Poundages for Slow & Heavy

[lynda]

Hi all! I'm thinking of asking for the Slow & Heavy series for Mothers Day (who needs jewelry?), and in looking at the clips, the dumbbells I see look huge! Does anyone know how heavy the dumbbells used in this video are? I can probably decrease that a bit, at least to start, but I'm wondering how much additional equipment I'll need to make this series work. Thanks.

 

[kathryn]

The highest weights Cathe uses for upper body are 25# dumbbells for chest presses (but that doesn't mean that you would use the same as she does). For lower body, she does use a 40# dumbbells for plié squats, but you could use a barbell, or hold two dumbbells.

 

[Dml]

Hello,

When I do S&H I just use my barbell on my shoulders as opposed to dumbbells for lower body and it works just fine.

Blessings,

Denise