Say if I bb bench 100lbs-then switch to db bench. If I started db benching 50lb dumbbells then went back to bb bench, would the 100lb bb bench seem a lot easier?
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Will a moderate db bench increase my bb bench?
- Thread starter RandyRhoads
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switched for a while
always a good idea to rotate DB's and BB lifts. bi-lateral vs uni-lateral exercises keep symmetrical size and strength, and stress the muscles differently (which is why you shouldn't be surprised if your DB bench is less than half your barbell weight...i.e. you may only be able to do 40-45lbs, not 50lbs, at first, due to the need for more stabilization.
I have another question and didnt want to make a new thread....My cousin bb benches 115, but can bench 50lb dumbells...how?..
Dukes said:do wut i was suggested to do and do 5x5 or 4x6 on the dumbells for like 3 weeks
that answers my question how?
oh i was answering the first question.
i asked the same question about a week ago about why i couldn't get my bench up, so mostly everyone that replied to your question, "Say if I bb bench 100lbs-then switch to db bench. If I started db benching 50lb dumbbells then went back to bb bench, would the 100lb bb bench seem a lot easier?",
said i should do db presses 5x5 or 4x6, allowing me to grow some of my support muscles and ultimately making my barbell bench increase
sorry about the mishab
i asked the same question about a week ago about why i couldn't get my bench up, so mostly everyone that replied to your question, "Say if I bb bench 100lbs-then switch to db bench. If I started db benching 50lb dumbbells then went back to bb bench, would the 100lb bb bench seem a lot easier?",
said i should do db presses 5x5 or 4x6, allowing me to grow some of my support muscles and ultimately making my barbell bench increase
sorry about the mishab
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Dukes said:oh i was answering the first question.
i asked the same question about a week ago about why i couldn't get my bench up, so mostly everyone that replied to your question, "Say if I bb bench 100lbs-then switch to db bench. If I started db benching 50lb dumbbells then went back to bb bench, would the 100lb bb bench seem a lot easier?",
said i should do db presses 5x5 or 4x6, allowing me to grow some of my support muscles and ultimately making my barbell bench increase
sorry about the mishab
Its alright man. But this answers my question how?
Will anyone answer it? Can it be answered?...We'll find out next time on beyond belief--fact or fiction.
Timmy said:Typically you can lift more weights with a barbell than the combined weights of dumbbells.
Exactly. One rep max on BB bench press of 150Lbs. doesn't equate to doing 75Lbs. on each arm.
Dukes said:oh i was answering the first question.
i asked the same question about a week ago about why i couldn't get my bench up, so mostly everyone that replied to your question, "Say if I bb bench 100lbs-then switch to db bench. If I started db benching 50lb dumbbells then went back to bb bench, would the 100lb bb bench seem a lot easier?",
said i should do db presses 5x5 or 4x6, allowing me to grow some of my support muscles and ultimately making my barbell bench increase
sorry about the mishab
it works the SAME muscles, but the DBs work more stabilizers. your chest, tri, shoulders etc will get worked and will get stronger, thus, your barbell bench, which uses all of those muscles will also get stronger.