[BigHulkDiesel]

hey all you Muscle heads, first of all, thanks for all the good advice! Now for my question, I am trying to increase my bench (I know who isn't). I am 6'10, 305lbs. My strength is increasing slowly, but I can only do 225 for about 5 reps. I have no problem gaining mass, but because of my long arms, my bench strength is coming slowly. Does anyone have any experience doing dumbell bench press for strength gains? Let me know your opinion, Just want to get to 300 lbs bench as quick as I can, October would be good.

[fahad]

try doing reps uder 6...1-5 reps......and do partial bench press......if u do partials from the bottom half like ronnie coleman did in the cost of redmption u will get an exterem pump in your chest put if u do the top half u will mastly feel it in the triceps..GL..

[Master Of Puppets]

Dumbbell uses more stabilizer muscles than barbell. I would say dumbbell, and alternate it. Mix things up to shock your muscles. All of this is IMO.

On a side note, I wish I was as big as you just for being big, but squats must suck, huh? lol

MOP

[BigHulkDiesel]

Yes! Squats do suck, but you gotta do em right..... I do 225 for 10 reps usually, but yeah, parallel for me is way worse then for smaller people, but on the other hand, if I do it right, I have a chance to be the biggest bodybuilder ever! Thanks for your opinions guys!

[18inchGun]

barbell, do 8 sets of a weight you can do 3 reps with, get a spotter as well, if you're doing it right sets 5-8 you should only be able to get around 1-2 on your own. do that for a few weeks, then slowly add weight, you'll be benching 300+ in no time.

[BigHulkDiesel]

Thanks, I'll give it a try!

[jumk]

if you want to increase your bench you need to work your weakpoints- try doing 3 Max sets of 3 reps with 3 board presses then rotate that every 3 weeks with pause barbell bench presses where you pause on your chest for 2 seconds- then see how you go from there, you will prabaly have different sticking points after that so you will have to adress them with different movements that work them
- I guarantee you will have a bigger bench though!!

try to add 2 pounds to your max effort movement a week,
dont forget to train your tris with dips and skull crushers as well- Dont overdo it thought!!!
PM me if ya need more help or have any questions

[Q80_MuscleHed]

dumbells will help u to bench more on the barbell .. i tried to to stick with dumbells one month .. then i came back to barbell .. a feel strong than before .. and the last weight i used to push with it before .. it became lighter

[BigHulkDiesel]

What about the number of times a week you hit your chest? I was hitting it only once a week, now I hit it on monday and friday. Any other suggestions?

[Pain]

i say swap thme round ever 2 weeks.

[philosopher]

Dumbbell uses more stabilizer muscles than barbell. I would say dumbbell, and alternate it. Mix things up to shock your muscles. All of this is IMO.

true.

[Blond Bomber]

Cycle dumbell and barbell bench presses is going to get you stabilazed and stronger.

[Flex]

mix it up:

Monday-Barbell Chest
Friday-Dumbell Chest
Wednesday-Barbell Chest
Monday-Dumbell Chest
Friday-Barbell Chest

etc...

[Shredded247]

I train chest at least twice a week, if not three times. I learned that doing single arm dumbbell press helps you get over where your stuck at on barbell bench press. The way I split it up is; Mondy--Dumbbell, Wed.--Barbell, Friday--Dumbbell. On your barbell days just go ahead after every barbell exercise do a set or two on single arm dumbbell press. For example, once I hit flat bench i'll hit a set of single arm presses. Same with incline bench and decline bench. I'll hit a set of single arm presses right after I hit barbell. Not like a superset though. Give your body a little rest in between sets first that way you dont totally exhaust your chest. You want to exhaust your chest muscles on dumbell days, not barbell. Dumbells incorperate A LOT more muscles than barbell so by exhausting your muscles