Problem with DB Bench presses

[Greu]

When it comes to Bench press, I lift around 70kg x 6 reps (I'm a beginner), but when I want to do Dumbbell bench presses, I can't go for not even 20kg per hand...

Any advice on how I could increase the weight, my strength?

Thank you!

[chevyguy81]

Just keep lifting and focus on form. Until I started back in the gym 6 months ago I had never even done a dumbbell press of any kind. Chest was my weakest part. Now its one of my favorites. Don't worry about the amount of lbs/kg it will get there.

[LlamaWithARifle]

I'm the total opposite, my bench stat is awful compared to by dumbbell bench press. I think for helping with your problem is just keep at it, I don't know how long you've been doing them but when I first started I started pretty low and had problems keeping them balanced and spent a lot of energy just stopping them from wobbling, so just keep at it, check your form is perfect and soon your stat will go up.

[JettaTKD]

Dumbbell bench presses are kinda funny. They require better form and focus on individual arm strength. As the other guy said just keep going and progress will be made. I would make sure you try some different variations of the db bench press like the press with some wrist rotation and some incline. The weight kinda jumps for this exercise, I was only doing about 60lbs each and then came back about a month later ( took a small break from lifting) but ended up doing 100lbs each for reps. Hope it works out for ya.