A fairly popular YouTuber just posted a video of his pec tear benching 315 lbs. This led me down a tunnel of pec tear videos with various commentary as to why this occurs. As there wasn’t any data to support their claims and they are not medical professionals I thought to ask here.
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One comment made was during the warm up to 315 lbs excessive shaking was occurring during the un-rack indicating the weight was already too heavy. This caught my attention because my arms shake during many warm-up sets of weights I can complete my SSLP 3x5 with proper form. I have seen in Mark Rippetoe’s Q&A that this shaking is just how some people’s nervous system behaves and unrelated to how much weight you can “handle” (weight that you properly complete working sets with). Thoughts?
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Another individual tore his pec with 275 lbs and commented that this was a weight he had worked with comfortably very recently and wasn’t a maximum load. Other than improper form or working with weight beyond your means does anything pre-dispose a person to this type of injury, suggest one may occur, or does stuff just happen?
Thank you.