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Can dumbbell bench press performance predict your barbell bench press 1RM?

Oct 27
3 min read

Not every gym has a bench, a rack and a spotter free when you want to test your bench press. Many lifters train mainly with dumbbells, at home or by preference, and still want to know roughly what they would bench with a barbell. A small group of studies has looked at whether dumbbell performance can stand in for barbell testing, and whether training with one transfers to the other.

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