# Felling beat up

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/felling-beat-up/10023>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/felling-beat-up/10023 "2020-12-10T02:45:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roamer321](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/roamer321/32/1386_2.png) [@Roamer321](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Roamer321)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/felling-beat-up/10023/1 "2020-12-10T02:45:27Z")

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I took the Beginners Template to Week 8.3. My goal is to be healthy. I have well-developed legs (genetics) but an underdeveloped chest.

So, I went to the Hypertrophy I template. I am at Week 4 and I am feeling beat up. My shoulder pain has come back, and I am starting to get pain in my hip.  
It looks like the increased volume is doing this to me.

Should I go back to the Beginners Template or the Bridge? I have read the Pain what do article a couple of times. I know that I need to find a starting place.

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/felling-beat-up/10023/2 "2020-12-10T17:40:28Z")

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Sorry to hear you’re in pain, Roamer.

If it were me, the first thing I would do is try to keep everything the same except for reducing the target RPE by 2 and see how that works. If the pain you have right now doesn’t allow that, then I’d go back to the low-stress week of Hypertrophy-I and swap out the exercises for tempo variations of the same movement (or similar) depending on your tolerance. Then, I’d gradually work up to the volume prescribed in the template.

-Jordan

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**Author:** ![Roamer321](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/roamer321/32/1386_2.png) [@Roamer321](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Roamer321)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/felling-beat-up/10023/3 "2020-12-11T15:41:21Z")

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Thanks, Jordan. I did the bench press from week 4 of Hypertrophy I yesterday. I lowered the RPE 6 weight by 10%. I understand that each RPE level is about 5%. It felt good and the speed was good. I had some discomfort in my shoulder but no sharp pain. Should I just continue on with this strategy if there is just discomfort or do I need to shoot for no discomfort?

I just read Charlie Dickson’s article Recovering From an Injury: Embrace the Process. You and your staff have really helped me with my thought process about pain. I probably should not have gone and had that MRI that showed a slight tear in my subscapularis.

What am I going to do not train? I don’t think so!

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/felling-beat-up/10023/4 "2020-12-14T16:12:41Z")

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Yea I think that if you’re able to tolerate the training with no increase in discomfort and your general sense is that things are trending towards getting better, this is a good strategy to continue.

Thanks for the kind words as well. They really mean a lot.