I used to barbell bench 3x a week powerlifting style doing many things like tempo bench, pause bench and normal shit as well.
Now I’m training at home with adjustable dumbbells.
Here are some advantages/disadvantages I see:
Barbell:
+For me personally much easier to use leg drive because of the setup
+More options for setup so you can arch more or less
+-More weight can be lifted but since you are using more load for the same stimulus it’s more fatigue
Dumbbell:
+ more ROM
+less fatigue because less load
- if using standard dumbbell can’t progress as easily, you may end up with large jumps in weight
-not many setup options, I don’t have many options like barbell bench
Overall idk, if had a barbell I would do both ngl. Hard to pick for me, atleast with adjustable dumbbells. I’ll easily pick barbell bench if the dumbbell bench was done using fixed weight dumbbells.
Now I’m training at home with adjustable dumbbells.
Here are some advantages/disadvantages I see:
Barbell:
+For me personally much easier to use leg drive because of the setup
+More options for setup so you can arch more or less
+-More weight can be lifted but since you are using more load for the same stimulus it’s more fatigue
Dumbbell:
+ more ROM
+less fatigue because less load
- if using standard dumbbell can’t progress as easily, you may end up with large jumps in weight
-not many setup options, I don’t have many options like barbell bench
Overall idk, if had a barbell I would do both ngl. Hard to pick for me, atleast with adjustable dumbbells. I’ll easily pick barbell bench if the dumbbell bench was done using fixed weight dumbbells.
