StrongLifts 5x5 - can this be done dumbbells?

laurie62ann
laurie62ann Posts: 433 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So many of you say your doing StrongLifts 5x5, I want to do this but I can't afford to purchase a barbell set. So I was wondering if I can just use my dumbbells? Thoughts??

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  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    To an extent. There are posts on here and elsewhere about adapting barbell routines to dumbbells.

    You'll soon tap out the weight you have available to you for things like deadlifts and squats. Pressing movements will be a different matter and you'll be able to milk those for a little while to go.

    If you have an extremely limited supply of dumbbells (i.e. not even heavy enough to get going on squats) then you'll probably be best looking to bodyweight strength routines like YAYOG or Convict Conditioning, since working up to stuff like pistols can be challenging with bodyweight alone, let alone when weighted with dumbbells.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    edited January 2015
    They can be done with dumb bells.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3QwaXNJfw

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24PeqytTtq4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFq5jdwWwX4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmB1G1K7v94

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEwKCR5JCog


    sorry for all the vids- I figured they would help with form. But as the poster said above... you may find yourself tapping out quickly.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    edited January 2015
    Troutsy wrote: »
    They can be done with dumb bells.

    [...]

    But as the poster said above... you may find yourself tapping out quickly.

    Oh, undoubtedly it can be done. But she said she wanted to use her dumbbells, so I was kinda assuming she didn't have a massive range available to her (as opposed to working out in a well-stocked gym).

    Of course, that may be a terrible assumption on my part and she may have a giant rack of the buggers stashed away!
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    jimmmer wrote: »
    Troutsy wrote: »
    They can be done with dumb bells.

    [...]

    But as the poster said above... you may find yourself tapping out quickly.

    Oh, undoubtedly it can be done. But she said she wanted to use her dumbbells, so I was kinda assuming she didn't have a massive range available to her (as opposed to working out in a well-stocked gym).

    Of course, that may be a terrible assumption on my part and she may have a giant rack of the buggers stashed away!

    I agree- I wasn't trying to argue with you lol :). I didn't see you posted until I posted mine and then went back to edit to agree that she may tap out quickly if she doesn't have a large range because I didn't think to ask how large of a dumb bell selection she had.
  • brightsideofpink
    brightsideofpink Posts: 1,018 Member
    Not the OP, but thanks for taking the time to share the videos!
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  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    brightsideofpink wrote: »
    Not the OP, but thanks for taking the time to share the videos!

    not a problem :)
  • rick_po
    rick_po Posts: 449 Member
    Barbell Routines - when you only have dumbbells
  • laurie62ann
    laurie62ann Posts: 433 Member
    Thanks for the feed back!
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