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[B]Annoying bone cracking Using weight equipment[/B]

  • 07-06-2010 08:28PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭


    Hi peeps just wondering does anyone else have the same problem as me, when you are using specific training equipment you feel a lot of Bone friction. Their is 1 chest machine i use but not any more because i feel the bones around my shoulder area cracking each time i use it. drives me insane...
    Just wondering does anyone else have any similar problem or phobia??


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14 GK_91


    Happens to me when I do shrugs but it dosent bother me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭purpur1


    I get a left hip crack on the leg lift weight machine. Fcukin annoying... Tried a lighter weight and the same thing happens. Think it's something to do with lactic acid but i want it to stop!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭Chris89


    Machines force your movement into a fixed range of motion, one motion which will obviously not be a natural one given each users different size and shape.

    If at all possible i would reccomend you try free weights, see if you still have the same problem. The only machine i need in a gym is the vending one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭podge57


    It is probably happening because most machines operate on a fixed plane of motion, and it forces your joints into unnatural positions


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭RealistSpy


    Same here when dfoing Bulgarien squats and a week later I pulled a hamstring! :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭SIX PACK


    yea i had a feeling it was because i was over doing it on the chest machine... its quer annoying doh... i suppose putting it on a lighter weight may help...
    i also heard too much bone friction can cause Arthritis :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭Dazd_N_Confusd


    SIX PACK wrote: »
    i suppose putting it on a lighter weight may help...
    Or how about listen to the words of the previous posters?

    There's sound advice there.


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