 First question is from Jmax 5862 Can I use dumbbells for squats lunges chest press overhead press and deadlifts? Does it have to be a barbell or am I just wasting my time Justin? You are the one that went and did all the mods that we had what programs I know it's a most of them but not all of them what programs do we have now that we yeah We went through and we tried to cover basically all the main Program so the only ones we left out were PED because it's so machine-based like I mean there's just so many exercises in that program that you I Mean you're not gonna really have the experience you want less you're in a gym setting And so the other one was strong Which you know we were kind of going back and forth with that But there were so many unique lifts to that program that we kind of wanted to keep it as was but everything else I mean split Aesthetic performance and a ball like you know all the main hitters like we went through and and Replace them with options for dumbbells right most exercises that you do with barbells You could do with dumbbells and you really won't lose effectiveness now Some exercises are a little harder to replace like a barbell squat is a bit difficult to replace with dumbbells But there are many many exercises you can do in replace of a barbell squat to give you Similar results all the split stance exercises and the main the main reason why it's hard. It's just the loading purpose I mean how do you get the dumbbells on your back, right? Because so if you're somebody who only squats though, let's say 95 or 100 pounds on a barbell Holding for 245 pounds almost equivalent. Yeah, it's pretty close But it's somebody who can load a barbell up to you know 185 200 pounds like good luck holding 75 100 pound dumbbells in each arm while you're trying to squat So that's where I think it but if you're in that range Absolutely, and here's a deal too for the time being it's an incredible switch out I mean if we're where we're all at like yeah, perfect world I've got a barbell too But man I wrote many many programs for clients that don't have access to a barbell and only have dumbbells at home And it's it's totally well I'll tell you as a trainer if I if you had to limit my equipment for clients and you said You can have dumbbells or a barbell, but you can't have both and then you can have your adjustable bench What would you choose to train clients? I would choose dumbbells They're more versatile and anymore and range as a motion can be modified a little bit better And I can do certain things with dumbbells. I can't do a barbells Barbells are great when you're really strong like when you're really strong You could load the hell out of it. You could deadlift a lot squat a lot with it But dumbbells are are fun. They're still free weights They're actually more free than barbells are because they're unilateral well Yeah, exactly and unilateral like that I was gonna mention like if you instead of the intensity being just like adding more load and you know Obviously barbell is the best for that in terms of like stacking a lot of load in certain moves You know unilateral would be the way I would kind of intensify certain exercises to make them for challenging But you get so many different benefits from that like you get so much more stability in the joints And then that all then carries over back into your Byloaded situation where now I can you know squat on my back and I feel way more supported Well, I was making the case that somebody who can do 200 pound squad It'd be really hard to emulate that with a pair of dumbbells and do a Bilateral squat both feeling right, but it take that same person and hold 50 pound dumbbells and do a Bulgarian squat Right that'll that'll crush somebody who squats 200 pounds all day long So you could still accomplish a phenomenal work or do a single leg deadlift home holding dumbbells Yeah, you want a deadlift right a lot of weight and watch what happens to your your bilateral deadlift I'm just from getting good at the single leg one I mean there were I haven't done this for a long time But I used to go through cycles of just dumbbell training where I would eliminate barbells completely Do everything with dumbbells and I would always get some good results from doing that Yeah, it's much more holistic like you know if I I can I can improve any of the other like underlying Weaknesses that's gonna help you with your longevity in this training game