Keeping shoulders from taking over on Chest

[bigmacsvt]

my problem seems to be that when i do chest i find my shoulders wear out alot fater then my chest does which means i can blow my chest out like i would like to,any tips on grips,excercises?

 

[fortunatesun]

I could be taht your shoulders need to be a lot stronger to keep up with your chest.

Try using a closer grip in the meantime. This will activate more triceps.

 

[captainahole]

you could be benching to high on your pec as well. Make sure your benching to the low part of the pec. as above closer grip and your shoulders may just be trying to catch up to your chest.

 

[bigmacsvt]

you think a barbell or smith machine bench is better for my shoulders?

 

[iggy]

whats your split like? do you have a shoulder day? and as fortunateson said make sure your form is spot on too.
how many days a week do you work chest in comparison to shoulders?

 

[the_alcatraz]

I would try to use more dumbells for presses (rather than barbells) and concentrate on the movement slowely going down, making sure you stretch the chest and exhaling when pressing. If you're going to do barbells, make sure you get a slightly wider grip, which may in your case put less emphasis on your shoulders...

Your shoulders taking too much part in your lift usually means one of two things: your shoulders are weak (much weaker than your chest) so you feel them tense up and it feels like they are doing most of the lifting (when I assure you they are not) OR your chest needs a lot of work, so to perform the lift, your shoulders get in there and support your chest and help you lift.

You can also do some machine presses with a bigger range of motion, which may under-involve the shoulders.

Either way, lower weights on chest exercises means less shoulder involvement, so do that as well.

 

[b fold the truth]

I made this for my work...

YouTube - Bench Training 1

 

[iggy]

good vid.
i used to use bands and boards during football.

we had to do jump squats then squats with bands and one time i tore my shorts in front of everyone when i was repping 225, so damn embarassing, the volleyball players saw me and i was like FUCK. lol

 

[XavierX]

There are some good points here. The relevence of the days between Chest and Shoulders days can not be dismissed nor can the form as mentioned earlier. Is flat bench giving you the most trouble with this issue....Incline? Decline?