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I was reading that thinking your deads were looking strong, and then I saw the seated shoulder press. WTF man?!

Definitely look at doing some soft tissue work all around your elbow and possibly your pec and shoulder. Can you be any more accurate about where the pain is? I might be able to help more accurately if you can point out the muscle on a diagram or something.
 
Always had reasonably strong shoulders but I can translate that strength to my pressing very easily when seated whereas standing OHP feels ridiculously heavy in comparison.

Pain starts around the lower part of my bicep, travels down to the crook of my arm and then through to my elbow in both arms. I don't experience pain anywhere else and it's most uncomfortable during pressing exercises at the bottom of the rep and during pullups.
 
Sounds like it could be coming from tight shoulders. Stretch pecs, and try some soft tissue work in all of the painful bits. Try tacking a tight spot down with your thumb with a bent arm, and then keep the pressure on and straighten your elbow. Do this on anything tight in your forearm too.

Alternatively, find a physio! Easy to fix provided you find a non-moron. Either way, it's worth dealing with because stuff like this can end up causing more problems.
 
Squats
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Bench Press
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Pendlay Rows
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Hanging Kneg Raises
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Hyperextensions
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Squats
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Deadlifts
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Hanging Kneg Raises
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Squats
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Bench Press
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Bicep pain came back with a vengeance tonight so I dropped my arm assistance exercises but expect it to get worse and prevent me from benching at some point in the next two weeks :(
 
icecold said:
Have you tried all kinds of pec and shoulder stretching?
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Sorry, thought I had already replied to your post. I generally rely on warmup sets rather than stretching although I do find myself stretching between heavy sets on upper body exercises.

Delvis said:
I had to go to town with a hockey ball on mu bicep to fix it, had a similar problem benching too
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I've tried the thumb trick Ice suggested as well as rolling my Powerball over my arms but nothing feels tight or painful on the surface. This feels like it's deep in the arm.
 
Paused Squats
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Bench Press
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Pendlay Rows
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Hanging Kneg Raises
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Hyperextensions
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Paused Squats - I've been told I suffer from bum tuck on my lighter sets, which is down to the ease I can squat the weight without completely focusing on my form, so I'm doing these until the weight gets heavy.

Bench Press - Nowhere near as painful as Friday although I still felt a dull ache in my arms. Pullups seem to cause the problem and pressing exercises aggravate it so I'm dropping my pullups for a few weeks to allow my arms to rest between bench days.
 
I've read pull-ups and chins can cause a lot of elbow/arm issues actually, keep us posted on how the arm goes.

Loving the squats mate, got any videos at all? :)
 
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