Audible click in the left shoulder as the bar comes back down from lockout, roughly at eye level, every rep. Right shoulder is silent. No pain during or after, no loss of strength, and I can press the same weight as always. Been happening for about three weeks and I've kept training through it. Is a painless click something to work around or something to stop for?
Check what you did three weeks ago. New program, new grip width, started sleeping on that side, changed desk setup. Something changed, and it's much easier to find while it's recent than in six months.
I moved my desk and my left arm now rests on nothing for eight hours a day. That's suspicious timing.
Try a slightly narrower or wider grip and see if the click moves or disappears. If a 3cm change in hand position silences it, that tells you it's mechanical positioning rather than anything structural, which is useful information for free.
Also worth trying dumbbells for a block. They let each shoulder find its own path instead of being locked to a bar, and a lot of one-sided pressing noises quieten down with a few weeks of that.
Good suggestion. Landmine pressing is another one in the same family if dumbbells aren't available at your gym.
No pain, no problem. Everyone clicks somewhere.
@thoracic_tim · last mo. · 3 replies
Painless clicking is common and usually not a big deal, but I'm not going to tell you it's definitely nothing from a text description — if it changes, starts hurting, or you lose any strength or range, get it looked at by a physio rather than asking the internet.
That said, what helped me with an almost identical eccentric-only click:
An asymmetry that appeared three weeks ago is worth watching, not panicking about.
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@tiny_steps_tam · last mo.
Added face pulls and started warming up properly instead of jumping straight in. Click is still there but quieter, and I feel much more solid at the top.
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@deficit_dot · last mo.
The warm-up point applies to everyone over about 30 and nobody wants to hear it. Ten minutes of boring band work has kept me pressing for years.
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