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I've been doing a lot of dumbbell presses to work on my chest but I feel no burn, experience no soreness, and don't have any tightness in my pecks or general chest area. I do, however, experience these in my shoulders and delts.

Could it be my form is off or am doing the exercise improperly, thus feeling the workout in areas other than my chest?

Must I feel burn, soreness, and tightness to know I'm working the area thoroughly?

Thanks!
 
soreness is not a sure sign of a good workout. your arms might just be weaker than ur chest, so your arms tiere before your chest. i experience the same with benching, im almost never sore after benching, but i still gain muscle
 
Karky said:
soreness is not a sure sign of a good workout. your arms might just be weaker than ur chest, so your arms tiere before your chest. i experience the same with benching, im almost never sore after benching, but i still gain muscle
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Interesting, thanks.

Just from what I see in myself, I note that my arms/delts/shoulders are much more "bulky" than my chest is.....but perhaps bulk and size isn't necessarily a sign of strength.
 
You can usually tell if your form is off. Try increasing the weight a bit or add a couple more reps to your sets. Be sure you squeeze the hell out of your pecs at the peak of the movement.

You can also try a 2-1-3 movement. That means that you count 2 seconds up, 1 second at the peak (this is where you squeeze as hard as you can) , and 3 seconds down. Somewhat of a "negative" movement.

Also, flat bench d-bell press also involves some front delt movement. That is why you feel sore there. It's normal.
 
itransformed said:
You can usually tell if your form is off. Try increasing the weight a bit or add a couple more reps to your sets. Be sure you squeeze the hell out of your pecs at the peak of the movement.

You can also try a 2-1-3 movement. That means that you count 2 seconds up, 1 second at the peak (this is where you squeeze as hard as you can) , and 3 seconds down. Somewhat of a "negative" movement.

Also, flat bench d-bell press also involves some front delt movement. That is why you feel sore there. It's normal.
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Great advice, thanks!

I actually have upped my weight by 10 lbs on each of my 10/8/6. I haven't been "squeezing" my pecks, really. Been trying to "push" w/ those muscles rather than others.

The 2-1-3 thing sounds helpful as well. "Pace" of my lifts has always been something I've wondered about.

Thanks again!
 
on 2-1-3

No way, The eccentric phase of the chest press causes the muscles to lengthen under stress, This is where most injuries happen and is also accounts for 90% of soreness the next day.

Have a blast through Chad Waterbury’s articles, I think its called Building your reps, Its in 2 parts.
 
manofkent said:
on 2-1-3

No way, The eccentric phase of the chest press causes the muscles to lengthen under stress, This is where most injuries happen and is also accounts for 90% of soreness the next day.

Have a blast through Chad Waterbury’s articles, I think its called Building your reps, Its in 2 parts.
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I disagree, if his form is right and muscles are warm he should be fine with this movement.
 
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