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post 1705522511 08-26-2024, 03:43 PM
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Anyone ever stop training chest for a long time?

Had a pec strain a week ago and I'm not sure how long it will take to recover. My chest is pretty well developed in the area I got injured and I'm actually looking forward to losing some mass there.

Have you guys ever stopped training it for a long time, and trained everything else instead? What happened?
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post 1705523631 08-26-2024, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
Had a pec strain a week ago and I'm not sure how long it will take to recover. My chest is pretty well developed in the area I got injured and I'm actually looking forward to losing some mass there.

Have you guys ever stopped training it for a long time, and trained everything else instead? What happened?
yes this happened to me. I beleive I was eventually able to shoulder press and i just focused on those for my push day. after a few months , chest recovered, and everything was all good. just work around it brother, you ll be fine.
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post 1705523691 08-26-2024, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted By Legendsneverdie⏩
yes this happened to me. I beleive I was eventually able to shoulder press and i just focused on those for my push day. after a few months , chest recovered, and everything was all good. just work around it brother, you ll be fine.
Did you see a doctor to get an ultrasound or go to any physical therapy? And did you lose any visible mass?

Silver lining for me is that I can already train shoulders just as heavily as before. So I can still do shoulders, back, arms, legs, core, etc.
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post 1705523711 08-26-2024, 04:08 PM
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I honestly hate training chest heavy due to pec minor injury i had years ago, every time i start going heavy my left chest always hurts like a mofo and feels like I'm having a heart attack
post 1705523891 08-26-2024, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
Did you see a doctor to get an ultrasound or go to any physical therapy? And did you lose any visible mass?

Silver lining for me is that I can already train shoulders just as heavily as before. So I can still do shoulders, back, arms, legs, core, etc.
bro, you are golden if you can hit shoulders.

No, i never saw a doc because i was pretty sure it didnt tear. No diagnositic tests for me. If you aren't sure, and think it is a tear, go get some kind of dx test.

can you do some light set of cable/machine flies? maybe work those in. Yeah I do believe my chest got a bit soft, but it recovered fast once injury healed. Just stay lean.
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post 1705525071 08-26-2024, 04:49 PM
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You should be training it if it's a strain. Start with isometrics in a safe range (not on stretch) and progress from there as pain allows, push ups-> light weight partial ROM pressing, -> full ROM -> full ROM with heavy weights.
post 1705525681 08-26-2024, 05:08 PM
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I've stopped using my chest for a month or two after surgery several times, it's not a big deal. Take a month off and you will be back to where you were in three weeks. Take two months off and it will be 5-6 weeks.
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post 1705525931 08-26-2024, 05:14 PM
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Had a similar injury. Didn’t hit chest for several weeks at all, then chest day was just 250-300 pushups for another month or so. It eventually healed up and good to go now
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Originally Posted By Khumatmibro⏩
You should be training it if it's a strain. Start with isometrics in a safe range (not on stretch) and progress from there as pain allows, push ups-> light weight partial ROM pressing, -> full ROM -> full ROM with heavy weights.
What he said


Find your entry point and slowly build back to full ROM/load pressing

https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog...ining-what-do/
post 1705526341 08-26-2024, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted By AshWar⏩
What he said


Find your entry point and slowly build back to full ROM/load pressing

https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog...ining-what-do/
Preach. Retard miscers will be telling him to take half a year off and when he's weak and deconditioned he'll wonder why he keeps getting injured by jumping straight back into the workouts he's currently doing lol.
post 1705526431 08-26-2024, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted By Khumatmibro⏩
You should be training it if it's a strain. Start with isometrics in a safe range (not on stretch) and progress from there as pain allows, push ups-> light weight partial ROM pressing, -> full ROM -> full ROM with heavy weights.
Originally Posted By Khumatmibro⏩
Preach. Retard miscers will be telling him to take half a year off and when he's weak and deconditioned he'll wonder why he keeps getting injured by jumping straight back into the workouts he's currently doing lol.
Isn't it dangerous to train through it due to the possibility of tearing it again even worse than the first time?
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post 1705526621 08-26-2024, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
Isn't it dangerous to train through it due to the possibility of tearing it again even worse than the first time?
Nope, you need to get some load through it in order for it to regain some tensile strength. It's fine to rest it for a couple of days but after that I'd start loading it in an incremental manner as described.

Btw for reference I have worked with someone who tore their hamstring off the bone and they were back playing their sport after a surgical reattachment and 4 months rehab.

If you didn't have a pop/tear, extensive bruising and loss of function it's most likely a relatively small muscle injury and should be fully resolved within a few weeks.
post 1705952721 09-16-2024, 06:33 PM
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Had a big shoulder injury like 8 years ago. Didn’t bench for 8 months. Probably lost around 100 lbs on max, chest lost some definition. In all fairness, I could have done A LOT more lifting and probably maintained my physique (though some strength loss was inevitable)

Once I started benching again and shoulder was back to normal it only took a few months for the strength and definition to come back and less then a year later hit new bench PRs

Short answer, shouldn’t be a problem if you take a bit of time off. A small strain probably needs 2-4 weeks off which will do nothing to definition, maybe 4 weeks off will be a slight hit to strength
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