Amazingly, I can't find a thread here about this very nice exercise.
http://www.crossfit.com/journal/library/55_07_dumbbell_ddlft.pdf
I find that the deadlift/squat combination is too much for the same week. The dead and squat work too many of the same muscles.
But a heavy suitcase lift works the back and hams nearly as well as a deadlift, and the quads and glutes nearly as well as a squat.
(I found a thread by Bud_2005 asking about deadlifts with dumbells, but he called the dumbells "barbells" and confused the crap out of everybody.)
Fun Fact: did you know that the deadlift is called the "health lift"?
The dumbells end up banging into your knees when you get heavy. You run into all kinds of grip problems. There is a curious frame in my gym that allows suitcase lifts without dumbells. No one knows what it's called.
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Does anyone know what this is called? What's your opinion?
http://www.crossfit.com/journal/library/55_07_dumbbell_ddlft.pdf
I find that the deadlift/squat combination is too much for the same week. The dead and squat work too many of the same muscles.
But a heavy suitcase lift works the back and hams nearly as well as a deadlift, and the quads and glutes nearly as well as a squat.
(I found a thread by Bud_2005 asking about deadlifts with dumbells, but he called the dumbells "barbells" and confused the crap out of everybody.)
Fun Fact: did you know that the deadlift is called the "health lift"?
The dumbells end up banging into your knees when you get heavy. You run into all kinds of grip problems. There is a curious frame in my gym that allows suitcase lifts without dumbells. No one knows what it's called.
[]-{=}-[]
{ Handles
[] Plates
Where you stand in the middle of the = sign.
Does anyone know what this is called? What's your opinion?
