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dollar1299 Posts: 6 Joined: 2007/05/15	2007/09/18, 09:02 AM HELLO IM A41 YR OLD MALE..IM WORKING OUT NOW 5 DAYS A WEEK TRYING TO BUILD MY CHEST UP..DOING THE BENCH PRESSES BUT I FEEL ALL THE BURN IN MY ARMS NONE IN MY CHEST I WORK OUT 1 DAY LET IT REST FOR 2 DAYS THEN I BEGIN THE ROUTINE OVER..SOME ONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT I AM DOING WRONG NO BURN IN CHEST AT ALL
immovablestone Posts: 151 Joined: 2005/01/19	2007/09/18, 09:08 AM Widen your grip a bit, and work your tri's a little more? Also lowering the weight and doing more reps will make your chest "burn" more if thats what you're looking for. -------------- This is SPARTA!!!
	2007/09/18, 09:30 AM Why would you want your chest to burn? Do you do anything else but chest? What is your routine? -------------- Those who want tolerance must be tolerant to intolerance.
Pemdas Posts: 973 Joined: 2004/07/22	2007/09/18, 09:33 AM First, don't use all caps. It is annoying. Second. The tri's are one of the primary movers in the bench press especially if you bench with a relatively narrow grip. Shoulders are also a primary mover in the bench. I don't exact percentages as it is different for everyone, but I would be willing to hypothesis that these two muscles move about %50-%60 of load when you bench. This why you feel it in your arms.
dollar1299 Posts: 6 Joined: 2007/05/15	2007/09/18, 10:02 AM I basically follow the routine that I recieved from y=this site
dollar1299 Posts: 6 Joined: 2007/05/15	2007/09/18, 10:05 AM Thats y I came to this site so I could learn proper routines to build just askin for a lil help
dollar1299 Posts: 6 Joined: 2007/05/15	2007/09/18, 10:07 AM If you can suggest a routine i would follow it for 8 wks and get back at you with my results
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2007/09/20, 08:43 AM Without actually watching you bench it is hard to tell you what you're doing wrong. It would benefit you to either ask a trainer/coach or just ask one of the guys in the gym with a huge bench press. That being said you could be doing everything right. The bench press is a compound movement and utilizes much more than just your pectoral muscles. What are your leg and back routines? Back muscles play into your bench press as well believe it or not. As they said above, it is heavily tricep dependent and shoulder dependent as well. If your triceps are the weak link you will feel it more in them because they will take a greater beating until they are brought up to the level of your chest and shoulder muscles.
	2007/09/26, 08:11 AM just as a sidenote...if you dont do squats, deadlifts, and military presses you get cancer. Proven fact. You may want to start doing a basic 5x5 program. google.com for the win. I know bodybuilding.com has it in its S/P forum stickies. Sherdog.com has the program in its S/P stickies. burn is not an indicator of effectiveness...most basic way to hit chest is to widen the grip ...lower bar to the chest...pause...then press...
returnofplex Posts: 801 Joined: 2007/10/26	2007/11/22, 02:38 AM ============ Quoting from dollar1299: HELLO IM A41 YR OLD MALE..IM WORKING OUT NOW 5 DAYS A WEEK TRYING TO BUILD MY CHEST UP..DOING THE BENCH PRESSES BUT I FEEL ALL THE BURN IN MY ARMS NONE IN MY CHEST I WORK OUT 1 DAY LET IT REST FOR 2 DAYS THEN I BEGIN THE ROUTINE OVER..SOME ONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT I AM DOING WRONG NO BURN IN CHEST AT ALL ============= Maybe you should try switching from the barbell to dumbbells. I've had a hard time with the ol' bench press myself, and noticed better results when I switched off to dumbbells. Try simulating the wide grip of a barbell and not bringing the weights together all of the way at the top of the movement.
BlkPrince99 Posts: 68 Joined: 2007/11/20	2008/01/29, 03:09 PM yeah returnofplex has a good point :dumbbell: work better its hard to get a real good burn from the barbell unless your doing the machine bench at a high weight with alot of weight not that works