Dumbells

cleanbluesky · 1 Jan 2007 at 10:24

Morba said:
you should be pressing 35's quite easily tho with your current 1rm for barbell surely?

Yeah, I haven't tried pressing them - I've just been playing with them and seeing whether I can lift them over my head from the floor etc. etc.

I'm not sure whether its just that I'm not used to balancing that sort of weight

Morba · 1 Jan 2007 at 11:06

cleanbluesky said:
Yeah, I haven't tried pressing them - I've just been playing with them and seeing whether I can lift them over my head from the floor etc. etc.

I'm not sure whether its just that I'm not used to balancing that sort of weight

could be, its well worth pressing with dumbells, it works a lot more stabalising muscles :]

_Jimlad_ · 1 Jan 2007 at 12:58

^TANK^ said:
Yep 60kg dumbells yummy i use them a lot on chest days and they do get bigger

cough cough ... bulls**t, cough cough...

Deadly Ferret · 1 Jan 2007 at 13:15

Well they definitely exist, and somebody has to use them or else they wouldn't be made & vended...so why not Tank?

When I was on my crane course, there was someone mine & Tank's height who had an unusually powerful build. He could push half a tonne with his legs, but I don't know whether he'd have used such dumbells. I wouldn't be too surprised though in his case, although I still wonder if they can be used in quite the same fashion I use my much lesser weighted ones.

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2007 at 13:47

Crazy Fool said:
cough cough ... bulls**t, cough cough...

As i said when i move and ive got my gym set up and running then i'll post some pictures no bull ****

anyway i dont curl with them just press with them on chest days.

Morba · 1 Jan 2007 at 15:01

Crazy Fool said:
cough cough ... bulls**t, cough cough...

believe they do exist, i goto a normal health club type gym and they have 50kg dumbells, there is every reason to believe from that alone that there would be bigger ones at proper bodybuilding gyms (which there are as i have seen upto 100kg ones and seen people row with them).

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2007 at 15:12

Morba said:
believe they do exist, i goto a normal health club type gym and they have 50kg dumbells, there is every reason to believe from that alone that there would be bigger ones at proper bodybuilding gyms (which there are as i have seen upto 100kg ones and seen people row with them).

Agreed ive seen dumbells upto 120kg before in gyms :eek:

not seen anyone use them, i guess the only thing you could do is shrug with them lol most gyms have a max wieght of 45,50,60 kilos for dumbells. 60kg dumbells can be found here http://www.fitness-superstore.co.uk/__7_content3_asp1_6_pageID5_300019.html also where im getting all my gym equipment

great site.

_Jimlad_ · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:10

i wanna see someone curl a 120kg

- infact a 60kg would be nice to see

Morba · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:14

Crazy Fool said:
i wanna see someone curl a 120kg - infact a 60kg would be nice to see

a bloke in my gym curls 47s, not strict form tho.

anything above 40 with strict form would impress me :]

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:21

Your be lucky finding anyone that can curl 120kg dumbells maybe 60kg have a look on you tube there is a guy on there who uses 40kg dumbells i can manage 35kg dumbells.

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:22

Morba said:
a bloke in my gym curls 47s, not strict form tho.

anything above 40 with strict form would impress me :]

**** me 47kg!!! :eek:

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PhilthyPhil · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:26

Are you talking about fixed dumbells? They have always seemed rather pointless to me. It seems far more sensible to just buy a pair of handles and get more plates as you need them.

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:29

I guess the idea of fixed dumbells are the heavier they get the less chance of them suddenly coming apart i would only buy fixed dumbells better to be safe than sorry

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cleanbluesky · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:46

^TANK^ said:
I guess the idea of fixed dumbells are the heavier they get the less chance of them suddenly coming apart i would only buy fixed dumbells better to be safe than sorry .

What sort of weights can you happily manipulate on a dumbell?

Also, what do you weigh?

Morba · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:48

cleanbluesky said:
What sort of weights can you happily manipulate on a dumbell?

Also, what do you weigh?

define manipulate.

Morba · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:49

^TANK^ said:
**** me 47kg!!! .

when i say not strict form, i mean it, i mean it a lot lol.

Morba · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:52

PhilthyPhil said:
Are you talking about fixed dumbells? They have always seemed rather pointless to me. It seems far more sensible to just buy a pair of handles and get more plates as you need them.

pointless?

so your benching dumbells, warm up on some 25s (for example), then move onto 30s, 35s, 37s, 40s

then you want to do some incline (which will be lighter), so you need say 32s, then 35s.

thats a lot of changing plates to do sets when you should be resting ;]

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:52

Morba said:
define manipulate.

What he said :confused:

^TANK^ · 1 Jan 2007 at 23:58

Morba said:
when i say not strict form, i mean it, i mean it a lot lol.

If he struggles why bother :confused:

i mean i can swing 45kg around but unless its clean and strict movement it does sweet FA surely! thats why i stick to 35kg dumbells.

Morba · 2 Jan 2007 at 00:01

^TANK^ said:
If he struggles why bother i mean i can swing 45kg around but unless its clean and strict movement it does sweet FA surely! thats why i stick to 35kg dumbells.

thats my thoughts, im ok with some swing at the end of some heavy sets, just to finish, but not to the extent where the majority of the rep is not hitting the initial body part.
he does have impressive arms tho lol