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#31
Feb 11 2015 07:33pm
Quote (RyanTBS25 @ Feb 11 2015 07:59pm)
That's normally how my days go, feel it on the side of my chest into armpit. Just at the time it deters me.



I've never tried ground presses, maybe I'll try it with the smith machine or something.


try with a barbell
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#32
Feb 12 2015 10:29am
Quote (RyanTBS25 @ Feb 10 2015 10:21pm)
Maybe I'll try doing that. Like I said, I get fatigued to the point where I can't really lift with proper form, but also doesn't feel like my pecs were worked 100%


This is the picture of how my shoulder can pop, so it just causes some discomfort when going too low on flat bench http://i.imgur.com/tz6cwl9.jpg



Felt uncomfortable seeing it bend this way lol

I'm not sure if it would help your specific case but I had a similar problem. I fixed it by killing my shoulders before going on the bench.
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#33
Feb 12 2015 12:41pm
Quote (Henchman21 @ 10 Feb 2015 17:11)
can also do some shoulder sets before bench to exhaust them and make the chest work harder



i experienced this, then i fixed my form


Uh what? No!

If you do shoulder exercises before benching, once you bench your shoulders will give out early and you won't get any work done with your chest.



You have to pre-exhaust your chest with isolation exercises so that when you bench, you engage the chest right away. You'll develop your mind-muscle connection and within a few weeks, you'll be able to bench fresh and engage your chest a lot more.
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#34
Feb 12 2015 02:12pm
Quote (CMBurns @ Feb 12 2015 11:41am)
Uh what? No!

If you do shoulder exercises before benching, once you bench your shoulders will give out early and you won't get any work done with your chest.



You have to pre-exhaust your chest with isolation exercises so that when you bench, you engage the chest right away. You'll develop your mind-muscle connection and within a few weeks, you'll be able to bench fresh and engage your chest a lot more.


lol
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#35
Feb 12 2015 05:37pm
Okay, I wouldn't pre-exhaust your chest per se, but definitely get some blood in there prior to benching if you are having trouble with MMC.
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#36
Feb 12 2015 10:25pm
If you ain't feelin DB press in the lats you DOIN IT WRONG FAM...
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Feb 12 2015 10:32pm
Quote (yostraydog @ Feb 13 2015 12:25am)
If you ain't feelin DB press in the lats you DOIN IT WRONG FAM...



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#38
Feb 13 2015 01:23am
Quote (boxboxbox @ 12 Feb 2015 16:12)
lol


Ugh, this new generation of "lifters". The only tell-tale that they lift is their misc t-shirt, otherwise they don't know jack shit.
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Feb 13 2015 01:41am
Quote (CMBurns @ Feb 13 2015 12:23am)
Ugh, this new generation of "lifters". The only tell-tale that they lift is their misc t-shirt, otherwise they don't know jack shit.


stronger than you will ever be, kid.
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#40
Feb 13 2015 01:45am
Quote (CMBurns @ 13 Feb 2015 02:23)
Ugh, this new generation of "lifters". The only tell-tale that they lift is their misc t-shirt, otherwise they don't know jack shit.


his lol confused me because your correction to my bad tip sounded legit
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