Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 Several strings have been going on this list I believe concerning the Bench Press and how useful it is in both training for American football and how accurate it is in evaluating the players capability. Two questions: 1.) How effective would the dumbbell bench or dumbbell incline bench be in training and evaluating football players? 2.) Has anyone completed a study or heard of a study as to how strength in the dumbbell benchpress correlates to strength in the barbell bench press. (An old rule of thumb used to be something like 10 reps with 150# Db equaled a 500# bench press). Joe Littleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 At my best I could do 3 sets of 10 DB press with #150's and my best bench was 462. -------------- From: Joe E. Littleton <jelittleton@...> > Several strings have been going on this list I believe concerning the > Bench Press and how useful it is in both training for American football and how > accurate it is in evaluating the players capability. Two questions: > > 1.) How effective would the dumbbell bench or dumbbell incline bench be in > training and evaluating football players? > > 2.) Has anyone completed a study or heard of a study as to how strength in > the dumbbell benchpress correlates to strength in the barbell bench press. > (An old rule of thumb used to be something like 10 reps with 150# Db > equalled a 500# bench press). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2001 Report Share Posted January 9, 2001 " Joe E. Littleton " <jelittleton@...> wrote: > Several strings have been going on this list I believe concerning > the Bench Press and how useful it is in both training for American > football and how accurate it is in evaluating the players > capability. Two questions: > > 1.) How effective would the dumbbell bench or dumbbell incline > bench be in training and evaluating football players? The chief complaint aimed at the bench press has been that football players don't push other players while lying supine on a bench. In that respect, the dumbbell and barbell variations are the same. > 2.) Has anyone completed a study or heard of a study as to how > strength in the dumbbell benchpress correlates to strength in the > barbell bench press. (An old rule of thumb used to be something > like 10 reps with 150# Db equaled a 500# bench press). The rule of thumb I've heard is that your dumbbell bench (total weight of both bells) should be 80% of your barbell bench. Thus, 10 reps with 150-lb dumbbells would roughly equal 10 reps with a 375-lb barbell or a single rep with more like 475 lbs. Of course, if you're a competitive powerlifter, your skill with the barbell (and lack of skill with the dumbbells) could mean that those 10 reps with 150-lb dumbbells map to a single with a 500-lb barbell. A bodybuilder whose been using dumbbells extensively might only manage 400 lbs (or whatever) with the same dumbbell performance. Matt Madsen __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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