My Upper Body Workout From Home (No Push Ups)

I don’t know exactly why this is, but no matter how I do push ups I end up with shoulder pain.

I’ve benched 225lbs for reps… no pain.

20 regular push ups? Pain.

20 wide push ups? Pain.

20 diamond push ups? No pain, but it ain’t comfy.

Probably something to do with my shoulder injury when I launched 6–8 feet in the air on my skateboard when I was 14…

And crash landed right on my side with my shoulder taking the brunt of it…

I healed up, but it’s never been the same ever since.

The confusing part is why bench press, shoulder press, and machines don’t bother my shoulder.

Anyway…

My first at home upper body workout went well even without push ups.

Ended up doing single arm dumbbell shoulder press with a 25lbs dumbbell immediately followed by bodyweight chin ups.

Took a couple minutes rest and did it again.

Then repeated one more time before moving on to dumbbell curls and overhead triceps extensions back to back for 2 rounds.

And wrapped up with chest flys and lateral raises for 2 rounds in the same fashion, which was a surprisingly good…