DBs for those with long limbs?

[shwaym]

I have read some random out-of-context posts by some poeple on other boards about trainees with long limbs and short torsos preferring/gaining more with dumbell moves as opposed to shorter limed athletes benefiting more using barbells.

having long limbs i would be interested in seeing if this is in fact true during my next cycle. my current one is composed mainly of bbs and some machines.

i remember back to the program i was doing before i would really prefer using dbs but WHY is that?
what is the biomechanical set-up that causes this?

what about machines? where would cable/plate loaded machines fit into all of this? some allow individual limb movement.

and perhaps more importantly if dbs moves were to be used over their bb counterparts, would this fit well enough into HST?
would the slight off-setting of weight increment variability be worth it for smoother/stronger lifts?
thanks,
-shwaym

 

[Fausto]

schwaym

Quote[/b] ]I have read some random out-of-context posts by some people on other boards about trainees with long limbs and short torsos preferring/gaining more with dumbell moves as opposed to shorter limed athletes benefiting more using barbells.

Sounds like BS to me, let us see what others have to say, I know JV has a pretty good BS radar

JV ?

From what I have come across, limb length can be adjusted into any exercise by the positioning, eg: squat, the longer the legs the further apart they should be or something like it. I am not about to debate it!

One thing HST uses both BB and DB exercises with great results, it does not have much to do with limb length but rather with personal choice and obviously result producing

My two cents anyway

 

[Jester]

Actually I have to disagree. Of course I can only comment on one side of the equation

, but having long limbs I've found that certain exercises are easier with DBs than with BB - namely any form of bench press.

Likewise squats are difficult (or more difficult) with heavy weights, it's just a matter of less advantageous leverage (physics).