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Alternatives to Barbell Squat and Others

clipper1981 · 2009-01-02 19:51:20

I am joined a very basic gym which has little in the way of good weights equipment i.e squat machines, barbells The program I want to do has the following exercises:* Barbell Squat * Bradford Press * Leg Press * Seated Rows Are there any alternatives to the above that can be done with dumbbells, fitness balls and some…

02-01-2009 7:51pm

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clipper1981

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I am joined a very basic gym which has little in the way of good weights equipment i.e squat machines, barbells

The program I want to do has the following exercises:
Barbell Squat

Bradford Press

Leg Press

Seated Rows

Are there any alternatives to the above that can be done with dumbbells, fitness balls and some basic weight machines?

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#2 04-01-2009 6:36pm

Chris89

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To ask the inevitable...

why at all did you join a gym that doesnt have a barbell?

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#3 04-01-2009 9:51pm

EileenG

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Lots of them don't, and even the ones that do often don't have squat racks.

Short answer, you can do dumbbell squats, goblet squats, step ups, front squats with a EZ bar, overhead squats, lots of others. The ball is useful for things like crunches and hyperextensions and hamstring curls, not so much for squat work.

What exactly do you have?

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