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Alternatives to Barbell Squat and Others

  • 02-01-2009 07:51PM
    #1
    clipper1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭


    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?


Comments

  • #2
    Chris89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭Chris89


    To ask the inevitable...

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


  • #3
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    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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