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Walking, 3.2 miles.
Slow-grind, kettlebell-free session painting my daughter's bedroom, 4 hours.
Swings, 16 kg, 1H, 10x10.
 
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Walking, 2.0 miles.
S&S warmups, 16 kg.
Swings, 24 kg, 1H, 10x5.
Get-ups, 16 kg, 10x1.

Gonna try fewer reps per set with my swings, to see if my traps complain less over that amount than with 10 per set.
 
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Walking, 3.2 miles.
Military presses, 24 kg, 2-3-5-10 ladder.
Martial arts, 45 minutes.
 
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Walking, 2.0 miles.
Martial arts, 45 minutes.
S&S warmups, 16 kg.
Swings, 24 kg, 1H, 10x6.
 
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Hi Brett, so how are those traps doing? It sucks when these things get in the way... I had to dial back due to a patellar tendonosis. I'm now doing a recovery routine and slowly building up volume again
 
Oscar said:
Hi Brett, so how are those traps doing? It sucks when these things get in the way... I had to dial back due to a patellar tendonosis. I'm now doing a recovery routine and slowly building up volume again
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I'm making slow progress every day, I think. I'm doing stretches to reduce the rounded shoulders that I've developed from working in front of a computer every day. When the pain is gone, I'll start over again with S&S, doing perhaps 5x2 swings and shoeless get-ups and not increasing weight or reps unless my traps are okay with it.

Thanks for asking.
 
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I'll start over again with S&S, doing perhaps 5x2 swings and shoeless get-ups and not increasing weight or reps unless my traps are okay with it.
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This makes a lot of sense to me... I had to start doing only 4 sets with 14 Kg. .. it was difficult to regress so much but now I'm happy I did. Maybe 2HS are more friendly on the traps than 1HS?
 
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Maybe 2HS are more friendly on the traps than 1HS?
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I've thought about staying with 2H swings. I'm just puzzled, though, because I haven't had problems with swing or get-ups, just pain between my traps. I'm a beginner to strength training; maybe I just didn't recognize the signs that I needed to slow down even more.
 
Massage and the various forms of self massage (massage stick, massage balls, etc.) will help a lot. My traps gave me trouble for a long time, but it has finally eased up. I'm not sure if there was more prevention I should have done along the way, but the massage therapy definitely helped. Also, dry needling, if you can find a practitioner that does this, is like magic.
 
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