Is this normal? My triceps also got wrecked from this. Seems like more of a full body workout vs barbell squat which doesn't wreck my upper back or triceps because the weight just sits on your shoulders.
With the dumbbells I can't blast my legs as hard but my whole body is worked and I get totally exhausted after doing these.
Anyone have the same experience?
For the record I do dumbbell squats because I don't have a squat rack at home where I lift
where are you holding the dumbbells?
At my sides
query wrote:
where are you holding the dumbbells?
With Dumbbell squats you are limited by the amount of weight you can hold. So yes you will feel it in your upper body as you stabilize the weight. Moreso if you really lack upper body strength.
Use a barbell instead
Alan
you are doing something closer to dumbbell deadlifts then. Although the fact that your triceps hurt makes no sense.
rack the weights on your shoudlers like a front squat if you want it to be closer to a squat
query wrote:
you are doing something closer to dumbbell deadlifts then. Although the fact that your triceps hurt makes no sense.
rack the weights on your shoudlers like a front squat if you want it to be closer to a squat
If the weights are really heavy he might be inadvertently tensing the triceps to stabilize
Yes, it due to stabilizing the weight and keeping it as far back as I can to keep pressure on my heels and not my toes.
Op reporting wrote:
Yes, it due to stabilizing the weight and keeping it as far back as I can to keep pressure on my heels and not my toes.
This doesn't sound right.
If you are doing a squat then something about your motion, or the way you are holding the weights isn't correct.
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