 10:15 PM Thanks mike for that clarification, who knows maybe hec was trying to be helpful
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/02/25, 08:11 AM Why you bashing me goodoldtex? I answered your question. -------------- Hecdarec in full effect.
	2004/02/25, 09:38 AM Maybe substitute either seated raises or use the leg press sled with different foot placements on each. I'm sure you probably already have those exercises in your program, but you don't want to hurt your back. -------------- OSU Law Rugby....specializing in personal injury and pain & suffering.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/25, 10:18 AM i thought you were trying to be a smarta$$ :) you have a tendency to answer my questions with a bit of wit that is frustrating when i really am looking for a through explanation.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/25, 10:19 AM also, thx mzakal
MyCoffeeGirl Posts: 121 Joined: 2003/12/04	2004/02/25, 11:13 AM I'm with mzakal - think of 300 lbs crushing down your spine when it's not built up to that. It seems it takes more to build up the rest of the body than it does the calf (for me at least).... Do the seated ones, that way just your calves are dealing with those weights... -------------- ~~~~~~~ROXIE~~~~~~~ http://www.mycoffeegirl.com
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/02/25, 11:43 AM Is your back and abbs tight? I used to do calf raises with 500lbs in a smith.......suck your chest in , stick your chest out.......shrug your shoulders up, thi skeep all the weigh off your spine, and on the "meat" of your back......if your back is slightly arched even a lil, it will ut stress, on the shoulder baldes and lower back -------------- .......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! ......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened ......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/02/25, 02:21 PM hrm ill check next time... also, how can i do seated calf raises if i dont have a seated calf raise machine? like is there another way, or buH? i had to make it the standing machine calf raises because there is no seated calf raise machine :( its kinda funny how my school has two gyms for atheletes (1 BRAND NEW for football players) and 1 that they just gave to the other sports.....and only 1 for the general masses which pay the most for the school...and we get shafted on machines :(
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/02/26, 11:38 AM Make sure you are pinching your shoulder blades tightly together to make a strong base for the weight to sit on.