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Dumbbell Deadlifts

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I'm about to start A-Unit's big lifting program incorporating Bench, Pull-Ups, Squat, and Deadlift, but there is no deadlift area at my gym.

I was thinking about using dumbbells, but does that work the same muscles effectively?
 

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These are usually called romanian deadlifts if you use them to work your glutes and hamstrings. If you keep your legs stiff itll work your lower back. I do romanian deadlifts on my leg day as the final exercise.
 

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Where do you squat?
 

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You don't need an area. Its alittle tricky to put the first 45's on the bb, but not too hard. Just take a barbell from the bench press area. Do it any any random area.
 

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It's the Uni gym, and there's basically no free areas. There are racks for squats, but it's not enough room for deadlifts. I guess then I'm asking if there are better substitutes than dumbbell deadlifts, or romanian deadlifts (thanks charm).
 

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if there's room for a bar on the hooks of the rack there's room on the floor of the rack.
 

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yeah if you can squat then you can deadlift
 

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Charm said:
These are usually called romanian deadlifts if you use them to work your glutes and hamstrings. If you keep your legs stiff itll work your lower back. I do romanian deadlifts on my leg day as the final exercise.


Romanian Deadlifts are not to be confused with dumbell deadlifts...
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/strength/romanian_deadlift.htm


Deadlifts with dumbells is just called Dumbell Deadlifts. If you really want to, go for it, but theres one major problem. Your grip will fail well before your back/glutes/hams will. Like it has been said, if you can squat, you can deadlift.


If you have adjustable catch bars, take those out, put the bar on the ground. Simple as that. You don't need a whole lot of floor space. Just enough for the bar to sit on the groun, and for you to have a place to basically stand up.
 
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