Muscle V. Tendon

FrnkLft
FrnkLft Posts: 1,821 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So for anyone who is familiar with me, I'm an attention to detail, warm up well, safety first kind of guy.

That said, even working on a conservative program like 5/3/1, I managed to develop tendonitis in both my lower quads, and lower biceps. None of this is the fault of the program, but of my lack of experiance in determining what weight to start with.

I still squat 1.3x my bodyweight just earlier this week for 5x5, so it's not horrible, but I have to call it quits for now and go to a physical therapist to make sure I don't do any real damage.

I guess while my muscles were up to the task, my tendons were not.

The moral of the story: Seriously, start light. And when I say light, I mean embarassing weight lol You'll work yourself up from there, and you'll be glad to have the joint/tendon health to keep going.

Learn the ego check, it will take you far.

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  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Sorry to hear about your injuries. Another point to keep in mind, tendons don't get the blood flow that muscles do. As a result, they take much longer to heal. When you have an injury, it is critical that you go through a full rehab before you jump back in.
  • FrnkLft
    FrnkLft Posts: 1,821 Member
    Sorry to hear about your injuries. Another point to keep in mind, tendons don't get the blood flow that muscles do. As a result, they take much longer to heal. When you have an injury, it is critical that you go through a full rehab before you jump back in.

    Yeah so I've read. And to this point, I actually took off about 5 weeks pretty solid rest (granted, the condition was pretty well agrivated by that point) and my tendons still weren't perfect. Went back to the bar increasing 10 lbs per workout on each (SL 5x5) and still didn't get better after that.

    It's just not a situation you want to be in, because it takes forever to get back up to speed.

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