Open Question – Arms Hurt After Chest Work But Chest Doesn’t Improve
May 14, 2009 | Posted by billspaced Hi, whenever I do muscle workouts for my pecs (bench press, pec deck etc) I can only feel the muscles in my arms hurting (especially left arm for bench press). I know I have the technique right but can anyone answer why I can’t feel my pecs making an effort??
Thanks a lot.
This is perhaps a perfect application for the Pre-Exhaust principle – with this method, you pre-exhaust the pecs by performing an isolation exercise and then immediately follow with a compound exercise for mass building.
For your chest, it might work like this:
- Flyes – 10-15 reps, immediately followed by
- Incline Bench Press – 6-8 reps
Do NOT rest at all between the two exercises. After you finish the compount exercise (in this case, the Benches), you can take a rest.
Give this a try and tell me what you think in the comments.
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I am not sure what a Flyes is???
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Well, as for me, I am not concerned with my man’s pecs, I am more concerned of the health, as any woman wanted to for their partner. But good thing that some men are conscious of how they look physically because this will only mean that they are into healthy habit to maintain the features of their body.
Go guys! Have more pecs!
The only I can say is that the famous frase no pain no gain is not always true. The pain might just be an indication that you are hurting yourself more than your muscleas are being developed. See your instructor anyway, or get a new one.
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Any tips for building more muscle?