superset for mass ?

[Drago]

Hi guys,

i have some pain in my shoulders so heavy press are not the best for me. I think to incorportate some super-sets in my routine, so i can train with intensity without weight too heavy.
do you think it's possible to gain some mass with this training ?
thank's for the answer

drago

 

[ericinbc]

yes , but your way better off rehabing that shoulder injury. allways train from that weekest link out and you'll have it fixed in no time the you'll be better set to grow again

 

[Myck]

Might be an ideal time to incorporate partials into your pec & delt workouts. By eliminating the bottom 20% (as well as the top 20%) of benches, inclines, and militarys, you'll eliminate most of the stress on the shoulders, plus you should be able to move some decent poundages.

 

[FRKNHUGE]

i used to not be able t do military presses
after a while of doing rotator cuff exercises for around 6mth 2x a week i was back in the saddle, now i do them once every other week. it s a good habit to get into.
frk

 

[maldorf]

Might be an ideal time to incorporate partials into your pec & delt workouts. By eliminating the bottom 20% (as well as the top 20%) of benches, inclines, and militarys, you'll eliminate most of the stress on the shoulders, plus you should be able to move some decent poundages.

Great advice here. I would eliminate at least 10% of both the top and bottom of the motion.

 

[maldorf]

Hi guys,

i have some pain in my shoulders so heavy press are not the best for me. I think to incorportate some super-sets in my routine, so i can train with intensity without weight too heavy.
do you think it's possible to gain some mass with this training ?
thank's for the answer

drago

I think I would do other strategies than super setting for this problem. I would eliminate overhead pressing altogether. I would not do flat benches. You might try pre exhausting by doing an isolation movement like flyes then moving onto bench when you are done. Do that for awhile until the pain subsides and then try more conventional training with the compound movement first.

 

[Drago]

Hi maldorf,

it's not the muscle or tendons that hurts in my shoulder, it's the bones, you know arthrites, i'm not sure if the word is correct.
so i'must be very carefull. isolations mouvement first will be a good idea.
i plan to do a championship at september, so i will try to grow a little bit more.
i'm 42 year's old and try to find some training to increase intensity and preserve my shoulders.
thank's a lot for the advices

drago

 

[Ness]

Agree with above to ditch the shoulder press all together...you dont need it and its a classic injury prone exercise.

 

[maldorf]

Hi maldorf,

it's not the muscle or tendons that hurts in my shoulder, it's the bones, you know arthrites, i'm not sure if the word is correct.
so i'must be very carefull. isolations mouvement first will be a good idea.
i plan to do a championship at september, so i will try to grow a little bit more.
i'm 42 year's old and try to find some training to increase intensity and preserve my shoulders.
thank's a lot for the advices

drago

Arthritis at your age, youre just 2 yrs older than me, is pretty rare I think. Have you been diagnosed? It sounds like you have worn down the cartilage in your glenoid fossa and or the head of the humerus. I would definetly stay away from any overhead presses. Shoulders get hit plenty hard doing forms of bench and then just add in some side laterals with dumbells.

 

[Drago]

i was a painter during more than 20 year's + training, it has kill my shoulders. i was diagnostiqued a begining of arthrits by a professor 10 year's before...
when i press my shoulders make some funky noise.

free weight work the moste for me but i will train more and more on machines, with slow motions.

yeah and no press and maybe more volume on laterals