Fauxie said:

Shawnt27 said:

Do you do pullups, barbell benchpress, or upright rows? Those exercises can be notorious for shoulder pain.

No, kinda (bench press with dumbbells), and yes.

The thing is, I had the problem before my workout yesterday, and I hadn't noticed it the day before, or two days before when I'd last done upper body stuff.

I had to cut upright rows out of my workout regiment. I was experiencing pain in my rotary cuffs when I lifted my arms above my shoulder, as well. It may not be the cause of your shoulder pain, but it probably isn't helping.

Shawnt27 said:

Fauxie said:

No, kinda (bench press with dumbbells), and yes.

The thing is, I had the problem before my workout yesterday, and I hadn't noticed it the day before, or two days before when I'd last done upper body stuff.

I had to cut upright rows out of my workout regiment. I was experiencing pain in my rotary cuffs when I lifted my arms above my shoulder, as well. It may not be the cause of your shoulder pain, but it probably isn't helping.

Bummer. I'm going to lay off a few exercises for a bit, and my wife's going to give me a massage later. Hopefully that will help.

I can't do regular bicep curls anymore as it kills my wrists. I do only hammer curls now, and they're fine, except if I switch back to regular bicep curls just to see how I go I really struggle even with weight and reps that are quite comfortable doing the hammer curls!

Shawnt27 said:

Fauxie said:

No, kinda (bench press with dumbbells), and yes.

The thing is, I had the problem before my workout yesterday, and I hadn't noticed it the day before, or two days before when I'd last done upper body stuff.

I had to cut upright rows out of my workout regiment. I was experiencing pain in my rotary cuffs when I lifted my arms above my shoulder, as well. It may not be the cause of your shoulder pain, but it probably isn't helping.

Oh, do I know that pain. Hello, impingement tendonitis!

My therapy for that was "more back, less chest." In fact, my PT said to me flat-out - "No more bench presses 'til I say you can - and no work above the shoulders." That included lat pulls (which actually work internal rotators - not the back muscles you'd expect).

All the therapy I did was to strengthen the mid-back and rear deltoids. Basically, impingement tendonitis is caused by a front/back strength imbalance.

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Beautiful Mountian morning 2 mile walk done ~ an hour of NIA in and now DERBY DAY !!

Greek yogurt with fresh blueberries and strawberries and a bananna for breakfast

and JUNK food for Race party

Machaela said:

Beautiful Mountian morning 2 mile walk done ~ an hour of NIA in and now DERBY DAY !!

Greek yogurt with fresh blueberries and strawberries and a bananna for breakfast

and JUNK food for Race party

PurpleJedi said:

Machaela said:

Beautiful Mountian morning 2 mile walk done ~ an hour of NIA in and now DERBY DAY !!

Greek yogurt with fresh blueberries and strawberries and a bananna for breakfast

and JUNK food for Race party

Stayed within my calories yesterday and did my 35 minute jog at the park, which I hope to be improving on in distance

veronikka said:

Stayed within my calories yesterday and did my 35 minute jog at the park, which I hope to be improving on in distance

Good for you

veronikka said:

Stayed within my calories yesterday and did my 35 minute jog at the park, which I hope to be improving on in distance

I saw your photo on another thread ~ you LOOK amazing ~ surely a reflection outward how your feeling inward ?

Pro: Ran 5km today

Con: still ate too much junk

Oh well.

veronikka said:

My diet is too hard to explain in a post but its been a year now and i have lost 64 lbs

Simple explanation is, keeping within my calories allowed for the day, eating only lean proteins, good carbs and fats on days I work out. Much less carbs and more good fats on days I don't work out. My diet is more for someone trying to lose fat. I workout at least 4 times a week, doing all cardio for an hour each day

and I would have never posted this much of my body on the org before, but now I feel a little better

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Wow Vero awesome on the weight loss, but you have always been beautiful!!!!

Machaela said:

veronikka said:

Stayed within my calories yesterday and did my 35 minute jog at the park, which I hope to be improving on in distance

I saw your photo on another thread ~ you LOOK amazing ~ surely a reflection outward how your feeling inward ?

Thank you Mach! It really does feel amazing, the hard work really does pay off in the end To think, a year ago I could barely jog for a few minutes without feeling like I was going to pass out, now I can jog 15 minutes straight! hoping to one day do those 35 minutes without stopping at all

How do you feel Mach? We both have lost almost the same amount of weight

MoniGram said:

veronikka said:

My diet is too hard to explain in a post but its been a year now and i have lost 64 lbs

Simple explanation is, keeping within my calories allowed for the day, eating only lean proteins, good carbs and fats on days I work out. Much less carbs and more good fats on days I don't work out. My diet is more for someone trying to lose fat. I workout at least 4 times a week, doing all cardio for an hour each day

and I would have never posted this much of my body on the org before, but now I feel a little better

Wow Vero awesome on the weight loss, but you have always been beautiful!!!!

aww, you're so sweet Moni, I was just thinking of you and some other orgers I don't see as much on here anymore, I miss you guys

i encourage veronikka to post more photos!

JerseyKRS said:

veronikka said:

Serious said:

JerseyKRS said:

i encourage veronikka to post more photos!

I join you !

I thought everyone was going to do it!

lol

Shoulder's still weird. I'm thinking it's not to do with muscles. Feels joint related. Something just ain't quite sitting right in there.

positive - made good, healthy choices almost all weekend, even when eating out

positive - did yoga Saturday, then the bf and I went hiking all afternoon/early evening - some of the highest level of difficulty trails even

negative - While most choices were good throughout the weekend, I brought sorbet (only 100 cal per serving and all fruit!) and a fancy dark chocolate sauce to a friend's for dessert (after a yummy but healthy meal). I brought the leftover chocolate sauce home and ate it out of the jar while watching tv. About 4 oz of it.

That last kinda thing is my downfall and I can't seem to stop.

Carrie, there are so many MORE and WORSE things to do......when you die, you won't be sorry you ate that delicious chocolate.

JerseyKRS said:

Carrie, there are so many MORE and WORSE things to do......when you die, you won't be sorry you ate that delicious chocolate.

Thanks.

You're right, of course. I have to remember not to be so hard on myself.

veronikka said:

MoniGram said:

Wow Vero awesome on the weight loss, but you have always been beautiful!!!!

aww, you're so sweet Moni, I was just thinking of you and some other orgers I don't see as much on here anymore, I miss you guys

Awww I have missed you I think most of us are on Facebook

All this exercise I've been doin' really made my muscles hurt. I can't even sit!

*runs off to the gym again*

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

All this exercise I've been doin' really made my muscles hurt. I can't even sit!

*runs off to the gym again*

doesn't it feel great!

veronikka said:

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

All this exercise I've been doin' really made my muscles hurt. I can't even sit!

*runs off to the gym again*

doesn't it feel great!

YES!

Especially when you feel it in your stomach and legs...awesome feeling.

I'm sticking to my new years reosolution

I eat LOTS of apples, salads, and lean meats, strength training 3 days a week, cardio 2 days a week, and rest on weekends

ScarletScandal said:

I'm sticking to my new years reosolution

I eat LOTS of apples, salads, and lean meats, strength training 3 days a week, cardio 2 days a week, and rest on weekends

Better than me

Genesia said:

Shawnt27 said:

I had to cut upright rows out of my workout regiment. I was experiencing pain in my rotary cuffs when I lifted my arms above my shoulder, as well. It may not be the cause of your shoulder pain, but it probably isn't helping.

Oh, do I know that pain. Hello, impingement tendonitis!

My therapy for that was "more back, less chest." In fact, my PT said to me flat-out - "No more bench presses 'til I say you can - and no work above the shoulders." That included lat pulls (which actually work internal rotators - not the back muscles you'd expect).

All the therapy I did was to strengthen the mid-back and rear deltoids. Basically, impingement tendonitis is caused by a front/back strength imbalance.

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Hmmm, interesting. I had shoulder pain in my left shoulder for about a year. It hurt so bad if I rolled onto it at night that it woke me up, but otherwise wasn't a big hinderence. It went away, though.

Now I have pain in my right shoulder. It hurts the first set of bench presses, but then it goes away. Never really hurts during shoulder exercises, which is weird. I'm hoping it will go away eventually too, like the left shoulder pain did.

However, I get this weird feeling in the right shoulder when doing chest exercises. It's like the tendons there are catching on something, and popping over it. It doesn't hurt at all, but I know it's not right. I figure it's loose cartilage.

I can only feel it during chest presses, and only after about halfway into the set. The first five or six reps, it doesn't happen.

Kind of a bummer, because bench presses, etc., are my favorite exercises.

Guess I never should have got old!

ScarletScandal said:

I'm sticking to my new years reosolution

I eat LOTS of apples, salads, and lean meats, strength training 3 days a week, cardio 2 days a week, and rest on weekends

Awesome! Sounds like a great plan.

I cut out sweets last week, because my belly was starting to jiggle, and I didn't like the shape it was taking. I fear I may have finally hit that point in my life where getting a (more or less) flat belly could be a real challenge. I've been so lucky for so long!