Light is all relative and subjective. I won’t have to worry about the things you listed because of certain impairments based on previous injuries and just the nature of my joints and ligament laxity. And I can vary tempo the parameters enough to get solid chest workouts with DBs (I’m not out to break records). Also. I do my DB flys on the floor because doing them on a bench is quite frankly retarded and that extra little stretch on the pecs isn’t going to give you much of anything.

If I’m looking for high weight, I walk on over to the hammer press to load up weight.

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Posted by LSU Patrick

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Posted on 2/20/20 at 12:29 pm to Athos

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Light is all relative and subjective

Not completely. Most adjustable DBs are limited to about 50 lbs. Unless you spend hundreds of dollars on DB ranging from 55 to 100 lbs, you are going to be limited in which movements you can train in lower rep ranges to maximize strength and/or power gains.

If you are a beginner with a smaller frame and are only interested in body building or just getting in better shape, then you could probably get away with a set of adjustable DBs up to 50 lbs for 6 to 12 months, assuming that you have a pullup bar. I don't know what OPs goals are.

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I do my DB flys on the floor because doing them on a bench

That's certainly helpful to reduce injury risk. Obviously, if you have medical problems or history of significant injuries, that will influence what you can or should be doing, but I am assuming that OP is healthy and doesn't have a significant injury history.

This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 12:35 pm

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