Originally Posted by Inspector71

I grew up a scrawny pencil-neck and when I finally got into weights (age 25ish?) I had no idea what I was doing. Eventually, without the aid of any type of drugs, I got up to a 350 bench, locked out, 425 squat, and 185 behind the neck press for 7 reps. Yeah, nothing to write home about but all I was doing was copying other people's routines and patching together this or that. Years go by and I have many cortisone injections and then operations including shoulder, elbow (both), hernia, and others and now I'm middle aged but still like the weights. What causes me so many problems now is the amount of pain in the joints. My movements are very limited. I tried preacher/Scott curls and they fried my elbows. That was 6 months ago and still having problems today. I tried incline dumbbell curls and that hurts my shoulder. I can bench somewhat, military press, curls, leg machines (no squats due to the damage to my lower beck and neck) and I am really liking complete dumbbell routines. I've gotten a lot of advice for repairing the elbows and dealing with the pain but, other than lots of ice, none of it has worked. Any ideas? I've been out of the game a while and am wondering if there are new books/routines for the over the hill guy who still likes to rack it out with the weights. Thanks.