I worked my chest and my back is sore!

[bignate73]

ah. gotcha

 

[Imnotdutch]

Any powerlifter will tell you just how much lats can be made to work in the bench press. When benching it is important to have a good base.......that involves keeping your back tight at the very least. That could be making him sore. This practice isnt just good for powerlifters......its important for safety if you use respectable weights. You dont need a wobbly base when you are trying to control 3-400lb or more.

Powerlifters also tend to tuck in their elbows and bring them down so that they push in against or onto the lats. That could be it too.

There are plenty of good answers here and it could be any of them or a combination. Nobody can really knwo without seeing the original poster lift. I know exactly what BronzedGoddess is talking about.....I used to get the same. When you are trying to suck air through a hole the size of a small straw instead if something over an inch in diameter you find out just how many muscles are involved in breathing. BigNate sounds way too intelligent Its gonna take me a half hour to decipher what he said......but it sounds good lol.

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.

 

[Guinness]

SSAlexSS,

Same thing happens to me from time to time...I think all it shows is that you did a very good job of controlling the weight on eccentric portions of your reps....did you slow your cadence down at all on your pressing motions?

I may be way off here, but barbell pressing movements for the chest, at least on the negative portion, are a lot like rowing motions for back...granted, you aren't pulling the weight towards you, but by controlling it down, you are hitting lats pretty hard.

 

[Godly1]

my thoughts

you have failed to mention exactly when you did your back day. many times i have not felt the effects of a good workout until the second day. it is possible for your back to stay tense until you work your chest.(your back muscles must relax to allow full range of motion by your chest muscles). that is when you would begin to feel the soreness.

#2
lats stabilize on pressing exercises. however, they work a little harder if you're you have your back arched during the press, or decline benches(which he said that he did), and dumbell presses (which he also said he did). either of these could be be the reason from what i have heard.

 

[SSAlexSS]

Re: my thoughts

you have failed to mention exactly when you did your back day. many times i have not felt the effects of a good workout until the second day. it is possible for your back to stay tense until you work your chest.(your back muscles must relax to allow full range of motion by your chest muscles). that is when you would begin to feel the soreness.

#2
lats stabilize on pressing exercises. however, they work a little harder if you're you have your back arched during the press, or decline benches(which he said that he did), and dumbell presses (which he also said he did). either of these could be be the reason from what i have heard.

I did my chest day 3 days after my back day... ( a mistake, I guess now)
Monday - back
Thursday - chest

I guess u are correct about lat involvment.

Thanks bro!

 

[nugg]

try doing

300 pushups in one day (not that you would want to)- tell me where you feel the most pain (9 times out of 10) it will be in the lower front lats ( the part that you see from the front).

 

[Mesofreaky]

If you bench with your elbows in you use lats on the very bottom of the movement to PRESS the weight not to stabilize not just a little either the are the primary muscle for the bottom of the movement.

 

[ashe]

hey SSAlexSS

i just browsed your post....but to me it sounds like it is just simply incorrect form. be sure you are not lifting too much weight that you loose the benefit of lifting all together. besides, you can really hurt yourself by lifting weight improperly. just lookin out for ya hope it helps!

 

[bignate73]

If you bench with your elbows in you use lats on the very bottom of the movement to PRESS the weight not to stabilize not just a little either the are the primary muscle for the bottom of the movement.

no. sorry you are wrong.

when the humerus (upper arm) is going forward or flexing....it is not the result of the lats. ESPECIALLY when your arms are at your sides, thats called shoulder FLEXION and is the result of deltoids and pectorals. Lats are strictly there for stabilization.

 

[Imnotdutch]

I think that is why he mentioned the elbows in point. Many big benchers do it this way. The upper arm effectively comes down on top of the lat so that it acts like a spring. By flexing the lat at the bottom of the lift you can use they to get the bar moving. Unfotunately I dont understand all of the details of how the lats become involved, but I'm sure that one of guys on the powerlifting board will know.

no. sorry you are wrong.

when the humerus (upper arm) is going forward or flexing....it is not the result of the lats. ESPECIALLY when your arms are at your sides, thats called shoulder FLEXION and is the result of deltoids and pectorals. Lats are strictly there for stabilization.