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Hey folks, hope everyone is doing well. Just throwing this idea out there to gauge interest, as I know a lot of you work out. I'm mid 40's and have banged up shoulders but still enjoy lifting. Shoulders aren't terrible, but bench press and dumbbell press aggravate them something fierce, esp if it's enough weight to be challenging.
I noticed pushups don't aggravate my shoulders the way the other pressing movements do. They allow much more scapular movement and hand placement options vs bench or DB press which pin you're back on the bench and impinge your shoulders. Its also a safer movement for obv reasons. So, I've slowly started adding plates, sort of trying to find the line where my shoulders start hurting. So far I'm up to 140 lbs with no shoulder pain and putting on size once again for the first time in years. You can also play with elevating your feet for a decline (essentially an incline press) vs adding more weight.
My backpack is starting to fall apart and its awkward trying to stand up w that much weight on your back. What I need is a backpack designed to hold my existing plates (std olympic) and a way to put it on thats safe and less awkward. Closest thing I see is the ruck sacks and super expensive weighted vests which don't utilize one's existing plates, and are very expensive. I have more nuanced value skews to make this idea better, but this is the general idea.
I noticed pushups don't aggravate my shoulders the way the other pressing movements do. They allow much more scapular movement and hand placement options vs bench or DB press which pin you're back on the bench and impinge your shoulders. Its also a safer movement for obv reasons. So, I've slowly started adding plates, sort of trying to find the line where my shoulders start hurting. So far I'm up to 140 lbs with no shoulder pain and putting on size once again for the first time in years. You can also play with elevating your feet for a decline (essentially an incline press) vs adding more weight.
My backpack is starting to fall apart and its awkward trying to stand up w that much weight on your back. What I need is a backpack designed to hold my existing plates (std olympic) and a way to put it on thats safe and less awkward. Closest thing I see is the ruck sacks and super expensive weighted vests which don't utilize one's existing plates, and are very expensive. I have more nuanced value skews to make this idea better, but this is the general idea.
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