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But do dumbells really take the stress of your shoulders?ForemanRules said:Barbell....bigger weight=bigger muscles and strength.
The fact that you can do more weight makes the barbell easier pound for pound. This makes the dumbbell the more effective tool because, for the same amount of weight, it's much more difficult to do the exercise with dumbbells.ForemanRules said:Barbell....bigger weight=bigger muscles and strength.
Squaggleboggin said:The fact that you can do more weight makes the barbell easier pound for pound. This makes the dumbbell the more effective tool because, for the same amount of weight, it's much more difficult to do the exercise with dumbbells.
No. I realize you're joking, but read what I posted and think again. The DBs train the stabilizers much better, give you a greater ROM, and force your arms to balance and move the weight independently. The BB lets you use one arm as a crutch to the weaker one and use more weight because of this. It doesn't have as great of a ROM and is easier, so it allows you to use more weight. If you do a BB curl with perfect form, and then do one while rocking, you can use more weight rocking, but that doesn't make it a better exercise. That's basically the logic behind the BB group (other than saying that it works better for them, which I can't and am not arguing with).Mudge said:So by this logic, concentration curls while standing tip toed on one foot are the ultimate bicep mass builder.
Good to know!
Squaggleboggin said:If you do a BB curl with perfect form, and then do one while rocking, you can use more weight rocking, but that doesn't make it a better exercise. That's basically the logic behind the BB group
Let's just say that they are both good and they compliment each other.TheCurse said:dammit i was just about to write the whole is more than the sum of its parts!
yea i think you need to do both, actually.
min0 lee said:Let's just say that they are both good and they compliment each other.
You can if you're really strong. How hard could it be to bend the bar like that?The Monkey Man said:You can't do fly's with a barbell
Squaggleboggin said:The fact that you can do more weight makes the barbell easier pound for pound. I agree with this This makes the dumbbell the more effective tool because, for the same amount of weight, it's much more difficult to do the exercise with dumbbells.I fail to see the logic in this
WRONG!!...ForemanRules said:Bottom line as I said in post #5. Doing both is best.
But If I had to choose only one, without question it
would be barbell.