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Experience 15 years weightlifting experience, including competitive powerlifting.
I am a 24 yr old male and lifted for about 2 years but stopped over a year ago because I couldnt get rid of my shoulder tendonitus. When I get it I get pain down the front of my shoulder towards my chest.
I have tried twice now to start lifting again but the tendonitus flares up when i start to do heavier chest excerises.
What excersises should I avoid in order to prevent this happening again? What chest excersises can I still do?
Is there anything I should do to strengthen my shoulder?
Answer Hi Phil. I'm going to assume that you've had a medical diagnosis of tendinitis, and you're not just guessing. If you have NOT had a medical diagnosis, you should get one. There are a lot of problems you can have w/ your shoulder joints, and some of them will only get worse if you keep lifting.
The #1 thing you can do is stretch your shoulders before and after lifting. Get someone to show you the three directions of shoulder stretching (lateral back, lateral front, overhead).
Tendinitis is the kind of thing where you should listen to your body. Some exercises will be excruciating or very painful. Those should be avoided. Some may hurt a little, and usually it's OK to work thru those. There are several tendons in the shoulder joint, so which exercises you can do depends on which tendon(s) is/are injured.
Using ice after working out may also offer you some help.
In general, most people w/ shoulder injuries find that flat barbell bench press is the most painful. Decline and incline presses often are more doable.
