Jeff Roark
Level 7 Valued Member
Reading here and on Pavel M's website stirred me to do some Bent Pressing. I haven't done this lift in nearly 18 years if I'm guessing right. After I did my aerobics, (hard pace walking) this week I followed it up with a few sets of Getups and Bent Presses. I've just been doing them really light, with a 32lb KB and an olympic bar. I do the Getup and at the top I do 3 bent presses and then back down to the ground. Smartest setup or idea? I doubt it, but its what I'm going to do.
Anyway, what I wanted to report that I've found absolutely crazy is that its just about healed an issue that I've been having with my right bicep and shoulder. For months, I've had a super sore bicep and its really limited what I've been able to do. For whatever reason, I had a definite improvement in pain the first day after doing the bent presses. It made me scratch my head a bit at first and I told myself "no" it couldn't be the bent pressing. Well, its been a week and I've bent pressed with my getups 3x this week and this morning I woke up without a sore bicep tendon for the first time in ages. I can move my arm in all ranges with no issues. It may be a Bent Press Placebo Effect, but man, I'll take it any day of the week. Its so nice to be able to flex my bicep with no pain whatsoever.
Anyway, what I wanted to report that I've found absolutely crazy is that its just about healed an issue that I've been having with my right bicep and shoulder. For months, I've had a super sore bicep and its really limited what I've been able to do. For whatever reason, I had a definite improvement in pain the first day after doing the bent presses. It made me scratch my head a bit at first and I told myself "no" it couldn't be the bent pressing. Well, its been a week and I've bent pressed with my getups 3x this week and this morning I woke up without a sore bicep tendon for the first time in ages. I can move my arm in all ranges with no issues. It may be a Bent Press Placebo Effect, but man, I'll take it any day of the week. Its so nice to be able to flex my bicep with no pain whatsoever.