[Manowarrior]

When doing pressing movements for the chest and most tricep exercises it feels as if my anterior deltoid tightens up during the set. Towards the end of the set it feels like this tightness or stiffness is actually what prevents me from doing a couple more reps, not the fatigue in the targetting muscle area (chest or triceps).
Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening, like streching techniques for the delts etc.?

Is has gotten to a point where it pisses me off, so any help would be greatly appreciated as always.

[GeorgeT]

Originally Posted by Manowarrior

When doing pressing movements for the chest and most tricep exercises it feels as if my anterior deltoid tightens up during the set. Towards the end of the set it feels like this tightness or stiffness is actually what prevents me from doing a couple more reps, not the fatigue in the targetting muscle area (chest or triceps).
Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening, like streching techniques for the delts etc.?

Is has gotten to a point where it pisses me off, so any help would be greatly appreciated as always.

do your weights go down from set to set as well? sorta sounds like tendinitis, thats how i was when i had tendinitis, i cudnt go past 4rep bench presses, i cud put out like 165x4 then 225x4, never made any sense till it hit me i had tendinitis.

[ZiR RED]

Originally Posted by GeorgeT

do your weights go down from set to set as well? sorta sounds like tendinitis, thats how i was when i had tendinitis, i cudnt go past 4rep bench presses, i cud put out like 165x4 then 225x4, never made any sense till it hit me i had tendinitis.

George is right, its tendonitis. Judging by where you describe it, its either the bicep tendon or the supraspinatus tendo (a muscle of the rotator cuff). You (may) have some impingment issues due to muscular imbalances and poor posture.

Br

[GeorgeT]

Originally Posted by ZiR RED

George is right, its tendonitis. Judging by where you describe it, its either the bicep tendon or the supraspinatus tendo (a muscle of the rotator cuff). You (may) have some impingment issues due to muscular imbalances and poor posture.

Br

agreed, squeeze your shoulders blades together, try and snap the bar it'll help keep your elbows in and train your rotator cuffs 2-3x a week, ive been tendinitis free ever since i started implementing these, also do you do barbell shoulder presses? i got it when i was doing those, now i do DB presses and its alot more comfortable on my shoulders.

EDIT: heres my favorite, do these for both arms i do 2 sets for 25second holds the night before i train chest, shoulders, or arms

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/fit...ide_planks.jpg

try to press your eblow into the ground. most other rotator cuff exercises agrevated my tendintis.

[Manowarrior]

Great advice George, thx