dumbbell squats.....form

PeakOutput

ok so after doing all the stretches and stuff for my legs over the last few weeks that the instructor wanted me to do he showed me the squat form with dumbells(said it was easier for beginners as it dosnt push you forward like a bar does???) and talked me threw it and it seemed grand.

he didnt have much time as the place was packed but my first two sets were grand but on my third set i could feel i wasnt quite doing the same as the first two but obviously didnt know what i was doing wrong so do you have any videos form the front and side of perfect form for dumbell squats. also realistically what weight should i be doing these up to as he started me of yesterday with a 14kg dumbell but i found this really really light tbh but at the same time i cant see myself holding 50kg at my chest for too long.

on a side note iv incorporated on "superset" excersise into my routine for my arms which is "25kg * 8 bicep curls , 25kg * 8 tricep extensions lieing on a bench and 25kg * 8 narrowgrip bench press's" all with the ezcurl bar and can really feel it much more so than individually doing the muscles so if you have any videos of some good supersets aswell that would be great(for any part of the body really)

cheers,

peak

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OPENROAD

PeakOutput wrote: »

he didnt have much time as the place was packed but my first two sets were grand but on my third set i could feel i wasnt quite doing the same as the first two but obviously didnt know what i was doing wrong so



I'd change gyms, afterall you are paying a membership fee, the guy should make the time to show you properly imo.

PeakOutput

OPENROAD wrote: »

I'd change gyms, afterall you are paying a membership fee, the guy should make the time to show you properly imo.

its the gym in my university which is very very well equipped and im getting it dirt cheap so while they are crap at helping out(probably coz most of them are students doing sports science) if you leave that aside im getting a bargain. and he did say get back to him when its quieter and he will be able to show me in more detail and do deadlifts aswell

rubadub thanks he showed me to have the dumbell on my chest though but i suppose thats not the important part the back position is?

OPENROAD

PeakOutput wrote: »

its the gym in my university which is very


Ah, thats a different story then.:)

justsomebloke

truthfully I would drop the dumbells and go with front squats if you are worried about being pushed forward by the bar however you way want to just get someone else to show you back squatting to see if you can back squat properly

rubadub

PeakOutput wrote: »

rubadub thanks he showed me to have the dumbell on my chest though but i suppose thats not the important part the back position is?

If you are only beginning squats then dumb-bells may be OK. But I think most people should be squatting more than they could physically lift up to their chest. I have no squat rack, I can get 40kg up onto my back while pressing, that is while wearing a 60kg dipping belt. So I think I could squat 100kg+ on a rack. There is no way in hell I could lift 2 50kg dumbells to my chest!

Dumbell squats are too restrictive- once you improve the plates are too big and get in the way.

Last night I got about 62kg up and onto my back (no dip belt). I did 20 really deep squats like that.

As a beginner I would recommend 3 full body workouts during the week. Ditch the bicep curls and do more compound movements, deadlifts, squat, military press, Chin & pull-ups, dips.

PeakOutput

rubadub wrote: »

As a beginner I would recommend 3 full body workouts during the week. Ditch the bicep curls and do more compound movements, deadlifts, squat, military press, Chin & pull-ups, dips.

ye i should get deadlifts into it next week sometime i do a good bit of bench pressing. i tend to do pullups/dips every other day and plan on starting assisted chins asap too. i think iv very skinny arms though which is why i like that are superset thing as i really hurt the next day so it must be working right?????:p