can you accurately convert dumbell weight into barbell??

[blown93302]

i hate doing barbell bench press, so i use dumbells. only thing is when someone asks what do i bench, i tell them 85 with the dumbells.... anyone know a good way to convert this to barbell??? let me know if you can help. thanks

 

[blaster220]

Who cares? Simply tell them "enough"

Why are people so caught up in "how much do you bench??" It's a catch phrase at my gym. There's my training partner and I, then a bunch of teenagers that come in, do 15 minutes of preacher curls and bench press and leave. Maybe I should try their routine

But, to answer your question, I have no idea... your topic just triggered a rant I do know this, benching 85pd dumbells is a lot harder than benching 170pds barbell. I am a big believer in dumbells when compared to barbell.

 

[bigmag]

I'm with him...who cares how much you can bench.....I've seen badass mofo's bench like 200....and I've seen the biggest pussies bench over 300.....for some reason it's like a test of manhood in the gym or something. I as well have no idea about your question...but if I had to guess I'd say about 230 or so....like I said....just a guess.

 

[absolute hardgainer]

Bump for this thread, the next guy who asks me "how much do you bench?" is going to get 'the Rock' attitude from me: "It doesn't matter..."

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