only upper body workouts..

[Orwell]

Hello everyone..:wave:

Ive been walking to my friends home gym recently, but all hes got is a bench press a few dumbbells, and a pull down bar.. (or whatever its called sorry). Obviously I cannot do squats or deadlifts. Ive been reading that it is difficult to grow without these two important mass building exercises. How much progress with I be able to make by simply working the back through the pulldown, as well as bench press variations (incline, flat, etc) ?

thanks in advance

 

[[S]alvatore]

You can perform both Deadlifts & Squats with dumbbells.

Deadlift: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/DBStrBackStrLegDeadlift.html

Squat: http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/DBSquat.html

 

[Throttle]

You absolutely positively must find some way to blast the legs & back if you want to build big mass. You need a professional gym (university & some high school gyms included!) but in the meantime you need to figure out if he has enough dumbbells to even be worth piddling with. You can squat (much less effectively) with dumbbells. Or do lunges. But I know of no dumbbell replacement for a deadlift, your #1 mass building option just ahead of squats. And you've got to move significant weight, otherwise you're wasting your time & your friend's.