how do you lower your dbs?!?!!

[dilatedmind]

how do you lower your dumbells??

I kind of just throw them down from chest level.


i got **** today from our gym trainer for doing this. He said i should put them down, or move them from my chest to my quads and put them down.

ive hurt my wrists doing this before, and so im not going to do this. Does anyone agree with me, or is he really right?

[Heisman]

Do you mean on a db bench press?

[Defiant1]

He's right, sorry. I have bruises on my thighs from lowering them there. Nothings worse than loose or bent dbs. Nothing.

[dilatedmind]

yeah, i mean flat or incline db presses.


defiant1 - i see your point, i hate that too. i think im going to try to stop dropping them, but its tough when your exausted after a heavy set of presses. im kind of afraid to try it. Last time i did, i hurt my wrist, and i play frisbee, so hurting my wrist would take me out of the game.

[akaMarko]

http://www.powerhooks.com/pages/859209/index.htm

I haven't tried them but they are supposed to be good. I have my brother-in-law making me a set in welding class (my own design)

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

Originally posted by akaMarko
http://www.powerhooks.com/pages/859209/index.htm

^

[Dark Phoenix]

Inclines should be no problem to put down.

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

Originally posted by Dark Phoenix
Inclines should be no problem to put down.

try using 140s, lol.

[Quantum_Man]

Originally posted by hyp3r3xt3nsion
try using 140s, lol.

For us "normal" people that is.

[Xanatos]

Are you literally just dropping them as in just letting go of them and letting gravity take over from your chest level?

If so, he's more concerned about your damaging the gym/gym equipment more than your safety. But to answer your question, I lower them down, even if they come down faster than placing them down, it's better than letting go.

[MuscleGainer]

I saw a huge guy have two spotters in my gym taking 140 lb dumbbells away from him when he was done instead of him dropping them or lowering them to the ground. I used to do dumbbell bench press and I dropped them at the same time and I once felt a snap or a click in my sternum right after I let go of the dumbbells, but it wasn't painful. I stopped dropping them ever since and don't do them anymore. Going to near failure with heavy dumbbell makes putting them back on my thighs very hard to do when I'm done and I have to be careful with my wrists as well and not let them twist. I see people put them down to their sides without dropping them when they're done the set but that looks painful and looks like it can cause injury to the shoulders and there is no way I'm going to do that with 80 lbs dumbbells. I can go lighter and do a set without going close to failure and put them back on my thighs and sit up when I'm done but then I feel like I don't get an effective workout by not going close to failure.

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

Originally posted by Quantum_Man
For us "normal" people that is.

[Faitless]

Originally posted by dilatedmind
how do you lower your dumbells??

I kind of just throw them down from chest level.


i got **** today from our gym trainer for doing this. He said i should put them down, or move them from my chest to my quads and put them down.

ive hurt my wrists doing this before, and so im not going to do this. Does anyone agree with me, or is he really right?

I've hurt my wrists before trying to lower heavy dumbells too ...
so i quit lowering my waits slowly i just ****ing drop them when i'm done with the sets ...

[TTG]

I'm sure you're able to exert the little effort it takes to lower dbs normally. No need to drop them, causing the crashing sound etc. I would also tell you to stop doing that if I worked at that gym. No need to break equipment or people's hands/toes.

[MiloMan]

If you have to throw them down or drop them, then you're not in control of the weight.

[Steveo31]

Originally posted by MiloMan
If you have to throw them down or drop them, then you're not in control of the weight.

Either that or they are very heavy. Try hammer curling a 100lb db to the ground. In control.

[MiloMan]

Originally posted by Steveo31
Either that or they are very heavy. Try hammer curling a 100lb db to the ground. In control.

If it has to be dropped (sudden injuries aside), then the lifter isn't in control and needs to learn how to get rid of them smoothly. Set the DBs back on your thighs and sit up; it worked fine for me with very heavy DBs, although I now use these:

http://www.newyorkbarbells.tv/0320.html

I like them better than powerhooks (which I had tried).

[AlphaOmega]

I just bought a pair of the powerhooks. They take a little getting used to. On a regular bench you have to swing them out then press them. But I'm going to be using the Smith Machine to hold the hooks at a higher level (finally found a use for the smith machine =).

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

Originally posted by Steveo31
Either that or they are very heavy. Try hammer curling a 100lb db to the ground. In control.

i've yet to see somebody who can -hammer- curl 100pds+ with decent form. actually, that isn't true; didn't petefox post a pic of him doing that just before he tore his bicep, heh.

[dilatedmind]

thanks for the input guys.

for those of you who do it, can you explain how you put down your dbs. do you put then on your thighs while your laying down, or put them on your chest and slide them down?

[the_invince]

lower the dumbells to your chest and ask somebody to help you bring them down, no shame in asking for a spot.

[MattyG]

Originally posted by hyp3r3xt3nsion
^

This made me laugh because akaMarko beat you to your trademark 'problems with dumbells' response

[Steveo31]

Originally posted by MiloMan

http://www.newyorkbarbells.tv/0320.html

I like them better than powerhooks (which I had tried).

weird....

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

Originally posted by the_invince
lower the dumbells to your chest and ask somebody to help you bring them down, no shame in asking for a spot.

or be like ronnie and just chuck them all over the gym making the camera man run for cover

[FF Punk]

Originally posted by MiloMan
If you have to throw them down or drop them, then you're not in control of the weight.

Not true: you're exhausted, that's all. You see, it's hard to get them into the starting position, since you have to do a kind of a cheat curl, and it's hard to do that with 70 pds dbs if you can only curl 40s or so for a few reps, but when you're in the right position, if you can press them in a controlled manner on both positives and negatives, then the weights must not be too heavy after all.

[Striver]

Don't drop weights on the god damn floor. It pises other off, is not necessary and degrade the weights over time.