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justin_yh · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 6

I'd like to ask about my chest exercise.
I have done push ups, bench press, dumbbell press, flyes, dips.
But compared to the other exercise (ex: row for back, deadlift) I don't feel anything about my chest muscle.
I mean, when I did rowing, I felt my back muscle stressed/weary (or I dunno what the right word for it, stressed or something) at the day after.
By that condition, I can feel that my back muscled has been exercised.

But when I do chest exercise, I only felt my triceps muscle that has been exercised.

Are there anything wrong with my exercise?

My triceps muscles has been built well, but my chest muscle still have low mass.
Please help.

felguard · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 89

Do you max out every once in awhile?

justin_yh · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 6

My last routine is:
dumbbell flyes 2x12 (slow, about 3 sec/rep)
pushups 2x12 (slow, about 4 sec/rep)
dips until failure (slow, about 4 sec/rep)
+shoulder exercises

I have used the weight big enough.

Is that what you mean with max out every once in a while?

swanso5 · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:53 am Post subject:

chest is weak compared to tri's which is very common (mine are too)...try 1 and half rep push ups where you lower to the ground, push up half way, lower back down than push all the way up again...can do with benches too

justin_yh · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 6

I see...let me guess, so the half push from lower to the ground will work the chest while the rest work for the triceps?

What if I did half push for every reps? Can it help me to focus on my chest only?

swanso5 · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:09 am Post subject:

mix it up with 1/2 reps and 1 1/2 reps for best results

bottom 3rd - chest
middle 3rd - front delts
top 3rd - tri's

justin_yh · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 6

thank you for the knowledge! It helps me to understand chest exercise better...

felguard · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 89

Max as in you bench the most amount of weight you can, meaning you're only able to rep it once barely. Or if you got a spotter, you can do a weight like way heavier then what you can max. For example, I can max 185, but once in awhile, my friend helps me spot 225, but of course he has to lift and carry it for me. This definitely will give your chest pain the next day.