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Weight Lifting

5 Tips for Doing Squats with Dumbbells

April 29, 2010

It was until recently that I started attempting squats. I wasn’t unaware of their effectiveness in strength training or anything, but I was fairly content with building the habit of doing pull ups consistently, as well as floor presses if I was in the mood for them.
But squats are such powerful exercises that I recommend [...]

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Can Dumbbell Squats Replace Barbell Squats?

April 2, 2010

I started squatting recently and since I only own a set of dumbbells I was wondering if this would negatively effect my strength gains. I found this video to be very helpful when comparing the two types of squats:

But my takeaway, from a brief stint of further research is this that dumbbells can be used [...]

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