Adjusting Routine Due To A "Tweak"

[kyoun1e]

Damn it. Really annoyed. I'm in week 3 of a 5 x 5 and I'm loving my progress. I've moved from 5 sets of 185 to 5 sets of 225+. However, on my last set this morning I definitely felt some kind of wierd tweak in the right pec area. When I went to incline it definitely didn't feel comfortable to the point I really had to pull back.

Question: In this case where it may be more of a slight muscle pull vs a serious strain what do you do?

* Stop alltogether?
* Lower the intensity a bit? For example, move from 5 x 5 to maybe 3 x 10-12 for a bit?
* Power through it...screw it.

I really don't want to deviate from what I see as progress right now, but I also don't want to totally shut down at some point either. The middle path would seem to be a lowering of the intensity...and if that's the case, I'd contemplate moving towards a hypertrophy shift alltogether just to remain consistent.

Would be interested to hear how most deal with this situation.

And, fyi...I'm 40 so I don't exactly rebound like I used to. Being mortal sucks.

Thanks.

KY

 

[kyoun1e]

I guess everyone is super-human around here...

 

[P-funk]

give it a week or so to rest. then start back with light weight.

patrick

 

[T_man]

give it 2 weeks.
better be surely safe than sorry. It might be a damaged ligament, if you've been doing low reps for a while your ligament strength won't be as high
so first rest it then start off with high reps and slowly ease back to your 5x5

I injured my groin ligament and instead of resting it and easing back into exercise i just jumped straight back into football(soccer).

I was given 2 weeks to rest it in september. It's now march and it hasnt gotten any better cos i didnt friggin rest it so annoying

 

[kyoun1e]

Resting not my strong suit.

I'm probably no different than anyone in this way...I just want to get right back in there.

That said, a day after the "tweak" and I think this may be a small bump in the road. I'm not back on horizontal push till Friday. Think all may be clear.

KY