My Dumbbells Do All the Work: A Back Workout With Dualbell

One of the things I like most about training with Dualbell is being able to change the exercise without necessarily changing the equipment.

For this back workout, my dumbbells really do all the work.

I use them for a bent-over barbell row, add more weight for Romanian deadlifts, and then change the setup again for landmine rows. The exercises are different. The amount of weight can be different. Even the way I use the bar changes.

But the source of resistance stays the same: my dumbbells.

That's one of the reasons I created Dualbell in the first place.

Using Dumbbells for Barbell Back Exercises

Dumbbells are already one of the most versatile pieces of equipment in a home gym. The obvious limitation is that they're normally held in your hands.

Dualbell changes that.

Dualbell dumbbell to barbell converters attach compatible dumbbells to a standard 1-inch bar, allowing the dumbbells to provide the resistance for barbell-style exercises.

In this workout, I start with a relatively simple setup using a dumbbell on each end of the bar for bent-over rows.

When I want additional weight, I can add a connector and another dumbbell to each end.

That gives me four dumbbells providing the resistance for my Romanian deadlifts.

I don't need to replace one set of weights with another. I'm simply changing how I'm using the dumbbells I already have.

Use the Weight You Need

Not every exercise requires the same amount of resistance.

That's why I like having the option to use two or four dumbbells with Dualbell.

For an exercise where I want less resistance, two dumbbells may be enough. When I want additional loading, the Dualbell Superset allows me to bring four compatible dumbbells into the setup.

It isn't about using more weight simply because I can.

It's about being able to configure the equipment for the exercise I'm doing.

Landmine Exercises Only Need One End

Then there's another option entirely: the landmine.

Landmine exercises are a great example of why a bar doesn't always need to be loaded conventionally on both ends.

With one end of the bar anchored, I can attach a dumbbell to the working end and perform exercises such as a one-arm landmine row.

I can also change my position and perform a two-hand landmine row, bringing the bar through my legs and rowing from there.

The same dumbbells that were just being used on both ends of the bar are now providing resistance on only one end.

That's a lot of versatility from the same equipment.

A Back Workout Without a Pile of Weight Plates

Weight plates work great. Dualbell isn't about saying otherwise.

It's simply another way to build a home gym.

If you already own dumbbells, Dualbell gives you a way to use those weights for exercises that would traditionally require plates on a barbell.

That can be particularly useful in a home gym, garage gym or smaller workout space, where getting more use from each piece of equipment matters.

And when the workout is finished, the dumbbells are still dumbbells.

You can take them off the bar and immediately go back to dumbbell rows, curls, presses, raises or whatever else is next.

More Exercises. Less Equipment.

In only 22 seconds, this workout moves through four back-focused movements and several different ways of loading the bar.

That's the bigger idea behind Dualbell.

Your dumbbells don't have to be limited to dumbbell exercises.

Use them as dumbbells. Use them as resistance on a bar. Use two when that's enough. Bring four into the setup when you want more weight. Load one end for landmine exercises.

Same dumbbells. More ways to train.

That's why mine are always working.