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Originally Posted by lowside67
Is there a more generally accepted ratio of bench:dumbbell press? I can only do about 70% with dumbbells and am wondering if that is sort of in the ballpark of what most people see?
Mark
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Ratio as in how much time you should invest in either or? Or ratio as in what you strength levels should be for each?
If the latter, it's really subjective to each person and their situation.. When I was plateauing at 2 plate bench press, I went into heavy dumbbell pressing and went from 75lbs to 110lbs. Went back to barbell benching and still stayed at 2 plates. However, within 2 weeks I was able to bring it up to 255. So there was a period where my dumbbell bench was in fact higher than my barbell bench, but because there was such a strong transition, it didn't take long for my barbell bench to catch up and well exceed my dumbbell bench.