How heavy did you guys go before you start to fee your chest at the end of the movement? I am currently using 7kg DB for bench press, anything higher my arms feel the stress. Is 7kg too light to feel the chest?
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02-23-2018, 04:42 PM #1
Cannot feel my chest when doing DB bench press
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02-23-2018, 05:04 PM #2Registered User
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If you are untrained in the movement, then I'd consider it normal to feel stress in your arms.
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02-23-2018, 05:55 PM #3about 25 before i am tired.Originally Posted by GeneralSerpant
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02-23-2018, 06:01 PM #4Registered User
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I don't believe that you should be worrying about your arms feeling the stress when you do dumbbell bench press, unless they are feeling hurt or strained during or after (not including DOMS). Watch instructional videos on how to do it, and do the exercise with as much weight as you can for about 12 repetitions with proper form.
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02-23-2018, 11:20 PM #5Registered User
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Don't worry about not feeling it at the end of the movement. It's a compound lift which means it's training more than one muscle group and the end of the lift when you lock out it will always be mainly your triceps driving the weight up. It's at the bottom end of the lift when you start pushing that the chest is mainly worked.
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