Cable Deadlifts — Dumbbell Variation
Dumbbell version of the Cable Deadlifts. Same target muscle (quadriceps) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Cable Deadlifts is a PULL quadriceps parent; the DB swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Cable Deadlifts
canonical record
Primary muscle
Quadriceps
trained via parent
Equipment
Dumbbell
this variation
Parent docs
485
low third · 204 DB
Cable Deadlifts — Dumbbell Variation opens on force profile: a PULL parent (Cable Deadlifts) swapped onto Dumbbell. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (quadriceps) or kit.
This DB substitute sits in the lower third of the 883-page catalogue by parent instruction mass (< 657 chars). Short parents are intentional catalogue stubs; open the parent only for orientation, then judge the swap visually.
DB swap on Cable Deadlifts (PULL · DOC · force)
One of 204 Dumbbell substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Cable Deadlifts is quadriceps · cable · beginner with 485 instruction characters (DOC, low corpus band). Use this page when dumbbell is what you have; open the parent for the step list.
Educational catalogue only, not medical or personal-training advice.
Parent exercise · DOC
Parent docs are thin (485 chars). Use Cable Deadlifts as orientation, then judge the DB pattern live before loading volume.
Safety notes · DB · PULL/COMPOUND
Free-weight DB compounds raise stabilizer demand on the PULL path. Confirm quadriceps still leads before swapping into a programmed set. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Cable Deadlifts — Dumbbell Variation
Nearest DB cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DOC · PULL/COMPOUND · FLOOR), plus parent and guide.
Glute Ham Raise — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Glute Ham Raise (hamstrings). Parent docs 482 chars · Δ3 vs this DOC parent.
Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise (shoulders). Parent docs 490 chars · Δ5 vs this DOC parent.
Anti-Gravity Press — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Anti-Gravity Press (shoulders). Parent docs 479 chars · Δ6 vs this DOC parent.
Barbell Rollout from Bench — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Barbell Rollout from Bench (abdominals). Parent docs 477 chars · Δ8 vs this DOC parent.
Push Press — Dumbbell Variation
THIN pole in the DB cohort, parent Push Press at 2 instruction chars.
Power Clean — Dumbbell Variation
DEEP pole in the DB cohort, parent Power Clean at 3264 instruction chars.
Cable Deadlifts
Canonical parent (CABLE · PULL · COMPOUND). Steps and muscle map live here, this page is the DB substitute only.
Compound vs isolation
Guide drill for a DB · FLOOR · DOC substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.