Female using 100lb dumbbell for bench press?

[sweetkissees918]

Is this even possible for a female to do naturally? I know it seems like an odd ball question, but at what point do us females have a hard time adding weight naturally, and im talking BIG numbers. I would love to dumbbell bench press 100lbs but someone told me, impossible for a natural female. Just wondering your thoughts. Thanks

[EB68]

I wouldn't think it would be impossible, but may require a few years of training to acheive. And you would have to be eating for strength and not for looks.

[Fozzy13]

natural? maybe but its gonna be one big bish

[beatha]

Totally doable with training . . .

Race ya there






j/k (but sort srs in a few yrs)

[sweetkissees918]

Thanks for everyone chiming in on it. I would def love to be able to do it! Oh yeaaa.. race ya there beatha! I'll check back in, in about 5 years! haha jk. but yea gonna take a good long bit.

[BlackJack619]

no rush most of the guys here can't bench 100lb dumbbells including me, I am also working on it I'll be there soon right now I am at 90lb

[nvrstopworking]

I believe there are a couple of gals who can do 80s around here.... so I'd have to think that it's definitely possible.

Pretty sure they'd have to be eating and training like PL'ers though.

[Oats420]

it's possible, you just have to stick with it, keep training hard and eating lots of protein. i did it. and once you do it, you'll feel great!

[sonti]

I know one girl around your age/size (136lbs) who has done this but I'm afraid she's also a national level power lifter.... you mean two 100lb DB's right?

[shirun]

It would require a lot of effort and time, but it's definitely possible.

[mbranco47]

maybe dana linn bailey ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEg-OhNg_yQ

in this video she does a flat bench barbell press with 205 lbs and that was 2 years ago. she claims she's natty

[AZgymchick]

I've been training for a year to gain muscle and I can only do 45lb dumbbells.

I try to only go up 5lbs per month tho. My goal is only 65lbs. Not sure...I don't think I could even lift 100lbs with one arm.

You can do it if you try though! Good luck.

[sy2502]

maybe dana linn bailey ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEg-OhNg_yQ

in this video she does a flat bench barbell press with 205 lbs and that was 2 years ago. she claims she's natty

Sure she is.... /sarcasm

[ilovethe80s]

I don't think you could expect the same gains at the same speed as a regular bb bench. I can't db bench for shiz but I have seen ladies on here with impressive numbers for that. No 100's yet, but I don't see why it would not be possible over (a long) time?

maybe dana linn bailey ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEg-OhNg_yQ

in this video she does a flat bench barbell press with 205 lbs and that was 2 years ago. she claims she's natty

I got all excited to see a 205 bench but left a little disappointed :/ That is a lot of weight to handle regardless, so props to her. Whatever butt-off-the bench partial rep thing she has going on is working for her, she's a bb'er so I'm sure she could give a rat's a** if she cheated anyway, as long as she looks good doing it (which she does!)

Here is a flat bb bench that takes my breath away - 300lbs at 132... I personally notice zero carryover from a flat bench to a db, but I'd have to guess she'd be able to get a respectable db bench up as well:


I know she uses a lot of static holds, lockouts, band work for speed and other things that I am not sure would be possible with a db bench. I would have no idea what sort of training to do to raise the db bench other than just slowly progressing over time. So I'd think progress would be slow, but 100's not impossible.

[ninarene]

your saying 2 100 pound dumbbells right? thats pretty amazing and should require allllot of control. but i would say its possible and would take a very long time to achieve naturally or not.

[sweetkissees918]

I know one girl around your age/size (136lbs) who has done this but I'm afraid she's also a national level power lifter.... you mean two 100lb DB's right?

Yes two dumbbells in each hand

[sweetkissees918]

maybe dana linn bailey ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEg-OhNg_yQ

in this video she does a flat bench barbell press with 205 lbs and that was 2 years ago. she claims she's natty

yea she is a beast! but natty... *cough* bullcrap! lol.. but thats just my opinion.

[sy2502]

Yes two dumbbells in each hand

Sounds like she has big hands.

[sweetkissees918]

I don't think you could expect the same gains at the same speed as a regular bb bench. I can't db bench for shiz but I have seen ladies on here with impressive numbers for that. No 100's yet, but I don't see why it would not be possible over (a long) time?



I got all excited to see a 205 bench but left a little disappointed :/ That is a lot of weight to handle regardless, so props to her. Whatever butt-off-the bench partial rep thing she has going on is working for her, she's a bb'er so I'm sure she could give a rat's a** if she cheated anyway, as long as she looks good doing it (which she does!)

Here is a flat bb bench that takes my breath away - 300lbs at 132... I personally notice zero carryover from a flat bench to a db, but I'd have to guess she'd be able to get a respectable db bench up as well:


I know she uses a lot of static holds, lockouts, band work for speed and other things that I am not sure would be possible with a db bench. I would have no idea what sort of training to do to raise the db bench other than just slowly progressing over time. So I'd think progress would be slow, but 100's not impossible.

WOW! Thats sooo awesome!

[Big_Dip]

Believe it or not there's a woman on here who has 105lb dumbbells. See this thread:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=134419521

She is huge though. 6'1" and around 200lbs in that video. I doubt a normal size woman could ever get near that. What's your best lift?

[sy2502]

Believe it or not there's a woman on here who has 105lb dumbbells. See this thread:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=134419521

She is huge though. 6'1" and around 200lbs in that video. I doubt a normal size woman could ever get near that. What's your best lift?

She isn't huge! She looks great.

[Big_Dip]

She isn't huge! She looks great.

Naturally huge I mean. If she stood next to you or me then we would feel tiny!

[Brad805]

watched video...going home to be sad now. haha Look at her bodyspace page. She worked incredibly hard to get to that and I bet started with a high level of muscle mass. Incredible.

[thehobbes]

Definitely possible, especially for a female PL in a higher weight class. I've gotten up to repping the 75s, much easier to get those when you're in the middle of a mega bulk. I'd love to hit the 100s someday, gimme like 3 more years to make a run at that. If you took someone with good strength who could also stay injury free I bet they could work up to that weight in 4yrs total maybe.

[Big_Dip]

Definitely possible, especially for a female PL in a higher weight class. I've gotten up to repping the 75s, much easier to get those when you're in the middle of a mega bulk. I'd love to hit the 100s someday, gimme like 3 more years to make a run at that. If you took someone with good strength who could also stay injury free I bet they could work up to that weight in 4yrs total maybe.

Respect for hammering out reps with 75s! That's very very impressive. Once I go to 35lbs I find balance really difficult.

[Karl_Hungus]

Years ago, a woman asked me to spot her on the bench press. She had 225 loaded up and she repped it 6 times (and got two additional reps with help). I was blown away. So I imagine she could have done a few reps with 100 lb dumbbells.

[mbranco47]

hopefully i will get that strong someday, i'm currently using 45's and i just started doing 5/3/1. let's see if can get it up to 60's by the end of 2013.

[Basketball22]

I'm pretty sure this woman could do it. Although her deadlift is really what amazes me. http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/cindy-training/

[apple12345]

I lol at people who think thats much... 100 lbs for 5 reps is possibru for female but your going to be very muscular at that point why do it when its hard you know. Stick to cardio

[5more]

Sigh... The most I've ever done are 45s and sadly, I think my spotter was hustling me.