Dumbbell option for wide-grip deadlift? (Stage 2)

[Matmos]

Hello everyone,

I just finished stage 1 (and lost 5 lbs and 2 notches on my belt in the process, hooray!). I am working out at home with dumbbells and so far have been able to adapt everything just fine. In stage 2, everything looks doable with dumbbells except the wide-grip deadlift. Is there any way to adapt this to dumbbells or will I be stuck just continuing with the regular deadlift? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

(Note: I am not buying a barbell because (1) my house is very small with not much storage room and (2) in about 3 weeks I will move 1,500 miles in a Honda Civic and there won't be room to take it with me).

[curltess]

I would say just do what you did for dead lifts in Stage 1 but use a box to increase your range of motion.


Congrats on your success!

[DirtyMartini]

I don't have any solid ideas for stage 2, but you'll probably want to either invest in a barbell & plates soon (maybe after the move) or plan to make trips to the Y or some other fitness place. Stage 4 is the same as stage 2, so you'll want to make sure you can do these with heavier weights. The heavier you go, the more your hands/arms are going to want to gravitate toward the center, removing the "wide grip" part of the exercise.

Just thinking ahead!

[mdefurio]

i have the same exact question as the original poster. i use the gym my work offers - which actually has quite a few machines and plenty of dumbbells/free weights. PROBLEM --> no barbell which means no wide grip deadlift :-(

does anybody else have any suggestions?

Wednesday is my first day of Stage 2, Workout B -- as of right now I plan to just use dumbbells adn do the standard deadlift just like in Stage 1.

Thanks
MD

[LisaS]

at least do the DL off the box to increase the range of motion -

[missjane]

Isn't it hard to do a CDL without a bar? Doesn't become more of an RDL? I'm trying to picture a CDL with DB's??

[LisaS]

hard for me to picture too - but I guess the motion is doable with db -