Barbells vs Dumbbells | Benchpress

Leave your ego at the door 🚪

#gymtips #bodybuilding #fitness

[JAHayes]

Jay the only bodybuilder who doesn’t look like shit after his prime

[TheLoilloxAlt]

"We leave our ego at the door, we want to focus on more" putting that shit on my tombstone.

[lordmolinari]

Jay is so amazing, My body Just changed when I started doing dumbbells, much more weight and control

[haydenfreeman]

I generally prefer dumbbells because i usually don’t have a spotter and I’m much more willing to push to failure with the dumbbells that I can just drop

[lukakandic]

I reccomend you do both. Its way easier to setup with heavy barbell than like 50 kg dumbell and quite safe if you do it the proper way

[HerculesFit]

Jay knows his stuff! Solid advice as always 💪

[bimmermac]

Leave you ego at the door. The most solid advice ever.

[chrisolevich]

Jay is the best. Solid advice and a huge advocate for bodybuilders of all ages. He does an amazing job of promoting bodybuilding and bodybuilders. It’s really great to watch

[Sehnsuchtversteckt]

Personally I do barbell flat bench and then dumbbell incline bench

[brokensprites]

I prefer dumbbell presses personally, so that's cool

[simonm]

I agree 100%. Every single time I try to use a barbell my shoulder will hurt for 2-3 days. Dumbbells are king!

[gfrog]

Been watching you forever man. I actually took a picture with you on Camp Lejeune when I was in the Marine Corps. It meant a lot to me to get to meet someone I grew up watching. You're a genuinely good person. Im happy to see your still out here giving advice and getting after it.

[brandongiles]

Yep just tore my pec doing an ego barbell bench press. No more just dumbbells and Smith press for now on

[CertifiedPsychonaut]

EXACTLY. Nobody wants to let go of the bar because lets not kid ourselves, it looks pretty sick. However, you can bring the elbows deeper which places more load on the chest and the elbows can be brought in instead of being at a flat angle with the bar.

Then it trains stabilizers too. After only training with dumbbells since I started a year ago I surprised myself at how strong I was using a straight bar…

… I also hurt my shoulder too 😂

[daneslayer]

I think Jay is one of greatest bodybuilders ever, it’s my opinion.

[ThetopGoat]

I do both. I just get a different feeling from each. I think the problem with barbell bench press is really only the ego aspect. Load up too heavy on dumbbells it’s easy to dump. Load up too heavy on barbell and you’ve probably got some issues especially if you don’t have a spotter.

[flex]

Jay just seems like an all around great guy. Very humble, keeps it 💯

[jwwilcox]

Yup! That's what I have stuck with. Dumbbells seems best. I have had shoulder problems & dumbbells seem less risk when it comes to reinjuring the shoulder

[Robert-mzhi]

I only do dumbbell presses because they target a lot more of the pecs than the barbell bench press. Dumbbell presses also help improve your sticky spots and build up those weaker areas of the chest.

[DexterHaven]

Yes, with dumbbells each arm works equally and your wrist angle can change; it's not locked on the barbell.