Two things going on I think are a response to getting used to higher volume but I thought I would check it out. I will also note this happened after taking 3 weeks off. The last time the problem with the shoulder/chest/bicep happened was with higher volume I wasn’t used to and taking time off actually made it worse. I blamed it on curls and lateral raises I hadn’t done in a long time the first time but now I think it might be sitting for two long then going to higher volume. I am also 46 so I can’t expect to recover like a teenager. This seems to happen after a 3 week or more break and going back to a bit higher volume program. The knee thing is new but doesn’t hurt under weight.
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Press After pressing there is a lot of tightness in the front shoulder chest on the left side. The bicep feels tight up to the shoulder. I was diagnosed with a shoulder impingement on that side about 7 years ago. Had one cortisone shot did the prescribed stretching and it hasn’t bothered me too much since until a higher volume program a year ago and now (both had curls in them which I don’t usually do), I started lifting again about 4 years ago (on and on). Really started after taking 3 weeks and going on the 7 week hypertrophy program. I felt this tightness before when I tried power cleans. There is also tightness in the traps. Mobility work with a ball seems to help some but I haven’t done it often enough.
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Squat
I have felt some pain just above the right knee on the inside part when I squat with the bar or no weight. It goes away after a few reps and I don’t feel it at all under heavier weights. It seems to return after rest and inactivity. I noticed on the leg press if my legs are too narrow I feel the pain there. Left seems ok. I have some tightness in my adbuctors (left much worse) and have felt tightness in the left outer quad before but not recently. I am thinking it is just tight quads. The other thing that may or may not be relevant is my DL is about 20 lbs. lighter than my squat at 1 rep RPE 8. Not sure if it is a strength balance issue.
I have been training through this but the left bicep sometimes really hurts been pressing sets. I also feel it in curls but have corrected that somewhat after watching some videos on form. Can sometimes feel shoulder tightness in pushdowns. If I feel tightness with the bench it is usually more traps.