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So like why are my front delts are sore after chest workout?

zamurai kit

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My delts are very sore, specially the day after I do a chest work out, should I try different grips?
I'm doing my work out wrong?
tips will be highly appreciated?
 
Whenever you do a pressing movement for chest like bench press you are actually using your chest, front deltoids and triceps to do the movement. Watch yourself do a push up. You will notice that your chest, front deltoids and triceps are all working. Anytime you do a pressing movement, all 3 muscles are used. It doesn't matter what grip you use.

I find that people who have lagging chests are often using too much weight and their shoulders are primarily doing the pressing movements and not their chest. Really focus on keeping your shoulders rolled back and pinned to the back of the bench. Check your ego at the door. Focus on developing a great mind muscle connection with your chest when doing pressing movements.

Another thing that I have found to really help people with lagging chests is to stretch out their chest after their workout deeply. Get some light dumbbells around 10-15 pounds and hold the bottom of a fly position for 2-3 minutes. It will give you a huge stretch and pump in your chest like you never felt before.
 
My delts are very sore, specially the day after I do a chest work out, should I try different grips?
I'm doing my work out wrong?
tips will be highly appreciated?

High chance that your chest exercises are done in an incorrect manner, giving too much pressure on the delts and therefore making them tired.

Its a very common mistake and thats why you see so many guys have overdeveloped front delts compared to other delt parts
 
incorrect form is most evident if you watch meatheads doing seated rows. they will overuse their shoulders and arms and totally ignore their back. thats why they end up having weak backs and stronger shoulders/arms. this causes an imbalance

this is why i say you should focus only on 5-8 compound lifts your first few years of weight training and do them with CORRECT form. worry less about the amount of weight you are doing, and more on doing them CORRECTLY
 
I would really focus on slow reps and pay attention to the chest contraction. This will help you keep as much of the lift on the pecs as possible. You will always use some delt and tricep but keep the focus on the chest.
 
That is nothing strange, since it is extremely hard, if even possible at all, to completely isolate a particular muscle group when you train, especially with free weights and barbells. So when you train, you will certainly activate other colindant muscles as well, and if they are not particularly well conditioned, they will also hurt.
 
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