Is this normal muscle exhaustion?

[zildjian_4]

Hi everyone,

so over the past couple monthes i have been starting my chest routine with incline db presses, then moving onto flat bench. Ive noticed that after doing my incline sets when i go do flat BB i can barely do anything, i repped 155x10 today, i kept my form slow and steady, touched for 1 second then went back up because im tyring to fix an imbalance as well. my max bench is 255, or was before i started doing incline first(that is touch for 1 second, and back up). now, i inclined the 90's today 7 times, and then moved onto flat and did 155x10. makes no sense to me. any ideas?

[Bob-ay]

Ya body always needs a break... suggest taking a week off every couple months to let ya body fully recover.. Lifting does take a toll on ya body after awhile

[tuff253]

Every 6 weeks I take a week off. Helps keep the body fresh. D you still feel very sore though the next day?

[J_Bo]

SOunds like a little worse than normal. What can you do for 10 reps when you start with Flat Bench?

[zildjian_4]

Ya i agree about the week off. i took the first week of january off(clevermmissed the big gym rush) lol.

its not that my pecs r sooo soar i cant lift anymore, they just feel so much weaker. i have been doing dips faithfully too, ive been trying to nail my triceps 2x a week because theyre lagging a little bit.

[zildjian_4]

SOunds like a little worse than normal. What can you do for 10 reps when you start with Flat Bench?

hm...i cant tell you for sure because its been a few monthes but i think i was doing 205

[J_Bo]

hm...i cant tell you for sure because its been a few monthes but i think i was doing 205

Yeah, that may be bit extreme. But if you're going hard on the Incline DB's and really fatiguing yourself, then that's all that matters. Just keep at it and your muscle endurance should increase.