Tough strength-training videos without a barbell

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Originally Posted by MARIKA

Awesome workouts & I believe no barbell. I never use a barbell. I even have a really nice one. I just use all my dumbells. It's so much easier I think!

I am the same way. I DO use my barbell, but for many of the workouts I just stick with the d-bells, because your stabilizers get more work with them anyway. I prefer the barbell for chest press work, and for deadlifts, although I still do often use d-bells for both. I honestly off the top of my head can't think of a bbell move that couldn't be done with d-bells. Another reason that I use d-bells as a substitute for some is my wrists. They feel under pressure with some moves, even though I have a curl bar, and with d-bells, my forearms can move just enough to release the pressure on my wrists.

[SharonNYC]

I'll pile on with everyone else -- I have a barbell but almost never use it -- prefer dumbbells. I have lots of Cathe strength and don't ever have a problem subbing dumbbells for the barbell.