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Forum » How do you set up FOR A SET OF HEAVY DUMBELL bench PRESS???!??!?!?!?!?!
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Thread: How do you set up FOR A SET OF HEAVY DUMBELL bench PRESS???!??!?!?!?!?!

post 1667538773 09-08-2022, 02:20 PM
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How do you set up FOR A SET OF HEAVY DUMBELL bench PRESS???!??!?!?!?!?!

Do you kick the dumbells up 1 leg at a time or both together?

I've always kicked up 1 leg at a time, both doesn't feel comfortable but seems like it would be better for really heavy set???
post 1667540813 09-08-2022, 02:53 PM
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both together and hope shoulders dont go to snap city.
post 1667541523 09-08-2022, 03:04 PM
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bring dumbbells closer to torso (further from knees) and kinda lay back to the bench (not sure if u can understand)


...and hope shoulders dont go to snap city
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post 1667541573 09-08-2022, 03:05 PM
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Rest on knees, eyes closed, wait until audio peaks (for me it's a motivational video), kick both back at once very slowly as I lean back, arch back, pinch shoulder blades together and let's fuking go.
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post 1667542303 09-08-2022, 03:17 PM
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Bench I don't sweat much over, idk just fall back with em

But setting up for OHP I use a homemade 2x10 that sits across the safety bars in a squat rack to position em first
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post 1667542733 09-08-2022, 03:26 PM
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Usually just go back to the rack and get a lighter pair of dumbbells....
post 1667542813 09-08-2022, 03:27 PM
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I set them on the bench, grab them while in a standing position, then lie on the bench and press
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post 1667542893 09-08-2022, 03:27 PM
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I set them up on the rack and then go over to the bench and use a barbell.
post 1667543153 09-08-2022, 03:31 PM
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Set them on my knees and fall back with my arms straight so I start with the DBs at the top position. Kind of settle in and good to go.

If you decide to do this way, practice with warm up weight only and learn how to do it before moving on to your working weight
post 1667544103 09-08-2022, 03:49 PM
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I've seen things like this before. Really nice.

post 1667544273 09-08-2022, 03:53 PM
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Lean back on flat bench, if incline benching then pop 1 at a time
post 1667544943 09-08-2022, 04:06 PM
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Tucked in position as I fall back into the bench. Start the lift from the bottom position. If you can't get the DBs to the top position, your ROM sucks or it's too heavy for you.
post 1667545013 09-08-2022, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted By TomPaine⏩
I've seen things like this before. Really nice.

that's awesome, never seen that before
post 1667545023 09-08-2022, 04:07 PM
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I put them in my lap and rock back with them into position.
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post 1667545033 09-08-2022, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted By demfeelsbro⏩
Do you kick the dumbells up 1 leg at a time or both together?

I've always kicked up 1 leg at a time, both doesn't feel comfortable but seems like it would be better for really heavy set???
no. i just fall back and lift them up and press them up together at the same time with sheer brute force. 75s for 3x12. press and flyes. i don't do the leg kick thing. that's for ****s.
post 1667545093 09-08-2022, 04:08 PM
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Visualise Gordon doing flyes with a pair of 75s





edit: holy chit, never been wizards that hard in 10 years of Miscing
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
no. i just lift them up and press them up together at the same time with brute force. 75s for 3x12. press and flyes. i don't do the leg kick thing. that's for ****s.
He said 'heavy' big daddy, not the baby weights.
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post 1667545393 09-08-2022, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted By Kewbrah⏩
Visualise Gordon doing flyes with a pair of 75s

edit: holy chit, never been wizards that hard in 10 years of Miscing
Originally Posted By natypes⏩
He said 'heavy' big daddy, not the baby weights.
you ****s can't have it both ways. one **** says 75s are baby weights, the other **** doesn't believe 75s.
post 1667545483 09-08-2022, 04:16 PM
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I mostly do incline dumbbell, but I do on my knees 1 at a time.
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If going very heavy I'll ask someone to set each one onto my thigh as I'm sitting on the bench.

Then knee them up one at a time and lay back on the bench.

When finished, make loud grunting sound and then drop them on the mat.
post 1667545793 09-08-2022, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted By 401Delta⏩
If going very heavy I'll ask someone to set each one onto my thigh as I'm sitting on the bench.

Then knee them up one at a time and lay back on the bench.

When finished, make loud grunting sound and then drop them on the mat.
i was very close to getting banned from PF. been going there for 2+ years and never had a problem. new smacked-ass by the book corporate ass-kisser nitpicker manager approaches me yesterday as i'm using the 75s. tells me not to drop the weights. then he comes over a second time and said i dropped the weights again and that i also was grunting. i agree that yelling and screaming and slamming weights down or dropping them from a high level is an a-hole move. but a low volume grunting during a press? and a slight drop of the 75s to the floor? you can really hurt yourself trying to set down heavy dumbbells from the bench gently. i really need to find a new gym. it's a gym not a library.
post 1667546453 09-08-2022, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
i was very close to getting banned from PF. been going there for 2+ years and never had a problem. new smacked-ass by the book corporate ass-kisser nitpicker manager approaches me yesterday as i'm using the 75s. tells me not to drop the weights. then he comes over a second time and said i dropped the weights again and that i also was grunting. i agree that yelling and screaming and slamming weights down or dropping them from a high level is an a-hole move. but a low volume grunting during a press? and a slight drop of the 75s to the floor? you can really hurt yourself trying to set down heavy dumbbells from the bench gently. i really need to find a new gym. it's a gym not a library.
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post 1667547023 09-08-2022, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
i was very close to getting banned from PF. been going there for 2+ years and never had a problem. new smacked-ass by the book corporate ass-kisser nitpicker manager approaches me yesterday as i'm using the 75s. tells me not to drop the weights. then he comes over a second time and said i dropped the weights again and that i also was grunting. i agree that yelling and screaming and slamming weights down or dropping them from a high level is an a-hole move. but a low volume grunting during a press? and a slight drop of the 75s to the floor? you can really hurt yourself trying to set down heavy dumbbells from the bench gently. i really need to find a new gym. it's a gym not a library.
>75 db press
> heavy

in4 video of 75lb flies though lmao
post 1667548243 09-08-2022, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted By RollTideBrah⏩
>75 db press
> heavy
75 lbs is heavy enough to drop them, rather then try and maneuver them back up off the bench, especially if going to failure by yourself.
post 1667548413 09-08-2022, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
you ****s can't have it both ways. one **** says 75s are baby weights, the other **** doesn't believe 75s.
The confusion comes from you doing flyes and bench presses with the same weight.

That has to involve either oddly heavy flyes or oddly light bench presses
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