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*DUMBELL CHEST PRESS PROBLEM*

  • 26-09-2010 11:59pm
    #1
    h8scobes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭


    ok guys help needed. basically i was dumbell pressing 27.5 kg on incline/flat/and decline until 2 weeks ago i noticed on my right(and dominant) side i struggled to lift the dumbell after 2 reps max) while my normally weaker left side did it with ease. i thought mayb it was a problem but the last 2 times i have done chest the problem keeps persisting. i dont know what to do?


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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Pick a weight that you can get more than 2 reps with.
    work up or back up to 27.5


  • #3
    ciaranmul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭ciaranmul


    Work on your rotator cuffs also


  • #4
    grimloch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭grimloch


    Hey guys i need some serious help.
    The weight i'm lifting it too heavy. Anyone any pro tips??? What do i do??
    I was thinking about doing lighter weights but thought i should run in by the gurus first.


  • #5
    soc$
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭soc$


    It's not unusual to have a muscle imbalance - I tore my rhomboid on my right side in Aug 2009 (grade 2) & even though I got back in the gym after 3 weeks my right side was considerably weaker for everything including bench - I've no idea how the physiology works to have such an effect but I've no doubt it was compounded by a previous shoulder separation.

    Point is that everyone has muscle imbalances and you'll just have to work on your right side to get it on par with your left.


  • #6
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    grimloch wrote: »
    Hey guys i need some serious help.
    The weight i'm lifting is too heavy.

    answered your own question there blud... lighter weight.

    though i also feel i should ask if you're warming up your shoulders/rotator cuffs before pressing?


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  • #7
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    A few things -

    1. Do you really need 3 different chest exercises and have you got 3 different upper back exercises?

    2. How is your shoudler mobility? Is there a big difference from side to side? Do this simple test or any number of shoudler mobility tests (this one is quite easy to do)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtyHTOLDMIM


    3. Are you doing anything to help pull your shoulders into the correct line or tracking position e.g. wall slides, band pulls, scap press ups, IYT's etc? Here is a simple example (are your elbows and hands staying in contact with the wall on the wall slide with heels touching the wall?)



    Just a few things to work on really (lots more but hard to say when you are not seeing someone face to face)


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