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Hey guys,
Quick back story. About 8 months ago I did something to my pec on my top set of decline smith presses. I worked my way up to 315 and got to about the 3rd or 4th rep and felt my right, outer/lower pec overly contract (kinda like a hard muscle cramp) but it wasn't a sharp pain. Like an idiot, I pushed through and got 9 more reps before racking the weight. Then tried to do a back-off set at 225 and got some reps but didn't feel right so I canned the rest of the workout, took the L for the day, and went home.
Spent about 4 weeks rehabbing this injury. The pain was a dull ache in the outer chest. The first few weeks I was just trying to get fresh blood into the chest. I'd do extremely light DB presses for sets of 40 and then be done. Eventually, everything worked out and I was better. I'd say all in all it took 6 weeks to be back to 100%
Fast forward to yesterday, I was training chest on week three of gamma bomb. During my third chest movement (slight incline smith press) I start to feel the sharp contraction again in the same outer pec area as before on my top set. I immediately get worried and quickly rack the weight. This weird contraction was maybe a third of what the original was 8 months ago, but still enough to scare the shit out of me. Now I have this minor soreness in my right pec as I'm typing this.
In between these two incidents, I also felt a similar sensation when doing dips but the feeling went away and was never an issue.
All this to say, what the hell is going on? I am not using a crazy load, I am very warmed up and well-hydrated. Maybe its too much volume for my chest?
Could the muscle just be too pumped up and causing this weird contraction?
Not sure if this could be relevant but my right shoulder is about 2 inches lower than my left. I've had a minor case of scoliosis since I was a kid. Maybe this is causing my problem when I'm pressing from a fixed position.
All I know is that the smith machine presses are out indefinitely.
Quick back story. About 8 months ago I did something to my pec on my top set of decline smith presses. I worked my way up to 315 and got to about the 3rd or 4th rep and felt my right, outer/lower pec overly contract (kinda like a hard muscle cramp) but it wasn't a sharp pain. Like an idiot, I pushed through and got 9 more reps before racking the weight. Then tried to do a back-off set at 225 and got some reps but didn't feel right so I canned the rest of the workout, took the L for the day, and went home.
Spent about 4 weeks rehabbing this injury. The pain was a dull ache in the outer chest. The first few weeks I was just trying to get fresh blood into the chest. I'd do extremely light DB presses for sets of 40 and then be done. Eventually, everything worked out and I was better. I'd say all in all it took 6 weeks to be back to 100%
Fast forward to yesterday, I was training chest on week three of gamma bomb. During my third chest movement (slight incline smith press) I start to feel the sharp contraction again in the same outer pec area as before on my top set. I immediately get worried and quickly rack the weight. This weird contraction was maybe a third of what the original was 8 months ago, but still enough to scare the shit out of me. Now I have this minor soreness in my right pec as I'm typing this.
In between these two incidents, I also felt a similar sensation when doing dips but the feeling went away and was never an issue.
All this to say, what the hell is going on? I am not using a crazy load, I am very warmed up and well-hydrated. Maybe its too much volume for my chest?
Could the muscle just be too pumped up and causing this weird contraction?
Not sure if this could be relevant but my right shoulder is about 2 inches lower than my left. I've had a minor case of scoliosis since I was a kid. Maybe this is causing my problem when I'm pressing from a fixed position.
All I know is that the smith machine presses are out indefinitely.
