just wanted to know if performing the BIG 3 (squats, bench, deadlifts) with dbs is any different than with a bb. for squats and deadlifts dbs seem less taxing on the body, but are they do workout ur grip more. any other differences? does anyone just dumped bb for db or alternate every few workouts?
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Thread: The "Big 3" w/ DBs?
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07-12-2006, 06:32 PM #1
The "Big 3" w/ DBs?
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07-12-2006, 06:42 PM #2
I don't do db squats or deads, but I only use DB's for incline and flat bench.
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07-12-2006, 06:52 PM #3Lateral Raise Promoter
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Anytime dumbells are mentioned, you ALWAYS show up.Originally Posted by Hola Bola
Same here.
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07-12-2006, 07:02 PM #4Registered User
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I use db's for bench. Sometimes I would use it for lunges, but I don't use it for squats.
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07-12-2006, 07:07 PM #5Thats just because DB's are my friends.Originally Posted by RippedGuitaristAnytime dumbells are mentioned, you ALWAYS show up.
Same here.
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07-12-2006, 07:26 PM #6Registered User
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I know what's not easier. One legged dumbell squats...they are pure hell for me. I do like dumbell presses but hate lifting the dam weight off the ground. It really starts to suck around 130.
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07-12-2006, 07:32 PM #7"Isolation" is stupid.
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I've never really been able to tell the difference between db squats and db deads. Good exercise, though. I don't do it very often......at all......but it's solid.
I do a lot of incline, flat, and decline db pressing. Rarely use a bb for decline, never use a bar for flat, and do a lot of bb incline work.Meet PRs @220
Squat: 675, (8-22-2008)
Bench: 455, (8-22-2008)
Deadlift: 611, (3-29-2008)
Total: 1735, (8-22-2008)
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07-12-2006, 09:32 PM #8grow stronger comrade
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Exactly what I was going to say. For all practical purposes, I don't think there is a difference.Originally Posted by JNo20"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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07-12-2006, 09:43 PM #9Capitalist
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Same here. Dumbell squat would be wierdOriginally Posted by Hola Bola
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07-12-2006, 10:05 PM #10grow stronger comrade
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DB squats are the same thing as trap bar deadlifts... which are the same as DB deadlifts.Originally Posted by LuckyDragon"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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07-12-2006, 10:06 PM #11Registered User
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from my experience:
Dumbell bench is better than bb... especially on a 25 D incline
Deadlifts: dumbells defeat the purpuse of the exercise HOWEVER you can really isolate your back when you keep the dumbells at the side of your body
Squats: definetly not dumbells, useless for the quads... and for the smith-machine haters, it has given me gains equal to that of barbell squats.
just my 2 cents
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07-12-2006, 11:31 PM #12E-Mailce
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DB deadlifts are nice if you can find DBs that go that high. It's argued that hammer grip deads(trap bar deads) are the best option, so DB would have his effect. And imagine what they would do to your traps compared to conventional deads
As far as squats go, I've read that Dip belt squats over a space that has enough room to let the weight hang are really good.
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