How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press?

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (clayton1989)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:58:09 GMT

i can do 50kg in each hand on flat and 45s on incline! also on flat barbell bench i can do 120kg!

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Aks)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:06:00 GMT

Because its been revived i may as well answer.
3 x 8 on 36kg at the moment. That's flat bench without a spot but hopefully will be moving up soon.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Reeper)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:57:17 GMT

lol just read how old this thread was as i clicked it off some ones sig....

oh well bump for who ever made this lol

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Reeper)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:56:24 GMT

well i filled it in wrong cause i only read the title and put down 40 - 60 but then i read that its total so it would be 80 - 100 as i lift 42.5....

should change the title to incorporate total as its a bit misleading.

what is the point in this anyway?? i havnt read through the whole 4 pages so this might be covered somewhere else.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (The Leader)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:11:24 GMT

FA! cause I train at home an by myself.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Rodger)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:18:01 GMT

Currently c rap pair of 26kg's on incline for 12 reps (after Barbell Bench)

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Dave284)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Hes got one of the highest recent raw totals. ****ing strong.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (flexlikedat)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:02:37 GMT

Dave284

serious sh1t that

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (flexlikedat)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:59:29 GMT

iaink

I'd much prefer to have heavy dumbbells passed to me. Pain in the ass otherwise.

x2
i think it takes a lot out of you just getting them up there, therefore messes up your my reps

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (iaink)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:52:25 GMT

Somebody did mentiond a bw comparison.

Straight bw comparisons are not really a great way to compare performnace between idividuals.

It will tend to place to high an emphasis on lighter bodyweights and too little on very heavy bodyweights.

This is why sports such as weightlifting and powerlifting have come up with more complicated formula to compare lifts.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Rob.S)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:06:39 GMT

Currently 42's on incline for 7 reps after 5 sets using BB so I recon I'd be good for 50kg dumbells fresh on the flat.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (cgmd1)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:41:42 GMT

30 for 5x5 at 67kgs BW

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (nwalsh011)

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:50:45 GMT

38 flat, 32 incline, want to hit 44 by christmas if im lucky

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (CitizenKane)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:51:47 GMT

I'm onto the 36's each hand now, my aim is to get the 40's up for reps by early 2010

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Brummylad1981)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:38:45 GMT

45kg's (Each hand) for working sets

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (uncle_peter)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:23:56 GMT

My gym max's out at 50kg and I will use these towards the end of my chest workout for maybe 6-8 reps. Have used 55kg at another gym but because of the lack of reps I feel it's a bit pointless.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (loudmouth)

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:54:58 GMT

STEVEO1982

Dumbells in my gym only go upto 37.5kg hence why I will be changing as soon as possible!

Normally do 30kg in each hand for 10 to 12 reps per set.

I know what you mean. Many commercial gyms just have a collection of DBs so as to look complete, so you cannot have heavy DBs to work your stabilisers.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (STEVEO1982)

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:24:34 GMT

Dumbells in my gym only go upto 37.5kg hence why I will be changing as soon as possible!

Normally do 30kg in each hand for 10 to 12 reps per set.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Bluebear)

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:58:55 GMT

para1966

There`s one thing that always gets me with these threads about how much you can bench, squat, deadlift, etc,

What about the weight you are using compared to bodyweight?

A more realistic question would be -

Can you dumbbell bench press your own bodyweight or more?

And then give a list of options, eg, -20kg, -10kg, even, +10kg, +20kg, etc,

At the moment I am using a pair of 30kg dumbbells, so 24kg below BW in total.

Good point mate.

I weigh 83kgs and press the 40's so about right.

Re:How much can you Dumbbell Bench Press? (Bluebear)

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:56:32 GMT

40s flat
36s incline

All for 8 reps