Why do i get a bicep pump while doing bench press (dumbells)

LaggingBiceps · 10-10-2005, 06:26 PM

whenever i do DB benhc presses i get a bicep pump around the 3rd set. toda i did incline Db's. the first set was 10 reps, second set was 9 reps, then the third and fourth ewre 5 and 4 because my biceps killed me. why is this?

Flowsybaby · 10-10-2005, 08:39 PM

Ummm. Its because the lift also hits your biceps. Not as hard as your triceps or chest but it still hits it. You may just have lagging biceps so it may hit them harder till they build up some. I remember when I first started my controller muscles were very weak so it was hard to use DB's. But I stuck through it and got them stronger along with my biceps.

LaggingBiceps · 10-10-2005, 11:34 PM

alright thanks, would you recommend i lower my sets until my biceps come to par?

**Peaked_18** · 10-10-2005, 11:50 PM

Stabilizer muscles during Bench = Biceps.

LaggingBiceps · 10-10-2005, 11:58 PM

alright, so right now i do 4 sets of chest exercises. should i lower them to 2 sets and in a few months increase it?

because today my incline dumbells went like this
set 1- 40x10
set 2-40x9
set 3-40x5
set 4-40x3

should i just do 2 sets and then increase over a few months?

**Peaked_18** · 10-11-2005, 12:06 AM

How does that work?

Why don't you increase the weight?

LaggingBiceps · 10-11-2005, 12:56 AM

i train to failure

LaggingBiceps · 10-12-2005, 01:33 AM

so because my bicep stabilizers arent good yet, should I just do 2 sets of the incline presses?

this also only happens when i lower it far enough to get that big stretch. should i not go that low?

Slindner · 10-12-2005, 04:21 AM

pre exhaust wiht normal bench or flies, but otherwise dont lower anythign do as much as you possibly can and after a while ti will go up, there is no point in lowering becuase then how are you going to improve your biceps??

**Trick D** · 10-19-2005, 11:02 PM

Yeah has everything to do with stabilizers, if you do it with barbell, you probably won't get as much of pump in your biceps, but take it as a good thing as long as it isn't weakening you on other days.

10-10-2005, 06:26 PM	#1
LaggingBiceps Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 246 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	Why do i get a bicep pump while doing bench press (dumbells) whenever i do DB benhc presses i get a bicep pump around the 3rd set. toda i did incline Db's. the first set was 10 reps, second set was 9 reps, then the third and fourth ewre 5 and 4 because my biceps killed me. why is this?

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10-10-2005, 08:39 PM	#2
Flowsybaby Pro Stature Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	Ummm. Its because the lift also hits your biceps. Not as hard as your triceps or chest but it still hits it. You may just have lagging biceps so it may hit them harder till they build up some. I remember when I first started my controller muscles were very weak so it was hard to use DB's. But I stuck through it and got them stronger along with my biceps.

10-10-2005, 11:34 PM	#3
LaggingBiceps Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 246 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	alright thanks, would you recommend i lower my sets until my biceps come to par?

10-10-2005, 11:50 PM	#4
Peaked_18 a la commode Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,247 Recipes: 2 Rep Power: 96	Stabilizer muscles during Bench = Biceps.

10-10-2005, 11:58 PM	#5
LaggingBiceps Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 246 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	alright, so right now i do 4 sets of chest exercises. should i lower them to 2 sets and in a few months increase it? because today my incline dumbells went like this set 1- 40x10 set 2-40x9 set 3-40x5 set 4-40x3 should i just do 2 sets and then increase over a few months?

10-11-2005, 12:06 AM	#6
Peaked_18 a la commode Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,247 Recipes: 2 Rep Power: 96	How does that work? Why don't you increase the weight?

10-11-2005, 12:56 AM	#7
LaggingBiceps Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 246 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	i train to failure

10-12-2005, 01:33 AM	#8
LaggingBiceps Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 246 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	so because my bicep stabilizers arent good yet, should I just do 2 sets of the incline presses? this also only happens when i lower it far enough to get that big stretch. should i not go that low?

10-12-2005, 04:21 AM	#9
Slindner New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	pre exhaust wiht normal bench or flies, but otherwise dont lower anythign do as much as you possibly can and after a while ti will go up, there is no point in lowering becuase then how are you going to improve your biceps??