So, I have been on the starting strength program for about seven or eight weeks now, but every time i do squats i get pain in my medial delt on my right arm and also pain all along the inside of my arm kind of between my bicep and tricep. It is not a pain like an injury pain, but it feels more like i am stretching a tendon or something farther than it needs to go. Has anyone else ever experienced this?
I stretch after every work out but I don't really know how to fix the problem on the inside of my arm. I think its a tendon but am not sure. Anyone got any advice?
thanks a lot everyone
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06-07-2010, 12:13 PM #1
Shoulder and bicep pain during squat
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06-07-2010, 12:14 PM #2
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06-07-2010, 12:18 PM #3
This most likely bicipital tendonitis which is quite common when squatting. As Mr Happy asked, where do you hold the bar? wide? narrow? elbows pointing back or down? trying moving your hand placement to find something which doesn't hurt. Louie Simmons has written article on this which you could google.
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06-07-2010, 12:19 PM #4
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06-07-2010, 12:23 PM #7
Well I keep my elbows up to keep the bar from rolling down my back, as rippetoe explains to do. I keep my pinkys at the two smooth rings on the knurl because his book said that if you have an excessively wide grip you lose upper back tightness. You think I should widen it up a little? I have tried that before but the bar always seems to start rolling down my back if it isn't real tight up there.
What is a good solution for the bicep tendonitis? I really believe thats what it is because it just doesnt feel like a muscle pain it feels different.
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06-08-2010, 06:36 AM #13
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^ That. You are advised to keep your arms as close together, for upper back tightness. However if your shoulders are not flexible enough, don't shove them in farther tha nthey need. Extend your hands out to a comfortable position, and work on shoulder flexibility at other times.
With a low bar squat position, you are advised to use a thumbless grip, and push elbows back/up to keep pressure on top of the bar against your back.-
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06-08-2010, 06:38 AM #14
Yeah I know he isn't the all-knowing exercise god that some people see him as. I just realize he is knowledgeable but not the end all be all. The only problem is that if I widen my grip it is hard for me to keep the bar from rolling down my back. Any suggestions for this? I do full squats with a low-bar position on my back.
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06-08-2010, 10:54 AM #19
I'm not saying your elbows should be pointed directly at the floor, but the more they point behind you, the more you may have a tendency to roll your shoulders forward. Your head and chest will soon follow, and before you know it you're trying to good morning a squat.
As you come up out of the hole, drive your head and traps back into the bar. This will do two things -- 1) it will help keep your chest up, and 2) it will cause you to squeeze the bar tighter, which should keep it from rolling down your back.
A lot of people new to squatting think the bar is going to roll down their back, but I've never seen it personally and haven't even heard of it happening much.
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