Quote Originally Posted by yeahbuddy289 View Post
I use to exclusively barbell bench on chest day but I injured my shoulder (outside the gym) and I have been using dumbbells for chest ever since because its easier on shoulders. But the gym I go to only has dumbbells up to 100lbs. I am able to do those pretty easy flat benching so I have been using dumbbells for inclines then doing flat barbell benching. I am manly interested in adding size to my chest and my shoulder has been tolerating it well but I dont want to injury it. Do you guys think I would see better results if I was able to dumbbell bench with more weight or is barbell benching an effective tool for building a good chest?
Current chest routine:
Incline dumbbells 3 sets- 1 feeler set then 2 drop-set sets
Flat barbell bench3 sets -1 heavy set, 2 drop-set sets
Incline flies- 3 sets, 2 are drop sets
Both will build the chest. So will push ups. IMO the weight is irrelevant as long as the intensity is there. If you can max out the dumbbells with ease then try doing the reps slowly and focus on time under tension. At first doing the set slowly is kind of a pain and probably more psychological to over come most everyone becomes used to the steady lift tempo but trust me you will see that those 100lbs will feel heavy as hell real fast when going at a slow tempo.