What's up with that?

[maui built]

I can lift more with db's then a bb when doing flat chest presses. I have no problems cranking out a good set with 90 lb. db's as compared to 150 lbs bb. What's up with that? Which is better for building a thick chest, db's or bb? I do mix things up to keep my body guessing. I just want to up the weight on my bb bench press. Also, how do I bring up the middle part of my chest? More so the upper middle if this makes any sense. I do plenty of incline presses. I heard lying pull ups might help.

[bango skank]

I tried to bench with 75lb dumbbells the other day and couldnt get the frickin things up into position. How do you get the db from the floor to your shoulders without a total $hitstorm? I figured barbells were the only way to go when the weights got up that high...

[John Prophet]

my guess......when using db's you are somehow shortening up the motion.....you are bringing the db's down until you touch your chest with the biggest part of the dumbell...so the handle is like 3-4" off your chest....if you translated that to barbell the bar would never touch your chest, it would be like 3-4" off your chest

that is my guess....or, you are adding the weight up wrong on the barbell, lol

if you can bench 90's on db you should be able to do at least 250 on barbell

[John Prophet]

I tried to bench with 75lb dumbbells the other day and couldnt get the frickin things up into position. How do you get the db from the floor to your shoulders without a total $hitstorm? I figured barbells were the only way to go when the weights got up that high...

easy....you pick up the db's off the rack....you walk to the bench and sit down and sit the db's on your knees.....then, holding the body steady, you rock back onto your back and the db's just come up as you rock back.....you keep the arms close to locked out or at least halfway bent...you dont let the db come all the way down to your chest when you rock back


if you are really slick you can reverse the motion (bring the knees up to meet the dumbells and rock back forward) after the set and stand up with the db's so that you can re-rack the dbs without having to drop them

[maui built]

That's the way I do it. Nice and simple.

[maui built]

my guess......when using db's you are somehow shortening up the motion.....you are bringing the db's down until you touch your chest with the biggest part of the dumbell...so the handle is like 3-4" off your chest....if you translated that to barbell the bar would never touch your chest, it would be like 3-4" off your chest

that is my guess....or, you are adding the weight up wrong on the barbell, lol

if you can bench 90's on db you should be able to do at least 250 on barbell

Thanks John Prophet, I'll check this out next time it's chest day....

[FOOTBALL FAN]

I tried to bench with 75lb dumbbells the other day and couldnt get the frickin things up into position. How do you get the db from the floor to your shoulders without a total $hitstorm? I figured barbells were the only way to go when the weights got up that high...

I sit up straight holding them above my knees then lay back with the momentum lift the dumbells in place