Bench Press question

The_Kew_Tour

Hi just quick question.

Do any of ye who benchpress often find it easier to life more when lifting the bar then dumbells??

Im lifting 95kg in the bar max weight I can do at about 3*3 reps but with dumbells I can lift only 75kg all be it more reps about 7*7 but when try lift 80kg and just cant seem lift them in first place once in positioon to do so?

Anyone have same problem or is that a normal thing?

Thanks.

Inspector Coptoor

adrian280582 wrote: »

Hi just quick question.

Do any of ye who benchpress often find it easier to life more when lifting the bar then dumbells??

Im lifting 95kg in the bar max weight I can do at about 3*3 reps but with dumbells I can lift only 75kg all be it more reps about 7*7 but when try lift 80kg and just cant seem lift them in first place once in positioon to do so?

Anyone have same problem or is that a normal thing?

Thanks.

this is normal.
you have to work harder with DBs as they require more stabilising muscles.

Degsy

Dont dumbells bring your abs into the equation much more?

jayoo

Dumbbells also take a while to get used to them, getting them up for that 1st rep can take more out of you than the last rep, i find doing them at a slight incline makes it so much easier for getting the dumbbells up and geting them back down.

keane2097

This is standard...

More stabilising micro-muscles needed with dumbell bench press.

gary jameson

This is always the case its because of the stabilisation muscles also if your right handed its often stronger than the left ( or vice-versa if your a left hander) which is helped a little more when using a olympic bar compared to dumbbells, Training more with db's will stop any muscle imbalance... good luck

itsallaboutheL

There's at least 2 old threads where any and all questions related to this were answered conclusively.. so no one is going to bother there arse answering tbh.

Danye

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

There's at least 2 old threads where any and all questions related to this were answered conclusively.. so no one is going to bother there arse answering tbh.

Well 5 people are after answering it answering the OP's question.

itsallaboutheL

Danye wrote: »

Well 5 people are after answering it answering the OP's question.

Right it should read as, there's a couple of very good threads on this subject and related issues which are well worth a read

jayoo

on the topic of benching in diff ways, have u ever tried single arm dumbbell floor presses? excellent excercise, since ur flat on the floor you feel incrdibly secure.