I have been lifting seriously for about four months now, and I have noticed that when I work my pecs my right pec never does any work. I have tried everything I can think of to fix the problem but nothing helps. Every chest exercise has the same results. I notice that the next day my left pec is sore but my right one is not. Now my left pec is bigger than my right! I tried using lowering the weight to ensure proper form but it doesn't help. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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thick
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have u tried dumbbells? do u lift on a smith machine?
eleven11
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Can you flex it?
you might have some nerve damage to that area. you might want to have that looked at.
you might have some nerve damage to that area. you might want to have that looked at.
I would have someone experienced (not just some schmoe around the gym) critique your form. Its possible that there is some form breakdown where your tris and/or delts are taking the brunt of the work and leaving your right pec out.
thick
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i would steer clear of the smith. u haven't been lifting that long to really know if db's will end up helping or not. How heavy can you go with db's?
thick
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ok, you will be able to determine more when you are getting up to 70+ pound db's. If you can contract your pec fine, no shoulder or chest pain, and it isn't atrophied than i would stick to incline db's as your major chest movement. Try slowly getting to heavier db's. I would do flat db's or decline db's as my secondary movement again trying to work up on poundages. have u had any chest/shoulder injuries? what does yourcurrent training look like and what r your stats?
thick
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so what are your stats and w/o routine?
Bottom line here is pushing forward for a while and getting to at least 70 or 80 pound dumbells for 10 solid reps. 35 and 45 pounders... I mean, not for nothing bro, that's not going to build you up (I wanted to say something else, but I digress).nickw said:
Do you include dips in your routine? What about pushups? Sounds like you need to learn how to force your body to feel the chest more when pushing. You may very well be going too light and not using your chest to push that weight up. But you definitely gotta get some heavier dumbbells in there.
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thick
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at 155lbs your lt pec can't be much bigger than your right b/c youcan't have much for pecs. I still say work up slowly with heavier db's. dips are also good but u need to do weighted dips. at your weight, bodyweight only dips wont even be productive for your current goals and problems IMO.edit: also post your workout routines such as how many days/week u lift, what exercises you do etc.
nickw said:
I lift four days a week. sunday is back and bi's, monday is legs and abs, wendsday; shoulders and traps, thursday; chest, tri's and abs. This is kind of a wierd schedule but I work twelve hour shifts four days one week and three days the next and it's tough to have a good workout schdule some times. Anyway, for my chest I do four sets of incline bench's an 100 pounds with twelve reps, flat db presses at 45 pounds and I just started using the pec deck at 90 pounds for three sets but I think I need to up the weight with that. A day or two later I am pretty sore with that workout.
You need to totally revamp your chest workout.
Try this instead:
Incline bench 5 sets of 5 reps (use the same weight each set)
Decline 3 sets of 5 reps
No flyes no pec dec, none of the crappy isolation movements that so many people use.
Try this instead:
Incline bench 5 sets of 5 reps (use the same weight each set)
Decline 3 sets of 5 reps
No flyes no pec dec, none of the crappy isolation movements that so many people use.
thick
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try that with the heaviest weight you can use for the 5 sets of 5. i would keep it with db's. After 3-4 weeks do a week where you do 5 sets of 5 but pyramid up. So start off with 50 lb db for ex. and do it 5 sets of 5. after 3 or 4 weeks or longer if you are continuing to get stronger and use higher db's every week. when youquit getting stronger do a couple of weeks of pyramiding such as one set with 35lbs, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 or whatever your max weight is. After a few weeks of this you should be ready for HST, or some other w/o where you are hitting each body part 2-3 times per week. Go to www hsnhst .com and start reading. I would wait on hst until you have more of a foundation built up. you will get stronger by just doing 1x/week right now.
