ProteinFarts
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In 2005 (it's taken me this long to 95% recover) I almost completely tore my pec in half. In the past chest was my strongest. I had warmed up good. I was on my 2nd set (so I still had 2 more heavier to go) and was doing flat bench chest flies with 90 lb dumbells. Everything felt awesome I was strong as **** and in the zone. I was on my 6th rep. And I used to go super wide and deep. Like I get down to the bottom and then I use my back muscles to pull them down further (stretching the sheath that encapsules the muscle - that's an Arnold tip there). Anyways I was going down and near the bottom and all of a sudden with no warning my chest muscle exploded. It was the grossest feeling you could imagine. I felt all of the thousands of muscles fibers all tear in a split second. The weight and my arm just dropped to the ground and I screamed bloody murder like a girl. Not just for a second either lol.
A CT confirmed it was mostly ripped. but apparently they do not do surgery on tendon to muscle unless it is a complete and total tear. Took me about a year before I could lift again. And it has taken me till now before I could lift heavy chest again. I still worry each time I lower the weight when I do chest. Given that it came out of nowhere. Wasn't even close to my max. I was newly big though at the time. So apparently my tendons had not caught up to my muscle I gained. At the time it was one of those gain 30lbs in 30 days type of things.
Anyways hopefully I have learned all those lessons lol. Pic is after a few days when the blood settled. My arm should not of been that big.
A CT confirmed it was mostly ripped. but apparently they do not do surgery on tendon to muscle unless it is a complete and total tear. Took me about a year before I could lift again. And it has taken me till now before I could lift heavy chest again. I still worry each time I lower the weight when I do chest. Given that it came out of nowhere. Wasn't even close to my max. I was newly big though at the time. So apparently my tendons had not caught up to my muscle I gained. At the time it was one of those gain 30lbs in 30 days type of things.
Anyways hopefully I have learned all those lessons lol. Pic is after a few days when the blood settled. My arm should not of been that big.
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