Dumbell bench V Barbell press

[carved.in.stone]

This has not been posted as a discustion for or against(think it might turn into one) or i would have posted it in training questions.

I am really intrested to see the numbers though.

So what do you preffer dumbell bench press or barbell bench press?

[carved.in.stone]

I ll go first dumbell press every time.

[Stumbo]

So what do you preffer dumbell bench press or barbell bench press?

Yes.

[carved.in.stone]

is that a booth

[SMAN12b]

dumbells please

[G-1000]

you should be working with both.

[taiotosh7]

I switch every other week...barbell wk1, dumbell wk2, barbell wk3, ect. This also follows 1 week heavy and week 2 lighter with more concentration on portions

[SMAN12b]

I always use BOTH, but the question was which was the preference, I prefer the isolation of dumbells over bar, but definetly do both

[bigpapabuff]

I do both too, but if I had to choose one or the other, I would say dumbell

[shortie]

Both, but I prefer DB for growth~

[24labor]

I do both but I' m weird I love incline barbell but not flat. I love flat dumbbell but not incline dumbell.

[chest6]

barbell flat bench always tears my chest..but I like to do it. I really like dumbbells now tho..so??

[jef]

usually do both but sticking with dumbells and cables exclusively for the next 2-3 months

[Timm1704]

i switch it up. but lately have had a prefernce with barbells

[Sage]

i hit barbells more often for chest

[needmorestrength]

dumbells more often, I find it way better for growth.. Of course I like to ego lift now and then

[rar1015]

I do both but mainly db's.

[stunner5000pt]

i cnat do barbell becuase my shoulder hurts badly when i do it

dumbbells is all i can use... only variations in grip - pronated, semi pronated

[taiboxa]

DB's for high rep
bar for low rep

[Kärnfysikern]

moved to workout forum.

I do dumbells for muscle growth and barbel for strenght.

[Njectable]

I usually switch it up and will do BB movements for a few weeks then DB movements for a few weeks, although i find, and have read somewhere else that with DB movements, yes you are using more muscles to stabilize the weight, but i find with BB you can focus a little more on really contracting just your chest and really isolating your chest and using it as the primary source to help power the weight up. Obviously shoulders and triceps are helping to stabilize and helping with the lift in BB movements as well for bench but i find with BB your not focusing so much on really stabilizing the weight as you are just powering the weight up throughout the ROM. Plus for BB movements its typical that you can usually go heavier then you would be with DB, which is primarly because like i said DB your calling upon even more muscle groups and most on which are smaller muscle groups to help stabilize. So for compound movements like bench, and military press for example i actually prefer BB, and DB's more for isolation movements such as flies, or decline press. Where you can really focus on your inner chest, which you can't so much with BB. But like i said i, like alot of the guys do presses with both BB and DB, i just prefer BB.