Thanks for always having my back over the years my brother....you sir are a great person.

You're most welcome Wes my Door is always open to you  😊  👊🏻  👍🏻

How often?

Today's gear heads hit a muscle group once a week.

Powerlifters commonly do the bench, squat and deadlift once per week each and also several assistance exercises for each lift on the day.

The pre-steroid oldtimers hit a muscle group it 2-3 times a week with 6-12 sets per workout.

So, maybe that's right for natties.

I don't recall hearing about torn pecs in the 70s and early 80s.

I do think the use of anabolics nowadays without building a solid base from time spent natural training has something to do with the current frequency of pec tears.
The connective tissues just never get the chance to toughen up before being subjected to heavy loads.

Don't do heavy benches with the elbows flared while on steroids which dramatically increase the risk of tears. I tore both pecs in my early 20s pushing very heavy loads, increasing poundage by 100lbs in a few months and stupid things like that. My most serious tear occurred doing wide grip incline benches to the neck in the smith machine which I'd seen Ed Coan recommend somewhere IIRC. Very vulnerable position. As I recall I had about 280lbs on and was planning on 10-12 and on the 3rd it happened. Benching was crazy fun though and I didnt think it would happen so early in my lifting career. The real tragedy for me was that my surgery was delayed and the result was awful.

funny you say that about the smith incline. I just recently nearly tore my pec on that. Or it tore a little bit probably. I could feel the velcro ripping feeling inside my pec. But I manage to drop it while transfering the load to my right side and rack it quickly. If I would continue pressing uppwards I'm pretty sure it would rip completly.. This was about month ago and I have just now just tested doing pushups and so far so good those feel fine and so it will be the rehab i do to get good bloodflow in the pec again.

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