I hear what your saying, I've experienced the same thing. I thought it was just my love for dumbbells, I think that even though it takes more to stabilize the dumbbell themselves the feel and the grip some how just make it easier to press-I guess the same reason that it should be more difficult is the exact reason its not. Stabilization, yes, but you also have the ability to move the weight around so that you can get under it(so to speak) whereas barbell has you in a fixed position through out the movement....................................................................but that could just be a mental thing I have going on.
