Isolating the chest

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BeachBum

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Hi all,
I have been working out for a few months now. I started off being pretty careful about the weight I was using and sort of listening to my body so I didn’t over do it. I'm using my own bench press and dumbbells at home.


Any way everything has been going well and I have increased my weight and am now getting a good hard work out, but I am having trouble with my chest. I’m finding that my arms (particularly my left arm is not strong enough to lift the weight in order to hit my chest properly). If my weight is too light I don’t get much of a chest hit, but when I increase it my forearms have trouble.

I’m getting a chest work out, but I can feel that my chest sort of wants/needs more if that makes sense. I can feel that my chest needs a better hit.

I started with bar bell bench presses and then moved on to bench presses with dumbbells which I prefer (that’s what I'm doing at the moment).

I don’t care about what the weight is, so I thought maybe I should drop the weight and focus more on form, but I feel I am focusing on form fairly well now. I thought maybe I should get an incline bench and try that?

Any suggestions?

Cheers,

BeachBum
 
If you need some extra pec work; just to get them feeling fatigued try pec fly's or pushups.

As for the weakness you describe...if it's your triceps; focus on some tricep work to increase their strength. If it's your forearms, do some activities that are specifically designed for forearms (IE Farmer walks).
 
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