How many who have bench pressed hurt their shoulders?

[Tapeworm]

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[Dr Dutch]

My number one shoulder exercise now is heavy wide upright rows. I know it's considered dangerous as well, but I never had problems with it, even with a injured cuff. Guess it's individual.

[hench]

no shoulder problems but for a while when I was doing alot of pressing movements my elbows hurt like mad. Really sensitive all the time even to the smallest knock. Cut the pressing right back and no pain atall now.

[local hero]

no shoulder problems but for a while when I was doing alot of pressing movements my elbows hurt like mad. Really sensitive all the time even to the smallest knock. Cut the pressing right back and no pain atall now.

elbow supports for your heavy sets help alot with elbow issues, mine flare up from time to time with work and through training..

altho ditching skullcrushers and over head extension helps even more

[Meso_z]

My number one shoulder exercise now is heavy wide upright rows. I know it's considered dangerous as well, but I never had problems with it, even with a injured cuff. Guess it's individual.

Thats the worst thing you can do for your delts, but if it works for you, then its ok..

[_bruce_]

I think this is more an individual thing, I can bench and overhead till the cows come home, but dips destroy me in short order. The past few years I've given way more of my time over to inclines and various overhead work and my shoulders have never felt better. Also as Wes said, was to Warm up and slowly move to the bigger numbers, I hate it, cause it makes me feel old, but I've taken to a couple of more warm up set and more progressively moving the weight up.

Also, find one grip range and stay in it for the majority of your work, none of this changing all the time stuff. The best advice I ever heard on figuring out grip was from Bill Seno, a Word class powerlifter from the 60's, who said to just do a set of push ups and look at your hands, that spacing should be your benching grip.

On Rotator Cuff work, here's a .pdf to the best book on the subject - http://www.irongarmx.net/Articles/7_minute_rotator_cuff_solution.pdf . It's good stuff.

Great book.

[Tito24]

Thats the worst thing you can do for your delts, but if it works for you, then its ok..

exactly, i believe thats the most dangerous excersize for shoulders

[MAXX]

I get that sound as well....never know whether to stop or keep going

i get the same click in my bad shoulder. probably the rotator cuff not holding it together.

[Ursus]

I can overhead press close to 300lbs and bench about 400.

My shoulders feel perfectly fine. On bench press I always retract my shoulder plates to protect them.

[mesmorph78]

goud i think ur shoulders are stronger than your pecs

[Ursus]

Def lol

I press 120lb DB's for sets of 10 now for shoulder press.

Bench press I am doing 3x9 with 320lbs

[YngiweRhoads]

i get the same click in my bad shoulder. probably the rotator cuff not holding it together.

I've had that click in my shoulders for as far back as I can remember. I work my rotator cuff religiously and still have the click in both shoulders. Thankfully I don't have shoulder pain. Doesn't seem to affect my lifts either.

[Tito24]

but i hate bp basically because i suck bad at it

[Ursus]

In a lot of cases is the click not calcium deposits?

[_bruce_]

In a lot of cases is the click not calcium deposits?

Don't know exactly - in my case the shoulder that clicks is the one that's less stable.
As long as there's no accompanying pain one should be save... as with clicking knees.

[Ursus]

I have had a clicking shoulder before. Never any pain with it. Just goes away. Did not notice it come on or disappear only now I think back.

[mesmorph78]

Def lol

I press 120lb DB's for sets of 10 now for shoulder press.

Bench press I am doing 3x9 with 320lbs

opposite for me my chest is stronger....
i still move good weight for delts but my chest is a lot stronger

[Ursus]

My shoulders and triceps are very strong and look very strong.

My chest is lacking and thats where I fail on the bench press.

[mesmorph78]

locking out on bench hits tris and front delts more the only time i lock is when im maxing for 1 to 3 reps because i have to lock out
....
and my chest is very well developed ,... try it

[andreisdaman]

elbow supports for your heavy sets help alot with elbow issues, mine flare up from time to time with work and through training..

altho ditching skullcrushers and over head extension helps even more

I had elbow issues as well..flares up periodically and are a bitch to work through....I hate that there is nothing you can do except wait for the pain to stop on its own

[Donny]

I think most of us have a small problem now and again. I had problems with my right shoulder...for 3 months i could not press at all..i had a few injections from the Doc and it has got better... i had a bit of Bursitis and over stressed the shoulder structure..should know better with 44...

[Coach is Back!]

1. If your shoulder hurts, get away fron anything straight bar.
2. When you bench, avoid using a wide grip with elbow wide.
3. Take a narrower grip, with the elbows slightly internally rotated and bring the bar to the sternum instead to or above the nipple line. Save you shoulders.

[The Apprentice]

go to an ART provider

http://www.activerelease.com/providerSearch.asp

[wes]

I thought everybody had that clicking in their shoulders at one time or another.......Goudy`s lifts are like he`s from another planet! 

[g101]

my left shoulder makes a shitload of cracks

i blame the constant behind the neck presses for shoulders and behind neck pulldowns for 3 yrs straight !