Chest question

[doctorclaus]

why is it that whenever i do chest i feel very little burn and my shoulders are the ones that get tired first??? i feel like im doing a half ass work out bc my shoulders get all pumped and my chest dont.

[CHAP]

Post your stats aswell as yrs training. serious yrs training.

[eatrainrest]

why is it that whenever i do chest i feel very little burn and my shoulders are the ones that get tired first??? i feel like im doing a half ass work out bc my shoulders get all pumped and my chest dont.

explain burn? anterior delts are supposed to be secondary, unless of course your doing incline too high or brinign the bar to your neck lol... post your exercises you do and reps. it sounds obvious to me that your form is the problem here

[dedic8ed1]

Don't do heavy bench press.............I can almost guarente that's the movement causing the pain.Start with incline barbbell then do dumbbell bench press.Go back to square 1 or even take a week or 2 off from training chest.Concentrate on just recruiting the chest fibers rather then forcing weight up and letting it drop down.Go slow and 50-60%of your 1 rep max don't lock out eitherJust learn how to do chest all over again you'll be glad you did.Check the ego and start from scratch this is a common problem among bbr more then you think.

[doctorclaus]

explain burn? anterior delts are supposed to be secondary, unless of course your doing incline too high or brinign the bar to your neck lol... post your exercises you do and reps. it sounds obvious to me that your form is the problem here

that was problem # 1 thank you for answer

[doctorclaus]

Don't do heavy bench press.............I can almost guarente that's the movement causing the pain.Start with incline barbbell then do dumbbell bench press.Go back to square 1 or even take a week or 2 off from training chest.Concentrate on just recruiting the chest fibers rather then forcing weight up and letting it drop down.Go slow and 50-60%of your 1 rep max don't lock out eitherJust learn how to do chest all over again you'll be glad you did.Check the ego and start from scratch this is a common problem among bbr more then you think.

that was prob # 2 thank you i did chest today and studied my workout to get answers really appreciate it will do

[doctorclaus]

im supposed to bring bar to nipples rite?? i was bringing it too high (almost neck)

[eatrainrest]

im supposed to bring bar to nipples rite?? i was bringing it too high (almost neck)

nipple length arms locked at 90 degrees

[stack_it]

make sure not to bounce off your chest

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nipple length arms locked at 90 degrees

i'm not challenging you on this and i have in no way the knowledge you have but i just wanted to state that after studying some of vince gironda's work outs i have gone to the flat bench neck press and it has done wonders for my chest. i guess some people are different but i wouldn't throw the idea of doing these out.

[stack_it]

i'm not challenging you on this and i have in no way the knowledge you have but i just wanted to state that after studying some of vince gironda's work outs i have gone to the flat bench neck press and it has done wonders for my chest. i guess some people are different but i wouldn't throw the idea of doing these out.

Are you saying you drop the bar down over your neck when doing flat barbell? I would be worried about shoulder injury with this..... Although it could make you lose a habit off bouncing the weight up real quick

[-Ender-]

grip width on the bar will play a role.

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Are you saying you drop the bar down over your neck when doing flat barbell? I would be worried about shoulder injury with this..... Although it could make you lose a habit off bouncing the weight up real quick

that's correct. you use much lighter weight. like start with 135 just to get the feel. grip the bar just past shoulder width. lower the bar to the neck / chest meeting plane. gironda says you should bring your legs up and feet off the floor to target only the chest. sometimes i do that and sometimes i don't.
this is a "proper movement" lift and not a "heavy weight" movement.
the first time i did this i didn't think it was hitting my chest much until the next day.. my pecs were done!. and i only did that movement for chest day just to see how good it was.

[stack_it]

I'll have to try it sometime. I'm less than a year out of therapy for my rotator cuff so I'm thinking I'll give it a little more time before I put that kind of strain on my shoulder

[eatrainrest]

i'm not challenging you on this and i have in no way the knowledge you have but i just wanted to state that after studying some of vince gironda's work outs i have gone to the flat bench neck press and it has done wonders for my chest. i guess some people are different but i wouldn't throw the idea of doing these out.

what are wonders? soreness would be a very poor example to start if you were. no offense taken i just see absolutely no benef it of this type of training as there are other, much safer techniques.

[Ronnie Rowland]

why is it that whenever i do chest i feel very little burn and my shoulders are the ones that get tired first??? i feel like im doing a half ass work out bc my shoulders get all pumped and my chest dont.

This is very common!

1) You must keep your shoulders back and chest held high to work the chest.

2) Use a little less weight and feel the chest contract as you lift. Control the negative and no bouncing before doing the positive stroke .

2) You are working on a faulty angle for your biomechanics if the front shoulders are taking the brunt of the work load during pressing movements. Try a 10-15 degree incline and decline barbell presses along with machine flyes and your chest will pump up!

[lovbyts]

FORM, go SLOW, dont bounce, a few more reps, NOT heavy.

When I made sure my arms are at 90 and elbows out 90 deg and went lighter, slower reps I feel a LOT more burn directly in the chest.

[FireGuy]

This is very common!

1) You must keep your shoulders back and chest held high to work the chest.

2) Use a little less weight and feel the chest contract as you lift. Control the negative and no bouncing before doing the positive stroke .

2) You are working on a faulty angle for your biomechanics if the front shoulders are taking the brunt of the work load during pressing movements. Try a 10-15 degree incline and decline barbell presses along with machine flyes and your chest will pump up!

Very good point, see too many people roll their shoulders forward, especially at the top of many chest exercises.