light bodyweight? train dips more often? not going full rom on dips? benching on the same day as dips?
If it really bugs you, you just have to bench more

>>76872947
Train both twice a week but on different days. I do chest focused dips, when I'm in the down position my hands are damn near touching my shoulders and when they're in the up position if I can feel the serratus engaging, so I'm pretty confident I'm using full ROM. I know I'm messing up my technique somewhere with the bench. I've been reading up & technique error is the only explanation that makes sense for this massive disparity. Just hoped to get some tips.

You're not accounting for how much your arms weight. Trying to compare dips to a barbell exercise is retarded.

>>76873004
Pretty damn sure my arms don't weigh 75lbs and I use a dip machine so since I'm being supported by a seat, that doesn't apply anyways.

>>76872937

Some people have stronger genetics for certain lifts, I could bench what you do when I first started lifting at 13, but my bent over rows sucked ass, cause I had a weak back. Im not sure what you mean by 205, cause youre defintely not using belts with a chain for that amount, so if you mean you weigh 205, or weight 180 and you use a 25 then no shit Sherlock, its a different lift and youre using bodyweight. That's like saying why I can squat more than I curl.

In any event if youre only a few months in, I would dial back your ego, cause of course your lifts would be bitch made. It's a process mix in incline, decline, and flat, do that with dumbbells too and mix it up every workout, and youll see gains. The worst mistake you can make is comparing yourself to others and their lifts, cause you dont know their experience or level. So keep at it OP. With that being said if you cannot attain a 2 pl8 bench by 2 years in, then you should give up cause youre Ngmi.