Chest workout no fatigue

jack1336

I keep doing chest workouts but feel no fatigue in my chest and just my arms (flys, press, etc)

Any advice?

mreichard

How about if you do close grip bench - do you feel those? If you haven’t tried them, maybe you should. It could be that your elbows are flaring on bench and you are using your shoulder muscles.

psuLemon

What do your chest days actually look like? Also, if you have a progression scheme that is appropriate for your lifting level, you may not feel fatigued in the workout, especially if failure sets aren't incorporated. Personally, I have pretty good volume, but I am not overly fatigued during my workouts.

RealWorldStrengthLLC

If you're a beginner, it could just be that your arms aren't able to handle what your chest can handle, therefore you are limited on how well you can actually hit your chest. Very similar to peoples deadlift being limited by forearm strength.

Edit: you are still working your chest, just maybe not as efficiently as someone whose nmc and basic strength has been built already.

wiigelec

Individual body part fatigue does not indicate progress weight on the bar indicates progress.

Is your bench press going up?

steveyb109

Lower the weight and work on your mind muscle connection for a while. Slow controlled reps and time under tension. No bouncing off the chest.

pdmatthews

Agree with lower weight, no bouncing and muscle connection

Additionally you could try benching with your feet up or a very slight decline