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Swapped my gym routine for calisthenics after a shoulder scare
I was bench pressing at Planet Fitness last month and felt a sharp pop in my right shoulder on rep 5 of 225 pounds. Stopped immediately and iced it for 20 minutes, but I couldn't lift overhead for a week. Switched to bodyweight stuff like pushups and pullups while I recovered, and now I'm sticking with it for 3 months. My shoulder feels way more stable, and I actually look leaner than when I was just lifting heavy. Has anyone else ditched the barbell for bodyweight training after an injury like this?
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betty_kelly91mo ago
Same thing happened with my lower back last year. Bodyweight fixed it for good.
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Isn't it funny how our bodies force us to fix the stuff we were ignoring, like poor form?
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That 30 days of deadlifts with a rounded back finally caught up with me. My lower back basically staged a protest and said nope, we're fixing this now or you're not walking tomorrow.
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