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Title: Triceps Injury
Post by: peroni on October 12, 2007, 05:21:23 AM

I was doing heavy skulls crushers as my final of 3 exercises for tris on tues when on rep 7 I felt my long head shift as if it had been pulled over the bone. It didn't hurt per say but was very disconcerting. I pushed the weight back up so I assumed from that ability that I didn't tear it. All the muscles are still attached  and I was left with a deeply bruised sensation in the area ever since (4 days). Last night I noticed it was a little swollen as well. I'm assuming my muscles spasmed and tightened up on me thus producing the tight, bruised sensation. Any thoughts? Any similar experiences?
Andy

Title: Re: Triceps Injury
Post by: peroni on November 04, 2007, 08:53:31 AM

turned out to be a small tear of the muscle belly and is good to go now.

Title: Re: Triceps Injury
Post by: pumpster on November 30, 2007, 05:42:36 AM

I've had a few of these. Besides good warmups, i found that keeping the reps a little higher and the weight slightly lower had a beneficial effect in avoiding undue strain on that area.