Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

So, do you have any idea?

Is this, like, a mobility problem?

Do you know what I'm talking about?

Have you heard of this?

Okay.

Yeah.

I mean, this is something like even back when, you know...

Yeah, it is.

And it's even with lighter dumbbells.

Like if I do, you know, eight with each hand, so I'm 16 total overhead presses, you know, and it's like I've been avoiding the overhead press because of fear of activating.

And it is the traps that get sore and sometimes it even spasms.

But it's something that I've now two friends, two girlfriends that have the exact same problem.

where they can't do overhead presses.

Well, the neck pain, I mean, it'll last.

It'll affect my sleep.

I mean, then it's like this vicious cycle.

So, you know, and I've seen a physical therapist about it.

And it's kind of like, well, is it a compensation thing where you're like, you know, like you're mentioning, maybe I'm not as full range motion.

And so something else is tightening up or I'm overcompensating in some other way.

That's not really...