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Eye of the Tiger
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Joined: 22 Apr 2002
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I am currently in the process of starting a plyometric program and part of the program will be a lot of resistance training with body weight and weights. I am buying all the plyometric stuff, but for the weights I only have a 15 kg set of dumbells. Do you think its necessary to buy a barbell or could you just use to dumbells to impersanate a barbell. I don't think a bench is necessary.
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G95champ
Black Belt
Joined: 29 Mar 2002
Posts: 3116
Location: Gilbert WV, USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate (FSKA)
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DB are great. You can do everything with them plus they are eaiser to store. Our football team is in the process of getting rid of a lot of old equipment and adding a lot more DB's.
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Eye of the Tiger
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Joined: 22 Apr 2002
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What are your thoughts on the effectifness of using barbells. Do you really need them for effective weightlifting. Do you think dumbells are enough?
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ZeRo
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dumbells are cool i have some 5kg i use. there good for me. i dont want to do anything heavyer just incase.
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Withers M.A.A.
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Joined: 28 Apr 2002
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Dumbells are good because they force you into lifting the entire weight with that one arm. However, if you're trying to bulk up you will need barbells because you can lift more weight that way and that is the only way to gain mass.
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Knuth
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Joined: 06 Jun 2002
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Location: The land of the free.
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Real good advice from Withers.
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Ti-Kwon-Leap
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Joined: 20 Apr 2002
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Location: Portland, Or
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It is easier for a beginner to use barbell exercises because it takes less coordination.
I must take issue with the assertion that dumbells cannot build mass and strength.
If you use heavy dumbells, say 60-100 lbs. believe me your muscles WILL respond.
Also you will need a bench if you plan on doing exercises for your chest. a bench is also essential if you want to do pullovers(one of the best single exercises in my opinion)
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Eye of the Tiger
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Joined: 22 Apr 2002
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There are 2 ways to lift weights and thats to bulk up or to build speed and strengh. I am not intersted in bulking up I am actually trying to lose a lot of muscular bulk which I had been training for over the years which I want to get rid of to be more agaile and to build up more speed. I am doing plyometrics at the moment and I have never been this strong but I have lost quite a bit of muscular bulk. Speed and strengh is so much better than carrying around a big muscular body and eating a lot so you get bigger, well thats my experiance. All my equipment consists of a chin up bar, a set of dumbells 15 kg, skipping rope, plyometric box and a medicine ball. I am currently going to buy either a punch bag, paddle witch fits to the wall, or a set of 50 kg barbells. Which do you think I should buy.
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Jack
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Joined: 22 Jun 2001
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Location: England
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Punch bag for birthday, buy paddle, Weights for christmas. 
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Eye of the Tiger
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Joined: 22 Apr 2002
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I have decided that I'm gonna buy a 6 ft punch bag and throw in a paddle with it. 15 kg is enough for me anyway I think. I'v only used my dumbells to acheive my muscular bulk without using barbells. The only reasen for using barbells is that you can load more weight on to them. I'll save barbells for when my weights really get to easy for me.
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