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oakdad
03-07-2010, 07:49 PM
I have been doing the lifting thing on and off for more than half of my life but have really started working at it hard since this past Thanksgiving. But as of late every time I do my upper body work outs my shoulders are burning out way to soon.
I have already gone from 3 times a week for upper body to 2 times a week in hopes that was the cause of it. I also went from sets of 10ish to sets of 20 in thoughts it could be caused by to much weight. Note: I superset everything thing without a gap.

Here is what my current workout.
Sunday's
Dumbbell Bench Press 3 by 20 at 60lbs
One Arm Dumbbell Rows 3 by 20 at 60lbs

Incline Bench Press 3 by 20 at 100lbs
Wide-Grip Lat Pull down 3 by 20 at 100lbs

Butterflies (machine) 3 by 20 at 60lbs
Dead Lifts (with DB) 3 by 20 at 40lbs

Tuesdays I added this so I am still lifting 3 days a week.
Leg Press Machine 5 by 20 at 540lbs (Once this gets easy we will go to squats)
Toe Flex on the Leg Press Machine 5 by 20 at 450lbs

Ball Crunches 3 by 20 at 2 x 30lbs

Thursdays
Machine Shoulder (Military) Press 3 by 20 at 100lbs
Upright Cable Row 3 by 20 at 100lbs

Cable Rope Overhead Triceps Extensions 3 by 20 at 50lbs
Reverse Barbell Curls (with the curl bar) 3 by 20 at 40lbs

Front Cable Raise 3 by 15 at 20lbs
One Arm Cable Curls 3 by 20 at 40lbs
Reverse Grip One Arm Tricep Extenstions (Cable) 3 by 20 at 30lbs

Dumbbell Alternate Bicep Curls 3 by 20 at 20lbs
Dumbell Triceps Extensions 3 by 20 at 12lbs

Again the problem is my shoulders being to burnt out doing the incline bench press on my Sunday workout where I am not trying to work them out. Is there a better chest exercize I could do in place of the incline press where my shoulders don't get used so much? Or ideas has to what I could be doing wrong on the incline press that my shoulders hurt more than the chest?

booey
03-07-2010, 10:44 PM
One of the best adjustments I made to my workout was to drop the shoulder volume. I suggest the same for you. There's really no way to isolate your chest when doing any type of pressing - your front delts will get worked. So when you work your chest and then work shoulders - your shoulders are getting hit pretty hard twice as much. There's really no reason for that for a relatively small muscle group. Incline Press is a great chest exercise. Keep doing it, but drop some of the shoulder exercises like front cable raises.

And just to comment on your workout routine, I suggest deadlifting with a bar, squats, and BB rows.

oakdad
03-08-2010, 08:05 AM
Sounds good will drop the Front Raises and perhaps replace it with some cable side bends to force me do some abs.
I will give the deadlifting with the bar next week then.
Will give the squats a go tomarrow. Any ideas on a good starting weight? I did 540 on the sled and weigh 295.
Now why didn't I think of the BB rows over the cable rows now I can widen the grip which was a bugging me on the cable.

booey
03-08-2010, 11:59 PM
Sounds good will drop the Front Raises and perhaps replace it with some cable side bends to force me do some abs.
I will give the deadlifting with the bar next week then.
Will give the squats a go tomarrow. Any ideas on a good starting weight? I did 540 on the sled and weigh 295.
Now why didn't I think of the BB rows over the cable rows now I can widen the grip which was a bugging me on the cable.

You're going to have to find the right weight on the squat. Start light. I wouldn't recommend going heavy for at least a few sessions. Try to get a feel for the exercise and concentrate on form. Shitty form will haunt you down the line. Better to do it right in the beginning.