Hey everyone,
Im trying to do the bench press for push A but i dont feel any tension on. For wich exercise should i change?
Hey everyone,
Im trying to do the bench press for push A but i dont feel any tension on. For wich exercise should i change?
You need to concentrate on the lowering and pushing on the bench, don't bounce off your chest. Try to squeeze your chest at the top of the movement. If you still don't feel like you're feeling the lift then switch to dumbbells.
Agreed. Sirgodz56 - the bench is a great exercise, and Im sorry to say it, but if you dont feel the tension then there is something youre doing wrong.
I'm with you on this one and I'm skipping normal width-grip bench lately and doing closed grip and focusing on squeezing when at the top.
Also doing more flyes (cable and dumbbleel) and feeling it a -lot- more. Bench semi-works but I feel my front delts assisting too much.
Feel free to try.
Lots of helpful information here @Sirgodz56!!
Make sure that your shoulder blades are retracted so that you are using more of your chest, and less of your shoulders, to push the weight up.
Try this techinque!
Unfortunately ive had to stop all forms of chest exercise bar 1 due to lateral and medial epicondolytis (golfers and tennis elbow). I find any form of benching or cable work irritates my golfers elbow.
Therefore ive been limited to just one exercise, one which ive never really used but have been forced into and that is the traditional pec dec. The one where your elbows rest on pads at 90 degrees. I find there is no irritation whatsoever using this machine which is of great relief considering i cant stimulate my chest any other way
Im wondering what type of gains can i expect in terms of size from doing nothing but pec deck work for the forseable future. I find i get an incredible pump using this machine but as somebody who has never used it im unsure as to its benifits.
It is a good exersice but can you do push ups or flys ?
Flys tend to aggrivate it the most as im using more grip at the bottom of the motion engaging the forearms which in turn aggrivates the tendons. Push ups not as aggrivating but unfortunately they still dont allow me to perform them pain free.
Pec deck is all i have found which takes the forearms out of it. I waas contemplating isometric training but i havnt got around to testing this yet
When you do flys, try just letting your palms rest on the handle attachments instead of actually gripping them. This should take some of the forearm engagement out of the exercise. See if that allows you to do them pain free.
Have you been to see a sports massage therapist to start getting work done on tight areas to rectify your tennis elbow issue? Thought about an elbow sleeve as well to see if that helps?
Aside from that, I guess you will have to make do with the pec deck. Maybe focus on frequency of training your chest with it, rather than total volume per workout. Maybe train it three times a week for example if you're only using the one machine, and play around with some slow tempo work to maximize your time there.
Hope that helps!
Im using counter force braces which tend to relieve the load placed on the tendons to a degree put not completely.
Yes ive been to a therpaist but as you know yourself the process of healing a tendon is so slow and im reluctant to stop training the area completely if i can avoid it.
Ill play around with the frequency and see how that goes.
Thanks for reply!
Yeah it does take time. Hope it comes right ASAP!