Is doing bench press with dumbells harder then benching the normal bar with wieghts?
USMC9013 asked:
i used dumbells to do bench press for the first time today and noticed that it was harder and i couldn’t do as much wieght as when i use the traditional bar with wieghts. is that normal, or am i doing something wrong?
ok great, thanks for all the help guys
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i used dumbells to do bench press for the first time today and noticed that it was harder and i couldn’t do as much wieght as when i use the traditional bar with wieghts. is that normal, or am i doing something wrong?
ok great, thanks for all the help guys
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November 15th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
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Yes it is. With dumbells your arms are independant. So when one gives in a little the other one can;t compensate like it does with a straight bar.
November 16th, 2008 at 8:47 am
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Dumbells are much better, it does more to the chest that’s why it’s hard and requires more control. The bench press is a lot easier, I could do 185 15 times but on dumbells I have trouble doing 80’s like 10 times.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
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I’m the opposite actually.. i can lift for with dumbells. 50 in each arm.
November 19th, 2008 at 5:31 am
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its normal. you gotta balance each weight with each hand with dumbels
with a bar, ur using both hands
November 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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it is harder because you cant cheat onearm with the other ,using dumbells is better for the middle of your chest since you can go down alot further
November 24th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
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Yup, try doing leg press with one leg then two. You really understand how much harder it is with one leg than with two. I know you asked about arms but its basically the same thing.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:05 am
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It may appear harder due to the way you do it. Because you most likely have each arm angled outwards and have less leverage. So it seems that you are weaker but your just using different muscles. For example your using more arm strength individually with the dumb bells than using you pectorals(chest) with the bar.