Shoulder pressure during chest exercises

RyanWilson1993
RyanWilson1993 Posts: 409 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Ive noticed when i do an incline press i feel pressure in the shoulders is this normal?

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  • bigbrownbear123
    bigbrownbear123 Posts: 32
    What exactly do you mean by pressure? Whereabouts in the shoulder?

    Pain is often an indicator of either starting off with too much weight (it could be that your shoulders are underdeveloped in comparison to your chest, your anterior deltoids are used during a bench press) or poor form.
  • RyanWilson1993
    RyanWilson1993 Posts: 409 Member
    Like its not that the pain is excruciating just a slight burning kinda feeling. I think it might be that my shoulders arent to where my chest is though
  • bigbrownbear123
    bigbrownbear123 Posts: 32
    If its only a slight burn, maybe it is a 'good burn' from working your muscles hard? I don't know, have you worked out regularly before?

    Otherwise it could be a muscular imbalance between your shoulders and chest. It's very difficult for me to say though.

    Do you only get this pain on incline presses or do you get it during a flat bench press too?
  • Punktorian
    Punktorian Posts: 224 Member
    Bench does hit your shoulders, incline even more so. I'll feel it in my shoulders a bit if I do incline with either BB or DB after military or something that already worked my shoulders. I find tucking my elbows less and taking a wider grip will hit my chest more than with a narrow grip and tucking my elbows like I do in a normal bench. So if you are just feeling a normal burn from lifting don't worry about it.
  • Bakkasan
    Bakkasan Posts: 1,027 Member
    Are you pulling back your shoulder blades during presses? It takes a lot of the stress off the joints.

    Look up 'pinching shoulder blades'.

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