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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who use peloton, what weights do you have? All hand weights? I have been loving the peloton workouts but I have mostly small weights and need to upgrade to get more out of the workouts.[/quote]

I use three sets of dumbbells: 10 pounds, 20 pounds, and 30 pounds (each, i.e., two 10 pound dbs, etc.)

No, it's not the same as barbells, especially for things like deadlifts and squats.  It's still a great workout - I really appreciate the variety.[/quote]

NP here.  Sorry if dumb question but are there certain muscle groups you can’t access with just dumbbells?  What are advantages of getting barbells too?  Thanks![/quote]

DP. You need to lift lot more weight to get the benefit! You could in theory do two 30-lb kettlebells to do deadlifts and squats but a bar works better. And yes a deadlift works your entire body.

If you’re serious about lifting go to a gym and get a few sessions with a trainer. [/quote]

Agree, and adding that using a barbell, because it is automatically inducing a degree of coordination between the weights on the two end of the bar, it reduces the demand on lots of proprioceptive and stabilization aspects of any given lift, enabling you to add more weight. You can get dumbbells that go up to 130 lbs themselves; it’s not that they are inherently light. It’s that women in particular are likely to have our upper body strength cap out in a way that prevents lifting dumbbells heavy enough to make further progress in lower body & spinal muscle strength (including the anti-osteoporotic effects of progressively heavier weightlifting). [/quote]

I’m the PP of whom the barbell question was originally asked (10:33) - there are absolutely benefits to using a barbell, as someone who has done barbell lifting for a long time.  But the notion that you “need” to lift heavy or use barbells to derive any benefit is false.  There are different styles of lifting, different goals for strength training, different logistical demands, etc.  It’s not all or nothing.[/quote]

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