Bicep pain?

Hey all. Got something thats been bothering me lately.

Starting dumbell shoulder pressing a bit heavier than what I'm used to (55lbs) for 10 reps and for the first 3 reps my bicep is under constant stress, like it literally aches alot but once I get the motion going the pain slowly subdues and when I drop the weight the pain fires back up.

Even lowering the weight does this and this pain ONLY comes from shoulder press.... Tried using barbell and it's a bit easier but should this pain be concerning me?

Do you get any pain when or after doing curls? I know you said only shoulder press but it just seems weird. It might have something to do with having to balance it is all I can think of so there is one obvious solution. Go with a lower weight. Concentrate on form and do your press slower.

You can also try doing some deep tissue massage. I know usually 3 or 4 days after doing curls I start to get some pain/soreness under the bicep sometimes.

The other thing would be to add some warm up stretching exercises before and see if that helps.

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Originally Posted by lovbyts

Do you get any pain when or after doing curls? I know you said only shoulder press but it just seems weird. It might have something to do with having to balance it is all I can think of so there is one obvious solution. Go with a lower weight. Concentrate on form and do your press slower.

You can also try doing some deep tissue massage. I know usually 3 or 4 days after doing curls I start to get some pain/soreness under the bicep sometimes.

The other thing would be to add some warm up stretching exercises before and see if that helps.

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No pain from any curls at all. Just when I train shoulders.
I've started rowing for 5 minutes before my shoulder workout today and it helped. I'll go book an appointment for a deep tissue massage, may do me some good.

Thanks

I would start every shoulder workout with some stretches I would spend at least 30 mins stretching and warming up, Stretch the bicep belly and also the shoulder muscles and see how that feels.

Always warm up the shoulder girdle thoroughly with light weights and stretching. This will take some trial and error to find what works best for you so try everyone's suggestion and see if it works for you.

Did shoulders again today, did a 10 minute warm up and some decline press ups as warm ups as well as 25lb dumbell shoulder press warm ups before hitting my proper weights.

Made a small difference, I could still feel my left bicep straining a bit but the pain could easily be fought through.

Still opting for that deep tissue massage which will hopefully be done tomorrow.

Could be tendenitis in the bicep, I had this and stopped doing dumbells for a while, it would hurt like hell to get them into position.

It could have something to do with your wrist positioning, remember to keep your wrists as neutral as possible.