Gallowmere's Obsession, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Deadlift

[Obs]

Finally unfucked my left shoulder entirely.

Years of shitty posture (you can see the lean in my fatty pic) caused me to have a nasty bit of scapular winging on that side. Not problematic in daily life, but under load it was putting the whole joint in a shit position, and I had a bunch of crackling and later on, pain from heavy bench and OHP.

After weeks of forcing that shoulder to stay pinned back, it’s finally started resting and moving properly, with the scap retracting along the back of the ribs.

i had that issue in both and actually still do. I just hid some of it with mass.

I had it terrible when I first came to this board. After my first cycle and plenty of rowing it basically went away in a pokey outey aspect.

[Gallowmere]

i had that issue in both and actually still do. I just hid some of it with mass.

I had it terrible when I first came to this board. After my first cycle and plenty of rowing it basically went away in a pokey outey aspect.

If it were just aesthetic, I’d never have worried about it honestly. However, it’s definitely been a limiting factor for my bench and overhead work, so I finally got pissed enough to fix it.

Pulling alone wasn’t enough to fix it. It’s kinda like how people think less about nutrition and sleep than training. Even though I do about twice the pulling volume as pushing, I’m only in the gym for a couple of hours at a time. That was nowhere near enough to offset the other 22 hours of my shoulders being allowed to be in shit positions.

I’m pretty sure it was mostly caused by years of being in the truck that I drive for work. I’d usually sit cocked to the right, left hand on the steering wheel, and right hand running the control board in the distributor. Just had to start making sure I’m using my core to twist, instead of the shoulder slopping forward to reach the wheel.

[Obs]

If it were just aesthetic, I’d never have worried about it honestly. However, it’s definitely been a limiting factor for my bench and overhead work, so I finally got pissed enough to fix it.

Pulling alone wasn’t enough to fix it. It’s kinda like how people think less about nutrition and sleep than training. Even though I do about twice the pulling volume as pushing, I’m only in the gym for a couple of hours at a time. That was nowhere near enough to offset the other 22 hours of my shoulders being allowed to be in shit positions.

I’m pretty sure it was mostly caused by years of being in the truck that I drive for work. I’d usually sit cocked to the right, left hand on the steering wheel, and right hand running the control board in the distributor. Just had to start making sure I’m using my core to twist, instead of the shoulder slopping forward to reach the wheel.

It affects bench?
That would make sense because bench is my worst lift.

[Gallowmere]

It affects bench?
That would make sense because bench is my worst lift.

Yeap. If your scap is out of position, your shoulder is unstable. This in turn causes two problems: pain under heavy loading (I’d get it whenever over 80%), and the inability to apply maximal force to the bar.

[Obs]

Yeap. If your scap is out of position, your shoulder is unstable. This in turn causes two problems: pain under heavy loading (I’d get it whenever over 80%), and the inability to apply maximal force to the bar.

My dominant arm lags bad.
May need to study it further

[Obs]

Sorry to crap up your log. I just am way outta touch with my body and pain during lifts.

[Gallowmere]

Sorry to crap up your log. I just am way outta touch with my body and pain during lifts.

Don’t apologize at all man. This isn’t just a training log for me. I put in lots of shit that I learn about myself as I go, and if these things can induce conversation and possibly help others, I’d be beyond pleased.

What we’re talking about right now affects a LOT of people who lift. How many guys have you heard say “I can’t overhead press because bad shoulder”? If you haven’t had a legitimate injury, surgery or some kind of nerve damage and can’t press without pain, you need to work on unfucking your shoulder girdle.

[Obs]

Don’t apologize at all man. This isn’t just a training log for me. I put in lots of shit that I learn about myself as I go, and if these things can induce conversation and possibly help others, I’d be beyond pleased.

What we’re talking about right now affects a LOT of people who lift. How many guys have you heard say “I can’t overhead press because bad shoulder”? If you haven’t had a legitimate injury, surgery or some kind of nerve damage and can’t press without pain, you need to work on unfucking your shoulder girdle.

The more elevated angle I get the worse it is.
Just dont know how to fix it