I worked my chest and my back is sore!

[cure]

This is the cause of not properly isolating your movements when doing chest exercises. Your probably using a weight that you can't handle and need help from your lats to lift at that weight.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

you guys are funny !

the Latissimus Dorsi is a adductor muscle it pulls it does not push !

Well, I'm not sure if this was directed at me too, but I just said what I did because as a child had asthma pretty bad and whenever I had an attack my back would be sore afterwards. Like I said in my post...just a thought, a theory...........

 

[FitnessFrk]

my comment was for anyone who thinks that the lats do any thing other than help balance during flat bb benching. they help as much as your hamstrings do during the press.

but No it was not directed at you...

 

[BronzedGoddess]

There I go thinkin' again

my comment was for anyone who thinks that the lats do any thing other than help balance during flat bb benching. they help as much as your hamstrings do during the press.

but No it was not directed at you...

My bad! Sorry for jumping to conclusions.

 

[bignate73]

you guys are funny !

the Latissimus Dorsi is a adductor muscle it pulls it does not push !

muscles dont have just one movement/function. Lats main concentric movement is one of humerus abduction, shoulder extension. thats not to say that it doesnt stabilize/ eccentrically decelerate the movement of pressing (shoulder extension/ horizontal adduction, internal rotation). ie...your lats arent exactly relaxed when pressing.

best example is:

downhill running: extreme deceleration by the hamstrings, but most think its "quads" because its running. give it a try and see where you feel it more.

 

[SSAlexSS]

This is the cause of not properly isolating your movements when doing chest exercises. Your probably using a weight that you can't handle and need help from your lats to lift at that weight.

Very good comment!

Actually I am finally lifting as normal.... I mean, gaining strenth EACH week.....

good feeling to pull more and more weight on bench, finally!

 

[twinturbo]

I usually get sore if I'm doing forced reps and have to put everything into the failure reps...

 

[Mesofreaky]

technically lats serve to bring the upper arm back to a position right beside the ribcage from any position. thats why there are pull over machines that involve moving the upper arms down to your side from a position extended out to the side. So you are the funny one. oh yeah push and pull are relative ex. you push when you squat but pull when you deadlift, yet you use all the same muscles.

 

[Abbaddon]

I know most of us take this for granted but needs to be asked.... Did you warm-up/stretch out properly?

 

[FitnessFrk]

bignate73...you are correct

I guess i should have specifed that my comment was based on the exerciese that SSAlexSS posted "All I did was incline bench press (3 sets) 1 set of flat b press and decline heavy dumbell bench press. "

none of "those" movements if performed properly should stimulate the lats enough to make them sore.