I love dumbbell bench press, but my lifts have gotten to the point where getting the actual dumbbells into position is pretty difficult (no I'm not going to ask someone to help - that's gay).Do I have to switch to barbell bench or is there a solution for this?
>>77486560>Do I have to switch to barbell benchYes
love me some barbell. benchin it, squattin it, diddlin' it, trying to raise it above my pathetic body with a lil' weight on it
>>77486560The fact that I even have to highlight that you start from the bottom of the rep and can't do as many sets at your leisure without a spotter or those dumbbell racks which actually seem nice
>>77486560Yeah, db press is a DYEL exercise, because once you get to around 100lbs, the exercise becomes hard to set up
>>77486560Get em on your knees and "kick" them up with your knees. It'll help you get weights up to 60s in posistion beyond there getting them down becomes the issue and the potential risk only skyrockets because you won't be able to control the weight if it starts tilting
>>77486560>>77486749>>77486787pussy ass bitches itt
>>77486797DYELOnce you start lifting big boy weight, you'll understand
>>77486560What weight dumbbells are you at? I’m currently doing 3x10 38 kg DBs. Getting the dumbbells in position is only occasionally an issue on my last set, and if I fail, I just take a minute break and try again. Breathe in, put them on your knees, and roll back while keeping tension in your arms.
>>7748683090lbs (about 40 kg), so we're basically in the same situation. It's kinda tough on my shoulders, even when I do the "knees first" thing Is this just me having weak shoulders
>>77486804How much do you weigh?
>>77486830>>77486840NTA but you can genuinely hurt yourself doing that maneuver. Barbell bench is much safer at this point, just do close grip and balance it out with heavy rows and some prehab banded face pulls.
>>77486560There is a solution, but it's more for home gym than commercial unless you want to be an asshole. Hang the DBs off a barbell with powerhooks. The setup requires the usual dumbbells and bench, but also a barbell, and also a power cage since the barbell needs to be positioned highed than a normal bench. It's the kind of thing that I would be infuriated to see someone else do.
>>77487017ThisJust barbell bench
>>77486560What does barbell bench have over weighted push-ups?
>>77487615Overload potentialLoading a pushup past 45lbs is going to be very cumbersomeMost weighted vests don't carry that muchOne of the reasons that weighted pull-ups and weighted dips are so great is that loading them (using a dip belt) is really easy
>>77486956180lbs
>>77487639Shit, you're right.I just held a push-up position with my hands on my scale and it looks like my body weight results in 140lbs at my hands...
>>77487731Yeah that's just the lever physicsWhen you bench, you have to push the weight up, unassistedWhen you do a push-up, your body is moved as a lever (your toes are the fulcrum)
>>77487745>unknown forceF = W*(L2)/(L1)
>>77486560>but my lifts have gotten to the point where getting the actual dumbbells into position is pretty difficultIf you can't get the dumbbells into position in order to do your sets then you shouldn't be doing the weight. I don't care if you claim you can hit 10 reps with a certain weight (there is no way you are convincing me you can). If its so heavy that getting it to your knees to do a kickup and then bench is too difficult then the weight you are doing is too much anyways. Do not treat dumbbell bench press like it is the ego lifters favorite exercise, the barbell bench press. The movement is the same and it hits the same muscle but its still a different exercise. Dumbbell bench press is vastly superior to barbell bench press no matter what the egofags have to say.>tldrStay in a weight range that you can always handle the weight through the entirety of the exercise. Including setting up and kicking back to then start benching.
>>77487639I wish I had a Voltra, I bet attaching it to a chest harness would make pushups the goated chest exercise.
>>77486787I can dumbbell bench 95s for reps but it's still fucking insanely scary when you feel yourself lose groove and feel the dumbbels tip downwards for a milisecond before your grip can recover.
>>77486560Switch to barbell for a month or two. Make sure to add 10% weight of what you're currently doing and then watch your chest explode. After 2/3 months, move back to dumbell and you'll be an absolute beast.
>>77488089I spy with my little eyea DYELEven the science-tards acknowledge OP's problemhttps://youtu.be/fGm-ef-4PVk?t=243
