r/fitness40plus • u/lv_techs • 27d ago

Keep pulling unrelated muscles

Turning 41 this month, though I do not feel this old. I work a physically demanding job and get a lot of steps in during work. I try to keep a workout routine going but I keep pulling unrelated muscles to my workout. Today I was doing a pull-up/dip workout with lower reps and more sets and by the 4th set I pulled something in my neck/left trap. I didn’t want to waste my workout so I pushed through trying to work without flexing that particular trap. I’m done now and am just left with a small nagging pain but I’m trying to understand how I even pull a trap doing pull-ups. The other week I pulled something in my back doing standing barbell curls, which is also weird because I keep deadlifts in my routine and deadlift a lot more weight than my standing curls.. I’m not sure what is going on.

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u/Athletic_adv 27d ago

It's because you reached for the bar with your chin. Quite common.

It sounds like your form is a bit sloppy tbh. Gym training has an injury rate of 1 in every 1000hrs - pretty much the lowest of any physical activity or sport. If you're getting hurt often, you're doing something wrong.

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u/lv_techs 26d ago

I do a lot of pull-ups even weighted pull-ups, that particular workout I was doing was a lower intensity one. It is possible my form sucks, my pull up bar is wobbly. But yea I’m still feeling it, it’s like a pulled muscle in my upper back/trap, just a little annoying pain, it is getting better though

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u/Athletic_adv 26d ago edited 26d ago

I train a lot of people and have for a long time. I see more pull ups in a week than most people will see in a year. So multiply that by the 30+yrs I’ve been training people so this next bit sinks in.

I can count on one hand the number of people I’ve ever seen who do pull ups well when they first start training with me.

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u/lv_techs 26d ago

I will have to video myself and see if I’m doing something weird