TOMS TRAINING LOG.

Originally posted by marc...
rear delts keep the bells in periphial vision(is that how you spell it periphial} but truthufully keep powering it mate. you train alone with little support personally i think you have done great...do what you do

Originally posted by Martin1956...
Now you just know I'm going to nag you, so I won't disappoint you! Everyone has been telling you to back off before you injure yourself, and voila the first signs of injury are closing in. I can 99% guarantee that the shoulder pain is the result of a shoulder imbalance. You've been doing tons of work on your front delts and f**k all on your rear delts. Result - the shoulders have been pulled slightly forwards by the tendons on the front contracting as they develop and the tendons in the rear stretching as they don't keep pace.

I can also 99% guarantee you that if you don't listen, you'll be deadlifting at Bradford and watching the bench from the audience. You need to hammer the rear delts, starting now. Loads of facepulls and shoulder horn movements. I'll post up the shoulder horn movement on my log on Monday - do the movement without the supporting apparatus. Hopefully the pain you feel is things that shouldn't be in contact rubbing against each other because of imbalance, but if you don't listen to these warning pains injury will follow.

My suggestion? Don't touch bench for a fortnight. Learn to love rear delt work. Start hammering them tomorrow and make it an integral part of your routine. Focus on squats and deads for a couple of weeks, and any triceps work that doesn't involve pressing.

On the facepulls video, it's better than nothing with the equipment set up you have available. But facepulls are more effective if you can find a way to straighten your arms on the way back. Otherwise there's a tendency to start the movement with the biceps rather than rear delts and that diminishes the effectiveness of the exercise.

Again, probably not what you wanted to hear, but I want to kick you ass in December and don't want you using injury as an excuse to rob me of my triumph.