Dawgpound Hank
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- Mar 20, 2023
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So I tore my left pec 2 months ago. Didn't get it looked at bcoz it didn't start to bruise until 2 days later, and pain wasn't TOO bad, just really tight for about 2 weeks. I was doing flat db press, and POW, on the third rep, felt that dreaded twitch/ripping feel, so dropped the db immediate.
Anyways, I babied it, didn't do any pec work for a month, then slowly started back with just pec deck flies and machine bench press with very light weights for high reps - slow & deliberate reps, nothing explosive at all. Over the next 4 chest workouts, slowly increased the intensity. Everything felt good - no pain. Then, last week, doing Smith incline press. Bar x 30-40 reps, 95 x 20, 135 x 20, 185 x 12. Felt great and easy. Said OK 225 and no higher. 225 x 10. Slow reps. Felt good - pretty easy. Then, same weight, go to unrack it, as soon as I lower it, BOOM, same shit! Reinjured it. FUQ ME! Again, no bruising until 2 days later. But the bruising this time was much worse, and only on my arm.
I seen the orthopedic doc that specializes in sports injuries 2 days ago. He ordered an MRI, and said based on where the pain is, the very upper/outer part of the pec, like where it ties in to the delt & upper bicep area, that I prolly partially tore the tendon where it attaches. He said unlikely a full tear, or I wouldn't have been able to go thru the series of tests he gave me of applying pressure to his hand in various angles with no pain. Oh well, I guess when ya bang 110% with the iron always, inevitably shit will happen. The good thing is since, I've hit back, legs and arms, all 100% with no issues. Just felt a slight tightness in any overhead pulldowns due to the stretch, so just did 3/4 reps, but bb rows, cable rows, t-bars, etc was all gtg. I did try some light db & cable side laterals with no issues. But I didn't wanna go too hard on delts being the injury is right there at the tie-in.
Btw this all happened about 2 weeks after those pix I posted in other thread. Funny thing is, the ONLY time I had ever tore a muscle before, I was running tren. The same pec back in, IIRC, '05, and a calf, I believe in '07 or '08. No tren this time, just test & deca. Go figure duh.
Anyways, I babied it, didn't do any pec work for a month, then slowly started back with just pec deck flies and machine bench press with very light weights for high reps - slow & deliberate reps, nothing explosive at all. Over the next 4 chest workouts, slowly increased the intensity. Everything felt good - no pain. Then, last week, doing Smith incline press. Bar x 30-40 reps, 95 x 20, 135 x 20, 185 x 12. Felt great and easy. Said OK 225 and no higher. 225 x 10. Slow reps. Felt good - pretty easy. Then, same weight, go to unrack it, as soon as I lower it, BOOM, same shit! Reinjured it. FUQ ME! Again, no bruising until 2 days later. But the bruising this time was much worse, and only on my arm.
I seen the orthopedic doc that specializes in sports injuries 2 days ago. He ordered an MRI, and said based on where the pain is, the very upper/outer part of the pec, like where it ties in to the delt & upper bicep area, that I prolly partially tore the tendon where it attaches. He said unlikely a full tear, or I wouldn't have been able to go thru the series of tests he gave me of applying pressure to his hand in various angles with no pain. Oh well, I guess when ya bang 110% with the iron always, inevitably shit will happen. The good thing is since, I've hit back, legs and arms, all 100% with no issues. Just felt a slight tightness in any overhead pulldowns due to the stretch, so just did 3/4 reps, but bb rows, cable rows, t-bars, etc was all gtg. I did try some light db & cable side laterals with no issues. But I didn't wanna go too hard on delts being the injury is right there at the tie-in.
Btw this all happened about 2 weeks after those pix I posted in other thread. Funny thing is, the ONLY time I had ever tore a muscle before, I was running tren. The same pec back in, IIRC, '05, and a calf, I believe in '07 or '08. No tren this time, just test & deca. Go figure duh.
