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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: arizona
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DB bench 1rm
Hey everyone. I rarely to BB bench, the exercise feels unatural, maybe cuz I have long arms, I dont know. The point is Im trying to figure out a 1rm for my bench using my Db bench numbers. At about 185lbs, I could put up the 120lb DB between 5-7 times. Any idea what this would translate into or would I just have to max out on BB bench?
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Gym ratt/Part-time pimp
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it's not even close. especially if you are very efficient at the bb bench press...
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Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov
TBD ----------------------------------------------------- What you talking about Willis ? |
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Registered User
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yeah that would be me. I can rep 75 pound dumbells on flat bench but can only bench 185 on barbell... that's VERY different because kids in my school who can bench 225 rep like 70s on dumbells. I think it's because I don't do bb that often. Hey LAM, should i stop doing db for a while and do bb to get my bb up?
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Different range of motion, different fiber recruitment. DB press pulls in many more stabilizers but is a more natural motion. Do em both equally, youll get good gains from both.
There is no real way to translate one into the other, ya just gotta do it. |
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Gym ratt/Part-time pimp
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Myostatin Whore
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So, pretty much you're usually able to use more weight on a barbell then right? I haven't done a barbell bench in so long except for close grips. I've genereally been able to go up 5lbs dumbbells each week for the past 4-6 weeks or so.
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My Little Man
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sydney Oz
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What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
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Myostatin Whore
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My Little Man
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sydney Oz
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not saying you should do anything. Sorry to confuse you.
Stick with the workout as posted. Change to BB bench next time. |
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What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
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Pizza the Hut
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I dont like flat bench dumbell stuff, inclines I will do with 100s and I get about the same reps as with 225 on the incline barbell. I just am not a big dumbell guy.
When I use the incline barbell though its much steeper, so there is a pretty large difference for sure. |
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Functional Lifting = Life
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I much prefer dumbbells to barbells. For safety reasons (like not having a spotter) as well as what was mentioned above: more stabilizers are recruited. I just feel that DBs are much harder to use than BBs (as in, you typically can move less weight with DBs than with a BB), so why not do the tougher exercise to get a better workout? Especially since it has a greater ROM to recruit more fibers.
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for me it's much safer to bb bench 400+ lbs with no spotter than it is to try to get 140 lb db's up by myself for flat db presses. .. |
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Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov
TBD ----------------------------------------------------- What you talking about Willis ? |
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Functional Lifting = Life
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To me, it's easier to drop DBs off to the side on the floor, rather than having to move the weight up from your chest, up over your neck and head, and onto the rack. IMO, if you're stuck under a BB with too much weight, there's not a whole lot you can do if it's truely too much weight for you. That's just what I think though.
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Gym ratt/Part-time pimp
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one of the reasons why I don't train to failure. I don't have to worry about getting stuck under anything..
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Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov
TBD ----------------------------------------------------- What you talking about Willis ? |
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tjwes, I can flex fat ;)
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I always train to failure
and I also love DB |
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