Bench Press with Chains — Dumbbell Variation
Dumbbell version of the Bench Press with Chains. Same target muscle (triceps) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Bench Press with Chains is a PUSH triceps parent; the DB swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Bench Press with Chains
canonical record
Primary muscle
Triceps
trained via parent
Equipment
Dumbbell
this variation
Parent docs
910
mid third · 204 DB
Bench Press with Chains — Dumbbell Variation opens on force profile: a PUSH parent (Bench Press with Chains) swapped onto Dumbbell. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (triceps) or kit.
This DB substitute sits in the middle third of the 883-page catalogue by parent instruction mass (657–974 chars). Mid-pack parents typically document enough for a safe PUSH/COMPOUND transfer without being a full coaching essay.
DB swap on Bench Press with Chains (PUSH · DEEP · force)
One of 204 Dumbbell substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Bench Press with Chains is triceps · barbell · expert with 910 instruction characters (DEEP, mid corpus band). Use this page when dumbbell is what you have; open the parent for the step list.
Educational catalogue only, not medical or personal-training advice.
Parent exercise · DEEP
See Bench Press with Chains for steps and muscle targets; this DB page is the substitute frame only (910 chars of parent instruction mass).
Safety notes · DB · PUSH/COMPOUND
Free-weight DB compounds raise stabilizer demand on the PUSH path. Confirm triceps still leads before swapping into a programmed set. Read the Progression: when to advance guide before programming the swap.
Read with Bench Press with Chains — Dumbbell Variation
Nearest DB cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DEEP · PUSH/COMPOUND · CEILING), plus parent and guide.
Chair Squat — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Chair Squat (quadriceps). Parent docs 909 chars · Δ1 vs this DEEP parent.
Cable Russian Twists — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Cable Russian Twists (abdominals). Parent docs 913 chars · Δ3 vs this DEEP parent.
Reverse Triceps Bench Press — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Reverse Triceps Bench Press (triceps). Parent docs 913 chars · Δ3 vs this DEEP parent.
Board Press — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Board Press (triceps). Parent docs 914 chars · Δ4 vs this DEEP parent.
Push Press — Dumbbell Variation
THIN pole in the DB cohort, parent Push Press at 2 instruction chars.
Power Clean — Dumbbell Variation
DEEP pole in the DB cohort, parent Power Clean at 3264 instruction chars.
Bench Press with Chains
Canonical parent (BARBELL · PUSH · COMPOUND). Steps and muscle map live here, this page is the DB substitute only.
Progression: when to advance
Guide drill for a DB · CEILING · DEEP substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.