I blew out my right rotator last year. We were at the gym on heavy bench day. My partner at the time could bench 505, I was on cycle... and my ego got the best of me. I tried to put up a lil too much (doesnt matter how much, lets just say it was "10 lbs too much". lol). And I felt it go *pop*.... and all of a sudden I had a VERY, VERY heavy bar making it difficult to breathe! So he pulled the bar off of me and I came up and realized everyone had just seen me fail. Uh-oh, *Dumb-ass alert*. Yeah, you guessed it, I tried it again, with even worse results.
It took about a year to be able to bench heavy again... but I dont think I will ever worry about my "max" again. Its not worth the risk to me. To this day there are still certain motions that are difficult. I cant do heavy weights on any motion that pushes over the head and my rear delts are lagging cuz of the pain involved in training them.
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