5x5 with dumb bells

Bump, I'm curious too.

There's two main reasons barbells are used usually:
1. Some of the lifts using barbells stress a lot more muscles than using dumbbells (definitely squats)
2. It is much easier to use linear progression and add resistance steadily with barbells.

However, if you have olympic dumbbells where you add plates to them and can make smaller weight jumps, it might work. I've never heard of it done before though.

gonna be hard to squat with dumbbells, and deadlifts don't go as smoothly either.

Does anyone do 5x5, strong lift etc with dumb bells instead of bar bells?
I realize these programs do not tranlate well to dumb bells.

Any suggestions on something similar or is there no way to do it w/ DBs

Agree with anyone here. I'm on my 4th week on SL5x5 and so far so good. Anyhow, I have been lifting for nearly 3 years now so I decided not to follow Medhi's workout plan.

Now, I didn't change anything but I added one isolation per body part like reverse flys for Flat Bench Press [would alternate with inclined barbell or dumb bells each lifts]. I would alternate Military Barbell Press with Seated Dumbbell Press. Lifting with dumbbells helps you develop a sense of balance and strength at the same time because whenever you lift dumbbells, you're not only lifting the weights, you're also balancing them. I know dumbbells is a big no-no for Medhi and its pretty hard to lift heavy weights with dumbbells. I don't do dead lift and squat with dumbbells either as it doesn't look manly to me. Hope this helps.