Need New Dumbbells for Intensity Series?

[JenniferAnn]

I need some new plates for my barbell and some new dumbbells but I'm not sure what weight to get. Currently my heaviest dumbbell is 12 pounds. For lat rows, I use the 12 pound dumbbells with a 5 pound ankle weight around my wrist and it's not heavy enough. So I was thinking about buying one 20 pound dumbbell. For all of the Cathe strength tapes I have, it seems like I use the barbell for anything really heavy. But I'm wondering if Cathe uses dumbbells more in the intensity series. If so, do you guys think I would need 15# dumbbells and 2 20# dumbbells and maybe 18# dumbbells? I really hate to buy a bunch of heavy dumbbells because they take up so much space.

How heavy do you guys go for lat rows? Would I go heavier than 20#? Should I buy one of those little bars and use the plates from my barbell instead?

 

[clareMc]

Hi JenniferAnn:

You use the barbell only on PLB, but you may need more plates because with these new Pyramid tapes it is posible to go heavier that you have before. I have found this to be the case on both PLB and PUB.

On PUB, Cathe only uses dumbells, and I am using the whole range from 3 pounders up to 20 pounders. This is the first time I have been able to use more than 15 pound dumbells on any upper body work, so I am excited. If you are stronger than me, and most people are (!), you may indeed find you need to go buy more dumbells. It's worth it in my opinion: PUB is my favourite of all the new videos, because it alone is helping me reach new levels in my bodily strength.

You'll need 2 x 20 pound dumbells for this tape, the one will not be enough. Cathe does bent over lat rows with both arms going together! Sorry! And since this is a pyramid tape, where you go up and down through the sequence of weights, you can figure on needing those 2 x 15 pound dumbells too.

Why not wait until you get the series and preview, then do it one time through, then you'll have a better sense of exactly what you will need. The stores aren't going to run out of dumbells any time soon!

See ya

Clare

 

[susanz]

I currently don't have a barbell(am shopping for it)so I use only dumbnbells for all Cathe's stuff. The weights range from 5-25#'s. I mostly use the 8-20#'s for Cathe's tapes. Susan