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Alternatives to Chest Press/Flyes due to pain in arm

  • 09-12-2010 10:51am
    #1
    gazzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭


    I have been training pretty hard for the last 12 weeks and at the moment am doing a 4 day split body workout.

    I have been doing all the compound exercises (Squats, Military Press, Deadlift etc) along with isolation excercises and have been making great progress (e.g my squat has gone from 60KG up to 105KG in those 12 weeks using the 5 x 5 method)

    Anyway I train Chest and Triceps once a week and in the last 2 workouts I have found that if I try to do flat bench press/flyes or incline press/flyes I get a bad pain near my elbow. I dont recall getting any pain prior to this and it only happens with these exercises. If I do the close grip bench or push ups I am fine.

    I was wondering if it is enough to just do close grip bench and push ups for my chest day or is there any other exercises that I could do? I dont want my chest lacking while I am building up in other areas.

    The area where the pain is is (if I was looking down at my arms with palms facing away from me) to the left of my elbow and feels like a muscle pain rather than bone.

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Doctor_Socks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 337 ✭✭Doctor_Socks


    Go to a physio and fix the underlying problem rather then work around it, you'll do yourself no favours in the long run by not solving it now.


  • #3
    discus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭discus


    Before people hop in and start shouting "NO MEDICAL ADVICE" this problem could be solved avoided by perhaps taking a look at his program, seeing is there too much pushing and no pulling for example, or is his form off on the flies.

    How do you grip the bar on benching? Do you lockout on the flies?


  • #4
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    Sounds like a tendon problem, if I were you I would go to see a physio.

    Do not try to work through the pain, you will be able to but it will get worse. You'll convince yourself that its getting better but it's not, you're just getting more use to the pain.

    A physio will be able to tell you exactly what the problem is and what exercies you can do.

    Don't let the problem get any worse, they can end up taking a very very long time to heal and in some cases they will never fully heal.


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