Problem with chest workout - please help

[al1]

I did my chest/triceps workout today and decided to start off with barbell bench press instead of my normal dumbells. I found that I lifted less with the barbell than I normally do with the dumbells. Surely it should be the other way round? Am I doing something wrong here?

Also, when I get to my triceps exercises, I find my triceps are so exhausted after doing the chest exercises, that I have to use very light weight on exercises like cgb and skull crushers. Is there any point in me doing direct triceps exercises if my triceps are already fatigued? I did read somewhere that people with arms less that 15 inches shouldn't do direct arm work.

[invast]

Barbell bench and dumbbell bench weights aren't really connected. Just keep working at it and the weight will go up.

[Quantum_Man]

There is no direct correlation to the amount of weight you can press up with either a bb or a db for bench press. I don't think anything is wrong, just maybe you're not used to using a bb for bench presses? But it is good to switch it up every now and then to shock the muscle and make it grow/get stronger.

I find I can do a decent tricep workout right after doing chest, but that's just me. And since I worked my tri's hard doing chest, I'll just do CG bench press and skull crushers. A lot of people though just do arms on a separate day and there's nothing wrong with doing that.

Also that thing about not directly working your arms unless they're >15" is garbage.

[Mikey1]

Originally posted by al1
Is there any point in me doing direct triceps exercises if my triceps are already fatigued

NO....why would you continue to train a muscle thats already fully exhausted?