I stopped Overhead Pressing and free Barbell Squatting

[tyler87432f]

There’s many compound excercises to build stronger shoulders that don’t include any lifting over the head directly, I mainly do compound exercises I rarely target just one muscle unless it’s the tricep .

The stronger guy will usually be familiar with compound stuff , body sculpting is good but that’s more for looks using different muscles working together makes you stronger so for me there’s no such thing as poor technique the goal is to lift more weight or hold and or pull more weigh and doing strict lifts won’t cut it bc you don’t lift heavy objects and look if your using perfect form and technique you just want to be able to use your entire body getting the weight up or handling the weight ( like if you have to carry something heavy etc ) . Sometimes I&#8217 website ;ll just use those resistance bands and machines and just do one arm pulls every which direction, and add static training where I just hold as much weight on the pulley machines in place .

I realized it’s one of the few activities that, when done frequently, tends to lead to minor injuries, so I decided to stop.

[ELPacman]

Injuries will definitely make you tweak or change how you perform exercises. I've got a blown left bicep that happened from a simple pull up with my own body weight. I got a torn right shoulder and this prevents me from anything incline related, so I've basically removed incline bench and most shoulder workouts. Aside from having little feeling to lift a free weight press style on my right side, anything else I try just leaves my arm having limited range of motion later in the day.

With having more priorities in life, I've reduced gym time drastically and attempt to do only things that seem to benefit me in every day life or would still keep me looking decent in clothes, lol.

I've removed anything related to making my thighs bigger because that made putting on my current clothing difficult. I work on calves a lot to keep them popping when shorts are on. I continue working most arm workouts to keep them looking decent, however with the bicep tear on the left, there is no shape, but it still functions strong. I do a lot of tricep because that keeps the arms looking jacked with short sleeves or not. I put a lot of focus on forearms too more than ever because I got into arm wrestling and having jacked forearms is always awesome. Especially if you have skinny wrists like me with larger hands. You'll still have the skinny wrist, but your forearms will matchup more equal to your hands, so it's just a small gap between the two and looks better.

For chest, I still bench whether barbell or dumbbells, but flat bench doesn't seem to give me a popping chest like inclines did. Though as said earlier, with the shoulder injury I can't do them much at all, even with the elbows brought further in. If you had to choose 1 of the 3 bench presses, I'd say, try to stick with inclines since it brings out the upper area. I still do decline as well, but I use machines for that because it's just faster since I spend most of my energy and time on flat bench.

Then overall, recovery takes longer than before. I can feel soreness in the biceps for a good 3 days after I did them when I wouldn't as long prior. I also double up per week an area I want stronger or to grow, so typically chest is twice a week.

A new boxing club is entering my gym soon, so I will be getting back to cardio, but that has been completely neglected since I left my last gym where they had the heavy bags. I hate doing anything treadmill/bike related.

[adamjones]

Been lifting since I was 11 continuously other than periods I was at the boxing gyms training and sparring....oh and that one year and half I was married( don't recommend).

Recently I stopped squatting with a free barbell, it hurts my knees more than it benefits my legs so I switched to the hack squat machine and its much better.

I very recently stopped OHP with a free barbell and just use the machine after eventually an injury to my trap always occurs after a few months of doing it.

I deadlift but not super heavy anymore and with the barbell on the very bottom rung of the safety bar where the 45lb plate is just an inch and half off the ground Books Online PDF.

Doing alot more pullups, dips, planks, putting the gyms gloves on and hitting the heavy and double end bag.

Pretty much I revised my routine for a middle aged man because you wanna stay fit and strong but gotta worry about injuries and preserving connective tissue.

Anyone else doing the same?

I’ve made similar changes—switched to hack squats for knee relief, stopped heavy barbell OHP to avoid shoulder issues, and now use machines or dumbbells. I also deadlift from a higher starting point to protect my lower back. Incorporating more bodyweight work like pull-ups, dips, and core exercises has been great, and hitting the heavy bag is a fun way to stay fit. It’s all about staying strong while protecting joints and connective tissue.