im doing dumbell bench presses in my routine at the moment rather than barbell bench presses,since im pretty new at the training,what are the pros and cons of each one basically,which do you find better to do,or is there even any real difference?
BabyPhenom said:Db requires more stabilizer muscles and has a greater ROM. For strength and power, I prefer BB.
BabyPhenom said:For functional strength, stability and hypertrophy, I prefer DB
ENTROPY said:In order to more closely arrive at ones physical potential, both barbells and dumbbells should be employed in one
Madmick said:Useful distinctions, Entropy, and I am familiar with them, but I have a question:
In a max strength phase, do you prefer to conjugate BB and DB variations of the same lift, as with the bench press, or do you prefer to simply use BB's during this phase.
Of course you use both, but I'm asking about the MxS phase specifically.
I always have done both, but I'm wondering if (especially during a shorter 4-6 week phase) I should just specialize in the BB variation of the lifts.
Drastic_MaN said:Why is it that after doing say 4 sets of dumbell bench incrementing weight from say 15 @ 55, 10 @ 75, 8 @ 85 and 105 @ 6, why does this routine leave my chest sore for an entire week when a similar routine on the bench only effects my chest for about a day or two, I can feel my shoulders and lats alot more though, still my chest takes a long time to recover after flat dumbell benches.
ENTROPY said:To begin with, I change my ME movement once every 4 weeks which requires that I
Drastic_MaN said:Why is it that after doing say 4 sets of dumbell bench incrementing weight from say 15 @ 55, 10 @ 75, 8 @ 85 and 105 @ 6, why does this routine leave my chest sore for an entire week when a similar routine on the bench only effects my chest for about a day or two, I can feel my shoulders and lats alot more though, still my chest takes a long time to recover after flat dumbell benches.
Madmick said:Nice, this makes sense to me.
Why do you rotate your lifts every month? I know more experienced lifters adapt more quickly, but even Francis had Johnson on the same six lifts for longer periods than this at times.