Clean Deadlift — Dumbbell Variation
Dumbbell version of the Clean Deadlift. Same target muscle (hamstrings) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Clean Deadlift is a PULL hamstrings parent; the DB swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Clean Deadlift
canonical record
Primary muscle
Hamstrings
trained via parent
Equipment
Dumbbell
this variation
Parent docs
714
mid third · 204 DB
Clean Deadlift — Dumbbell Variation opens on force profile: a PULL parent (Clean Deadlift) swapped onto Dumbbell. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (hamstrings) 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 Clean Deadlift (PULL · DEEP · force)
One of 204 Dumbbell substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Clean Deadlift is hamstrings · barbell · beginner with 714 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 Clean Deadlift for steps and muscle targets; this DB page is the substitute frame only (714 chars of parent instruction mass).
Safety notes · DB · PULL/COMPOUND
Free-weight DB compounds raise stabilizer demand on the PULL path. Confirm hamstrings still leads before swapping into a programmed set. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Clean Deadlift — Dumbbell Variation
Nearest DB cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DEEP · PULL/COMPOUND · FLOOR), plus parent and guide.
Bradford/Rocky Presses — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Bradford/Rocky Presses (shoulders). Parent docs 711 chars · Δ3 vs this DEEP parent.
Hanging Bar Good Morning — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Hanging Bar Good Morning (hamstrings). Parent docs 705 chars · Δ9 vs this DEEP parent.
Front Raise And Pullover — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Front Raise And Pullover (chest). Parent docs 728 chars · Δ14 vs this DEEP parent.
One-Arm Side Deadlift — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on One-Arm Side Deadlift (quadriceps). Parent docs 728 chars · Δ14 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.
Clean Deadlift
Canonical parent (BARBELL · 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.