usually id say the higher the dumbell press, the higher the bench

not the other way around as much

Really depends on which you do more of lol

that's the trend

IMO it's much much harder to hit 315 (which I can't do) for me than to even do 130 presses (which I can do).

That seems about right.

I did that my sophomore year of H.S. exactly.

In terms of benching and any other lifts in regards to max outs and reps...it's actually two simultaneous "paths" to work toward.

You never want to be lacking in one element. My endurance could have been way better for my bench max back then.

I had a physics teacher I was friends with in my H.S. who, at the time was 41 years old, about 5'9" 200 lbs and would rep out 225 x 20, 405 x 5, and easily and his max out was 455.

Myself on the other hand at 17 at 5'10 1/2" and 212 lbs, was hitting 225 x 18 or so, 405 x 3 and maxing out at 460 lbs.

Slight variations.

E: BIG TIP is to really work on seated DB military presses!

That blasted my bench reps and bench max even higher...

Freshman year of College I was handling 120 lbs DB's seated military for 2 to 3 sets of 7-8 reps.

This post was edited by Welterweight on Nov 4 2014 04:50pm

Meanwhile I hit 14*225 in the past a barely max 300 lol

I did 225x18 when my max was 315 lol

Hahahhahaa I fkn love u Liron

Somewhere between 100-120s should be fine for 5-8 reps if you are able to rep 315 for around 3 reps.

100 lbs for 5 reps vs 315 for 3

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