Help a bro out (chest)

[Vujic02]

Here's the deal, I've started going to the gym to recover from my injury ( Adductor muscle got hurt while playing soccer ).
But the sessions were short and I was thinking, I've always been quite unhappy with my body so I decided to start lifting weights.
Long story short, I've seen some progress (back, arms) but the main thing that made me unhappy with my body is my chest.
I've read about gynecomastia and I'm pretty sure I don't have that.
A lot of people are telling me that my upper chest is lagging or even my whole chest...
I think that's because I'm not training properly. A lot of times I can't feel my chest while working out, I mainly feel my arms or shoulders (ex. doing incline bench press with 50kg I feel my arms and shoulders, but when i do it with 30kg I feel chest working more. probably because of bad form I'm not sure).
I know that diet is important for growth so I ate 200-300 calories above maintance to gain muscle, ate 120g+ of protein(eggs, chicken breasts, tuna, high protein yogurts, cheeses etc.), even bought some quality protein ( ALL Stars HY PRO ).
I train push pull legs at the gym and once a week push ups at home.
My question for all you gym bros is what do I do...

Do I bulk or do I cut? How do I target chest more? What exercises to do for chest?
Is the real problem the fat percentage?


Started going to the gym in may 2021 - now.
Height: 174cm
Starting Weight: 61kg
Current Weight: 71kg

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[RaSH12123]

-cut then go back to lean bulk
-Use incline press machine and also do chest flyes and bench

[SKYHIGHFitness]

Keep eating enough protein and find a sound program. Don't worry about cutting or bulking at this point, your body will change a lot just from lifting weights at all at this point.

My best suggestion would be to pick an exercise you can feel your chest working well on, if it isn't incline (it isn't for a lot of people starting out), try a flat press, a dip, and if none of those work, a fly. Do that exercise 2-3 times per week for 3-4 sets, trying to get another rep or use more weight each week.

For best results though, you should be working every muscle group in a similar fashion.

[Vujic02]

Thank you guys for the advice, I'm pretty sure that I was just doing the exercises wrong, and no one in my gym pointed it out.
I recently watched a lot of videos about incline bench press, incline dumbell press etc.
And long story short, I got one day into the gym and applied some tips from the videos and it worked, I felt my upper chest burning after each exercise, and the next day it was hurting.
After doing that for about 2-3 weeks, I already got stretch marks on my upper chest and on the edge of my armpit...


I'm going to type this for anyone that has similiar issues when doing incline bench press and similar exercises, basically:
1. Tuck in your shoulders back
2. Try to do the exercise with less weight, but focus on lifting with your chest
3. Put your hands inwards and keep them that way!***
4 and the most important one, feel it out (if you feel your chest burning, you are doing it right, if not, try to put your hands differently, shoulders, body etc.)

Also, if anyone wants to see my progress, you can check out my fitness community profile