After 4 months, I recently went from 7.5kg dumbbells to 10kg dumbbells and it feels really heavy whenever I lift above my chest level. like my shoulders and back have a hard time doing the exercises. But 2 days ago I bought a barbell and loaded it with 28 kgs I was comfortably ( little bit challenging) able to do my exercises. I dont understand why the dumbbells feel so difficult to work with.
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Balance is easier to achieve if you have something larger you are working with, because you can more easily make adjustments that allow you to keep it balanced.
For instance, I can balance an umbrella on the tip of my finger for it pretty much as long as I want to. But it takes great effort to balance a pencil on the tip of my finger for even a couple of seconds.
Also with a bar both hands are working together to balance the whole thing while with dumbbells each hand has to work individually. So not only is it more work for your muscles but also requires more brain work because you are doing 2 complicated tasks instead of one.
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