Not sore enough.

[Justin]

When I work out chest and tri's, my chest never gets sore, and it rarely feels tight to me when i'm doing some of the exercises in the routine,

my workout buddy tells me when he gets tight when we exercise, just like regular workouts, but I never feel sore, or tender in my chest, my tri's get hella tight and sore the next 2 days, but not chest,

in back and bi day, my back does get sore, but again when i'm trying to target the lats, I don't feel it as much as he says he does, and we have looked at our forms and made sure they were both as close enough to each others and possible.

the only reason why i have a tf rep in lats is because my forearms get tired, its never my lats that get tired.

my bi's aren't as big as my tri's and i feel that its very hard to get a good soreness aswell with them when i do a variety of bi exercises same with everything else though. does anyone know whats going on here?

i'm 21, 70 inches tall, i am weighing about 190 right now,

Help would be great. thanks

[meksi]

is that your goal? (tryin to become sore)...there is no correlation between muscle soreness and muscle growth, so I am kinda confused as to your question/concern. Do you tire or experience muscle fatigue during your workouts?

[Justin]

oh i didnt think about that.

but then again, yes i do experience muscle fatigue in work outs but if i'm working out chest, my arms get more fatigued and not really my chest

[meksi]

when doin bench exercises, I would suggest going with a slightly wider than shoulder width grip and flaring your elbows out a bit as well. It may be that you are bringing your elbows close to your body and activating your tri's...hence the reason your arms get tired before your chest.

[Justin]

yeah i think i do do that actually.

when you say flare out the bo's do you mean like kind of making my shoulder to elbow part of the arm parallel with the bar?

[meksi]

yes, bring your elbows away from your body. I dont know about flaring them out too far..go with whatever feels comfortable just not too close to your body...by keeping them closer to your body your tris take over the movement and releive your chest of a good chunk of the workload. You can still go with a wider grip than I have here.

[Gixxer82]

Originally Posted by meksi

when doin bench exercises, I would suggest going with a slightly wider than shoulder width grip and flaring your elbows out a bit as well. It may be that you are bringing your elbows close to your body and activating your tri's...hence the reason your arms get tired before your chest.

This is the worst advice i've ever seen.

[Gixxer82]

Originally Posted by Justin

When I work out chest and tri's, my chest never gets sore, and it rarely feels tight to me when i'm doing some of the exercises in the routine,

my workout buddy tells me when he gets tight when we exercise, just like regular workouts, but I never feel sore, or tender in my chest, my tri's get hella tight and sore the next 2 days, but not chest,

in back and bi day, my back does get sore, but again when i'm trying to target the lats, I don't feel it as much as he says he does, and we have looked at our forms and made sure they were both as close enough to each others and possible.

the only reason why i have a tf rep in lats is because my forearms get tired, its never my lats that get tired.

my bi's aren't as big as my tri's and i feel that its very hard to get a good soreness aswell with them when i do a variety of bi exercises same with everything else though. does anyone know whats going on here?

i'm 21, 70 inches tall, i am weighing about 190 right now,

Help would be great. thanks

You're basing form correctness on what your buddy? Chances are both of you are using incorrect form. Your secondary muscles are getting a better workout than the primary = bad form sorry to tell you.

There's no advice anyone can give you here, you just gotta try new things. Experiment with different numbers of reps until you find what works for you.

[spartan300]

doms just signifies muscle damage

YouTube - Dave Tate's Six-Week Bench Press Cure

[Ironhead]

Originally Posted by Gixxer82

You're basing form correctness on what your buddy? Chances are both of you are using incorrect form. Your secondary muscles are getting a better workout than the primary = bad form sorry to tell you.

There's no advice anyone can give you here, you just gotta try new things. Experiment with different numbers of reps until you find what works for you.

x2. Mind muscle connection is the key here also. Focusing on the muscle from intentionally squeezing targeted bodypart to slower, more controlled eccentric motion = the difference between hypertrophy and just trying to get the bar in the air.