Relative strength of bench press, military press and dip

jogenn

I am starting off with a bench press of 135 for 3 reps,
a military press of 77lbs for 5 reps.
I am 156lbs and 19.5% body fat and can do dips with an extra 16.5lbs
on the dipping belt for 9 reps.

Questions:
1) Is my dip strong relative to my bench. Is my bench strong relative to my military press.
2) Let us say I work up to a bench of 200lb. What should my dip be then?
What should my military press be?
3) My bench always fails in the bottom third of the lift. What body part do I need to strengthen to get past this?

Thanks

GettinSwole

There is no true relative strength of muscles. I am far stronger on my bench presses than my military presses, mostly due to an injury I had about 6-7 months ago. The fact that you can do dips better is not uncommon w/ beginners b/c typically your lower chest is stronger than your upper chest, especially when first beginning. Different people are stronger at different exercises as part of genetics. There truly is no relative strength.
And failing in the bottom 1/3 of your bench press is your chest/shoulders. The upper half of your bench is chest/tris. Try doing bottom half sets to strengthen that bottom 1/3. Just go half way up and back down instead of the full range.