{"id":9301,"date":"2017-12-13T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/converting-dumbbell-bench-to-barbell-bench\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T02:20:12","slug":"converting-dumbbell-bench-to-barbell-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/converting-dumbbell-bench-to-barbell-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting Dumbbell Bench to Barbell Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How to convert your dumbbell bench press weight to barbell bench press weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you can lift X amount of weight with the dumbbell bench press, how do you convert that number into how much weight you can lift with a barbell bench press?<\/p>\n<p>Or vice versa, how can you figure out your dumbbell bench weight based on how much weight you can lift with a barbell bench press?<\/p>\n<p><em>That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to discuss in this blog post&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<strong><font size=\"+1\" color=\"brown\">Click PLAY To Watch The Video:<\/font><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cwBm5dDXJu8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<I>NOTE: If you can&#8217;t see the embedded video clip above,<br \/>\nyou can watch it on YouTube by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cwBm5dDXJu8\" title=\"How To Convert Dumbbell Bench to Barbell Bench\" target=\"_blank\"><U>Clicking Here<\/u><\/a><\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just the other day one of my YouTube subscribers asked me:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Is there a rule of thumb for converting dumbbell press weight to bench press weight? I have no idea where to start with benching because all I ever do is dumbbell presses, and I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s not as simple as just adding the 2 together and shifting to barbell form.\ufeff&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there is no cut and dried answer or mathematical formula that you can plug your numbers into and get an exact conversion calculation for dumbbell vs. barbell bench press.<\/p>\n<p>But generally speaking you will be able to lift more total weight with a barbell than you can with dumbbell&#8217;s. The reason for this is that when you are pressing dumbbells you have to balance and stabilize 2 weights. And when you are pressing a barbell you only have to balance and stabilize 1 weight.<\/p>\n<p>Now the exact increase in poundage will vary from person to person. And in some rare cases certain people may actually be stronger with dumbbells than they are with a barbell, but this is the exception and not the rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is how the bench press strength curve goes for most people:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Dumbbell Bench Press <em>(weakest)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; Barbell Bench Press <em>(stronger)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; Machine Bench Press <em>(strongest)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you are using a bench press machine such as a smith machine, hammer strength machine, etc. the machine is balancing the weights for you and all you have to do is exert 100% pressing effort. So you&#8217;ll generally be stronger again with machine lifts compared to free weight lifts.<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to convert your dumbbell bench press weight to barbell bench press weight. 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