fourarms
24-04-2009, 02:08 PM
Hey guys, I could use a little help. Three weeks ago I finished 8wks of tbol. Was going much heavier than I’m used to, and pushed as hard as I could. By the end elbows, shoulders, knees were all finished. Took one week off entirely, then went back at it with lighter weights, moved up to the 8-12 rep range, and stayed 1 rep away from failure. All the joints feel good again.
Then last night it felt like something ripped near my left elbow. Don’t know how to describe it really. This sounds stupid, but for about a week there’s been a spot on the inner elbow where it occasionally felt like the skin was tight, like there was glue stuck on the skin surface or something. Was doing arms and shoulders, did weighted dips and chins, incline DB curls, overhead cable extensions, hammer curls, and rope pulldowns with supination at the bottom, and bent over lateral raises and all went well.
Then started a set of lateral raises (with thumbs up, about 30° forward in front of the body) and first rep there was a burning in that spot, and what felt like the skin tearing away underneath. I’ve never torn a muscle, so I don’t know what that feels like, but I don’t think that it would feel like this. If you’ve ever skinned an animal and pulled back on the hide tearing it away, that’s like what the sensation was. I did a few more reps to try to figure out what the hell was happening ( I know, dumb) and the burning stayed there. I waited a few minutes and the burning subsided a little. I did 2 more sets with less weight, and it wasn’t as bad, but still burned.
This is 18 hours later, and there’s still a mild burning there. There’s no swelling, bruising, or real pain. I have no idea what this is, would sure appreciate some input if anyone has ever had something similar.
Then last night it felt like something ripped near my left elbow. Don’t know how to describe it really. This sounds stupid, but for about a week there’s been a spot on the inner elbow where it occasionally felt like the skin was tight, like there was glue stuck on the skin surface or something. Was doing arms and shoulders, did weighted dips and chins, incline DB curls, overhead cable extensions, hammer curls, and rope pulldowns with supination at the bottom, and bent over lateral raises and all went well.
Then started a set of lateral raises (with thumbs up, about 30° forward in front of the body) and first rep there was a burning in that spot, and what felt like the skin tearing away underneath. I’ve never torn a muscle, so I don’t know what that feels like, but I don’t think that it would feel like this. If you’ve ever skinned an animal and pulled back on the hide tearing it away, that’s like what the sensation was. I did a few more reps to try to figure out what the hell was happening ( I know, dumb) and the burning stayed there. I waited a few minutes and the burning subsided a little. I did 2 more sets with less weight, and it wasn’t as bad, but still burned.
This is 18 hours later, and there’s still a mild burning there. There’s no swelling, bruising, or real pain. I have no idea what this is, would sure appreciate some input if anyone has ever had something similar.