Pain/Discomfort During Warm-Up Sets and Isolation Exercises

[Insignia]

Hey docs,

Just had a few questions:

1. During my first warm-up set with the empty bar for squats, I experience some minor knee pain, but as I get heavier and more acclimated to load, this eventually goes away completely. This also happens when I do lateral raises, I get pain in my right shoulder that completely goes away after 1 working set. Is this normal? Or could there be underlying issues?

2. When I perform incline dumbbell flyes, I often feel a ‘pop’ in my left shoulder, however, I have never felt pain from this. Should I be worried about this and change exercises/cut range of motion or is this ok?

Thanks so much for your time!

[Michael_Ray]

@Insignia

Hey docs,

Just had a few questions:

1. During my first warm-up set with the empty bar for squats, I experience some minor knee pain, but as I get heavier and more acclimated to load, this eventually goes away completely. This also happens when I do lateral raises, I get pain in my right shoulder that completely goes away after 1 working set. Is this normal? Or could there be underlying issues?

2. When I perform incline dumbbell flyes, I often feel a ‘pop’ in my left shoulder, however, I have never felt pain from this. Should I be worried about this and change exercises/cut range of motion or is this ok?

Thanks so much for your time!

Hey Insignia-.- - thanks for the questions.

1. Sounds like the warming-up effect. Given you feel better as sets go on, I wouldn’t worry about these instances. Sometimes it be like that, as the kids say.
2. If you aren’t having any associated symptoms or disability (unable to do an activity subsequently) then I wouldn’t worry about this. We humans make noises.