Hey Ladies / Hermanites;
I've been recently getting back into lifting and training after several years of pausing.
Everything so far progresses fine. But i keep having this issue in the pectoralis area.
I only seem to have it on the left side, the right side doesn't make any issues.
It doesn't trouble in every day tasks, really only in certain exercises .
(i just took my latest progress pic to show where - and marked the area with a red arrow)
I am not certain if it is a tendon in this area or actually the muscle, but dips and negative pullups are really painfull there, and so are (more or less) all other exercises that include that area.
I am wondering if there is a good tip to
a) prevent it from hurting (a special warmup, or exercise etc)
and
b) what exercises are good to strengthen that area without putting too much strain onto it?
(as i don't want it to become a chronic issue)
Also to the ladies:
How do you manage to actually keep your breasts at least a bit female shaped?
Mine always just shrink as soon as my bodyfat level drops and when i am exercising. But eating more diary products or fat doesn't work for me as i tend to store fat easily into a skinny-fat physique. I mean we all know with training and clean eating they will 'suffer' a bit :) but some ladies seem to have an easier time to maintain the shapes of those. So i am wondering if there is any good tips for that to share, and certain "nono" exercises maybe.
Much thanks in advance! :)