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Originally Posted by wayne_ca
Hi, I have been training for a while with only dumbbells and other dead weights, but now that I want to get serious, I'm thinking that it may not be the most effective method. Do I need to go to the gym? To me there aren't enough dumbbell / deadweight exercises to fit in 4 days a week of training. Mine are also too light. I've even tried to attach leg weights to them and they still don't exceed 30 pounds.
Is it better to have a combination of dead weights, body resistance, and gym machines/ much appreciated |
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I didn't quite understand your question but I think your asking if you can workout with just dumbells? |
| The answer is NO because the exercises are only working your chest, biceps, and sometimes triceps I believe. |
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Originally Posted by KarlW
The answer is in fact YES, but 30lb DB's are too light (or oughta be) to get down into rep ranges that will build muscle.
Of course, a combo of DB's, barbell and machines is optimal. Um, your'e assuming he's only bench pressing and doing arm curls. There are other exercises. |
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Yes ok, I realize I am wrong, but still just keep in mind I think just DB's would be a very weak workout, but correct me if I am wrong. |
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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts
Squats and Deadlifts are typically done with barbells..
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Originally Posted by LittleKid
I didn't quite understand your question but I think your asking if you can workout with just dumbells? The answer is YES or NO because the exercises are only working your chest, biceps, and sometimes triceps I believe.
I just switched from a dumbell, shoulder press, lat pull workout only for about a year, but now I'm in a class at school thats just freeweights.. man let me tell you the difference, i've only been in the class for 3 days (workout mondays and wednesday, tuesdays and thursdays agility days) and already on monday my legs were so burned just from doing squats and powercleans. Today I did squats, power cleans, bench press, bp inclines, and auxilarry weights. The difference is great, and if your serious about gaining muscle than I hope you take the path I took or find a real gym! |
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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts
So?
I've never seen anyone deadlift 500 pounds with dumbells. I've never seen someone do dumbell squats. The deadlift and the squat are the best exercises you can do, and you can't do them with dumbells. |
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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts
The fact that you'd mention cable cross-overs with those exercises makes for a ludicrously poor comparison.
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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts
So?
I've never seen anyone deadlift 500 pounds with dumbells. I've never seen someone do dumbell squats. The deadlift and the squat are the best exercises you can do, and you can't do them with dumbells. The fact that you'd mention cable cross-overs with those exercises makes for a ludicrously poor comparison. |
| The question was, can you get a full body workout with DB's? The answer is yes. You can squat and DL with DB's, not 500 lbs mind you but I'm guessing the guy that started this thread isn't into those kinda weights. |
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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts
So?
I've never seen anyone deadlift 500 pounds with dumbells. I've never seen someone do dumbell squats. The deadlift and the squat are the best exercises you can do, and you can't do them with dumbells. The fact that you'd mention cable cross-overs with those exercises makes for a ludicrously poor comparison. |
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Originally Posted by wayne_ca
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly are deadlifts?
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