how much does dumbbell work translate to barbell work? For example, if I had to stop barbell work for a while because of an injury and only did dumbbells for chest press, incline press, shoulder press, etc., and you increased in all those exercises, will there be a corresponding increase when I returned to barbell work?
example....right now I bench about 250-260 for reps. On the dumbbells I can do 115s maybe 120s. Now if I increase my dumbbell bench over a period of say a month or 2 to 130-135, and then I go back to the bench press, will I at least see a slight improvement over my current weights, or will I need to do it all over again to get back to where I was since it is a different exercise? Is there any overlap?
example....right now I bench about 250-260 for reps. On the dumbbells I can do 115s maybe 120s. Now if I increase my dumbbell bench over a period of say a month or 2 to 130-135, and then I go back to the bench press, will I at least see a slight improvement over my current weights, or will I need to do it all over again to get back to where I was since it is a different exercise? Is there any overlap?