The DB limit

That's ottermode. ofcourse you can get bigger. Is this some sort of ruse or something?

>>40188880
Without ever having to use barbell?

If all you're going for is "big" then why go natty at all? Body building is not about looking attractive except to the delusional because bigger != better

>>40188794
that dude probably doesn't even use dumbbells. he's a swimmer so he gets up at 4 in the morning, eats like 9 omelettes and does laps in the pool until noon.

Why are un-trained legs so disgusting to me now?

I keep forgetting that not everybody has tear drop quads.

>>40188928
I'm just curious what the limit is to dumbbells and if I can reach my goals (similar to pic related) just using them exclusively as they're all that my dad has passed down to me.

>>40188931
Are you suggesting that pic is achievable with just a ton of swimming and a crystal clean diet?

>>40188928
>Body building is not about looking attractive

:?

>>40188958
No, swimmers definitely cross train, I use a gym that's attatched to a swimming pool and swimmers are in there all the time. Might be possible if he's swimming since like 5 years old though, right? Puberty is a powerful steroid.

>>40188958
yeah. swimming is way more strenuous then doing a few sets of dumb bell curls mate. I think swimmers do a lot of calisthenics in addition to swimming.

Dumbbells will get you anywhere thar barbells can if they're heavy enough. You can get as big as this dude with dumbells that go up to 80lbs

>>40188938
/fit/ is slowly turning you gay

You can use the dumbbells only but youll need a bench, alright? With the bench you can do your chest presses and sitting shoulder presses. Also do rows, lateral raises, tricep extensions and bicep curls, some goblet squats and youre golden!

>>40190213
Thanks! Yep I already have a bench, pull up and dip bars. And a dip belt. Can do Bulgarian split squats too.

In my situation would I more or less have to follow a PPL. OR can dumbbells be applied to strength programs? I'm actually getting into swimming and want to supplement it with lifting

>>40190243

If you swim a few days a week you're guaranteed to be quite healthy at least and well on your way to looking good.

You can use dumbbells on any system you want, but since you wont be doing the heavy compounds with them, you can do full body workouts 3x a week instead of PPLPPLx

Ultimately your split will depend on you. Some things work better for some, other things work better for others

you can do any split you want using dumbbells

>>40190257
That's encouraging to know. I've been doing 3 days a week. Basically StrongLifts with dumbbells. I can bench 26kg each DB so far. When I hit a wall progression wise I'll probably just pick an intermediate routine from the sticky then. Cheers

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>>40190213
>sitting shoulder press

>>40190310
Oh yeah what makes standing so great?
Genuinely curious

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>>40190174
True in theory, but not in practice

I top out at about 30kg dumbbells for chest press and a few other things because I don't have a spotter

Barbells also just make everything quicker and easier

Theoretically there's no difference, in practice there's a huge difference.

Either way I don't understand why someone would purposefully limit themselves to dumbbells. It's like declaring outright that you don't want to get too big, and that's the sort of ridiculous statement I expect from 12 year old girls.

>>40190437
What if someone's goal is just to get a good beach body. Much like pic in OP. Achievable with just dumbbells? Bench etc etc the other stuff but no barbells

>>40190363
Standing your entire body is working to stabilise the weight. Training effect for the whole body.

>>40190437
The difference is in loading and technique.

Eventually everyone reaches a point where they need to increase their weights in very small increments in order to proceed.

Unless you've got a very specialised/homade rack, most dumbells go up in 5lb or 2.5kg increments. Most people won't be able to sustain that on pressing exercises for more than a few weeks.

This, incedentally, is also the reason people abandoned kettlebells until CrossFit started marketing them to hipsters. They actually predate both dumbells and barbells, but the second dumbells and barbells became widely available people stopped using them because getting the necessary increments was too hard.

>>40188794

Retards here think this swimmer isn't training way harder in the gym than they are themselves lol.

Also obviously dumbbells are enough. Barbells only matter for strength training.

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5. A swimmer’s physique is built in the gym, not the pool

“To build lean muscle I do a lot of squats, deadlifts and pull-ups. Earlier in the year I do big weights and fewer reps but before the Olympics it was more about lifting lighter weights more quickly for explosive power. It is very, very tough to get to this kind of level. On some days you are so tired you can’t even move your eyelids in the morning.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/adam-peaty-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-olympic-swimmers/

>>40190573
Sure, but losing weight is possible while eating nothing but ice cream and sugar- it's possible but just a really stupid way of going about it

>>40190793
Is it stupid if you're 5'4? After all you wouldn't want to get huge at that height. Ofc I'm 6'5 m-myself. Just curious is all

>>40190437
>I top out at about 30kg dumbbells for chest press and a few other things because I don't have a spotter

Are you even trying?

>>40190213
heavy seated shoulder press is a plot to destroy your rotators