Cable Internal Rotation — Dumbbell Variation
Dumbbell version of the Cable Internal Rotation. Same target muscle (shoulders) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Cable Internal Rotation is a PULL shoulders parent; the DB swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Cable Internal Rotation
canonical record
Primary muscle
Shoulders
trained via parent
Equipment
Dumbbell
this variation
Parent docs
786
mid third · 204 DB
Cable Internal Rotation — Dumbbell Variation opens on force profile: a PULL parent (Cable Internal Rotation) swapped onto Dumbbell. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (shoulders) or kit.
This DB substitute sits in the middle third of the 883-page catalogue by parent instruction mass (657–974 chars). Mid-pack parents typically document enough for a safe PULL/COMPOUND transfer without being a full coaching essay.
DB swap on Cable Internal Rotation (PULL · DEEP · force)
One of 204 Dumbbell substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Cable Internal Rotation is shoulders · cable · beginner with 786 instruction characters (DEEP, mid 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 · DEEP
See Cable Internal Rotation for steps and muscle targets; this DB page is the substitute frame only (786 chars of parent instruction mass).
Safety notes · DB · PULL/COMPOUND
Free-weight DB compounds raise stabilizer demand on the PULL path. Confirm shoulders still leads before swapping into a programmed set. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Cable Internal Rotation — Dumbbell Variation
Nearest DB cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DEEP · PULL/COMPOUND · FLOOR), plus parent and guide.
Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift (hamstrings). Parent docs 788 chars · Δ2 vs this DEEP parent.
Barbell Guillotine Bench Press — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Barbell Guillotine Bench Press (chest). Parent docs 789 chars · Δ3 vs this DEEP parent.
Smith Machine Overhead Shoulder Press — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Smith Machine Overhead Shoulder Press (shoulders). Parent docs 790 chars · Δ4 vs this DEEP parent.
Bent Over Barbell Row — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Bent Over Barbell Row (middle back). Parent docs 776 chars · Δ10 vs this DEEP 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 Internal Rotation
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 · DEEP substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.