Oh yeah, the BB Front Squats weren't a problem -- it was the DB ones that were a bit tricky. I found that with the weights I was using I could use my other hand to place the heavier DB on my shoulder and then swing/half-clean the other one up and I never increased the weights to where I couldn't get the second up at all, though I did get to the point where I needed to drag the second up to my knee while it was on a bench and use that to get it up to my shoulder.
For the partial bench I leaned my shoulders on the bench, sort of dragged the DBs up my chest until they were at my shoulders and then did a hip thrust to get the rest of me into position. Then you just bench as normal.
Having done DB incline bench, the hard part is always getting it started though -- I'd struggle on the first one but I found that if I could get the weight up at all, I could usually do a decent number of reps -- it was rare that I'd have a hard time on one and then find it was my max or that I could only do one or two more. Which lead to weirdness with incline bench where I'd totally fail to get the DBs up on day and then knock out five reps the next.
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For the partial bench I leaned my shoulders on the bench, sort of dragged the DBs up my chest until they were at my shoulders and then did a hip thrust to get the rest of me into position. Then you just bench as normal.
Having done DB incline bench, the hard part is always getting it started though -- I'd struggle on the first one but I found that if I could get the weight up at all, I could usually do a decent number of reps -- it was rare that I'd have a hard time on one and then find it was my max or that I could only do one or two more. Which lead to weirdness with incline bench where I'd totally fail to get the DBs up on day and then knock out five reps the next.