How do I make sure my benchpress is working my chest? Just feels like it is nothing but my arms
>>77398870If you don't have a pump after a set you're doing it wrong
YouTube Chris Jones bench or John meadows bench press. Good tips
>>77398879https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgEg9m9MJYk?
>>77398870Do dumbell fly half reps. You should really feel it in your chest as you stretch wide at the bottom, lower and wider than possible with a barbell
>>77398870Make sure your shoulder blades are back and down when you are lifting. You can also add chest isolation exercises before or after.
>>77398902>Make sure your shoulder blades are back and down when you are lifting.'screw them in' when rotating the dumbbells for the correct angle, right?>You can also add chest isolation exercises before or after.Such as?
>>77398907You should have correct shoulder blade posture before touching the weights and maintain it through the whole motion. Your wrists should naturally rotate with the dumbbells, and you shoulders should be kept between 45 and 70 degrees from your torso.Isolation exercises like dumbbell flyes or a chest fly machine done before or after dumbbell chest press will tire out the chest specifically to make the chest muscles do more total work without shoulder fatigue being a limiting factor.
>>77398907If you are using poor form (elbows tucked in too tight or close to a 90 degree angle), then you might be putting strain on your shoulders that way.
>>77398924No not t-posing
>>77398870Wider grip, but remember to keep your elbows in as much as possible.
>>77398896>>77398917Do flys on floor not bench
>>77398874Probably too high of weight.
this is a good watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz-sjGbXGak
>>77398932That's dumb
>>77398917Fuck you I do what I want
>>77398932I do dumbbell press on floor
>>77398937Safer
>>77398870Your elbows should be no higher(anatomically superior) than the bottom of your sternum.
>>77398946It sorta defeats the porpoise
>>77398970fucking your arms up?
>>77398995You might be doing wrong if flys fuck with yer arms
>>77398870I have the reverse, I always feel sore in my chest after benching. However I know that my chest is weak, which is the reason it's getting hit more.
Do incline bench and make sure its set to a low angle, like 30
>>77398933> Probably too high of weight.both too high and too low is just as important to get into growing pecs properlythe worst i see among beginners or people who deluded themselves with barbell/crosshit religions:> poor balance between form and muscle connectioncrutching, poor range of motion or not reaching necessary weight of resistance or excess reps/weightshould only start failing on reps because of an how excruciating a pump gets or out of a need to increase the weight, gradually.I get it, theres a lot of ego to "lift heavy" but whats the point if youre not growing the proof of it to the naked eye?close your eyes if you have to, feel it rather than completing more reps.rather complete a productive rep over performative reps.
