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Had my last PT visit for my shoulder yesterday and wanted to get into some details moving forward once I'm seriously back in the gym. The PT guy and I went over each of my exercises; what's okay and not okay.
He's a weight lifter but not at our level. Still, he has some good practical knowledge that we went over regarding training reps. The conversation was specific to the shoulder but probably could be applied to other joint and particularly those used in compound movements. He said he's less concerned about the guy who can bang out 8 reps with 315 and leave one or two on the table then the guy who reaches complete failure with the same weight and reps. Leaving a few in the tank was not something that got me to the level I was at but those days are behind me now; well..for the foreseeable future anyway.
Here's how he explained it to me and it makes sense. When a movement such as bench reaches the point of failure, the first muscle group to break down are the RC muscles. The movement can continue with the tri's, delts and pecs but the RC muscle that provide stability to the joint are fried. This instability in the joint is what will ultimately cause labrum wear and tear.
Something to think about.
He's a weight lifter but not at our level. Still, he has some good practical knowledge that we went over regarding training reps. The conversation was specific to the shoulder but probably could be applied to other joint and particularly those used in compound movements. He said he's less concerned about the guy who can bang out 8 reps with 315 and leave one or two on the table then the guy who reaches complete failure with the same weight and reps. Leaving a few in the tank was not something that got me to the level I was at but those days are behind me now; well..for the foreseeable future anyway.
Here's how he explained it to me and it makes sense. When a movement such as bench reaches the point of failure, the first muscle group to break down are the RC muscles. The movement can continue with the tri's, delts and pecs but the RC muscle that provide stability to the joint are fried. This instability in the joint is what will ultimately cause labrum wear and tear.
Something to think about.