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Dumbbells vs. Barbells - Which is Better?
There’s no question that dumbbells allow for some great
workouts. But any experienced trainer also knows they are
much harder to lift than barbells. If you can just press a
hundred pound barbell ten times, trust me, you won’t be able
to lift two fifty pound dumbbells ten times. You’d be lucky
to get eight reps but more likely, you’d conk out at five or
six. It takes greater effort to control the independent
movement of dumbbells.
By the same token, if you can press two fifty pounders ten
times lifting a hundred pound barbell would be a breeze. You
could probably handle a hundred and twenty for the same
reps. And this brings me to my point: for a raw beginner,
dumbbell lifting is just too hard. Yet most beginners,
especially women, head right for the dumbbell rack when it
comes to free weight exercises. The net result is they have
to choose weights that are pathetically light in order to
get them up at all. And the result of that is frustration
and slow gains.
Beginners should train exclusively with barbells. Save the
dumbbell exercises for a challenging change of pace a few
months down the road. Put your effort into building a solid
foundation of strength and mass rather than trying to corral
wayward dumbbells.
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