Deadlift with Chains — Bodyweight Variation
Bodyweight version of the Deadlift with Chains. Same target muscle (lower back) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Deadlift with Chains is a PULL lower back parent; the BODYONLY swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Deadlift with Chains
canonical record
Primary muscle
Lower back
trained via parent
Equipment
Bodyweight
this variation
Parent docs
901
mid third · 249 BODYONLY
Deadlift with Chains — Bodyweight Variation opens on force profile: a PULL parent (Deadlift with Chains) swapped onto Bodyweight. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (lower back) or kit.
This BODYONLY 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.
BODYONLY swap on Deadlift with Chains (PULL · DEEP · force)
One of 249 Bodyweight substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Deadlift with Chains is lower back · barbell · expert with 901 instruction characters (DEEP, mid corpus band). Use this page when bodyweight is what you have; open the parent for the step list.
Educational catalogue only, not medical or personal-training advice.
Parent exercise · DEEP
See Deadlift with Chains for steps and muscle targets; this BODYONLY page is the substitute frame only (901 chars of parent instruction mass).
Safety notes · BODYONLY · PULL/COMPOUND
Bodyweight on an expert PULL COMPOUND pattern still removes external load. Progress difficulty with leverage or tempo, not by inventing load that is not there. Read the Progression: when to advance guide before programming the swap.
Read with Deadlift with Chains — Bodyweight Variation
Nearest BODYONLY cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DEEP · PULL/COMPOUND · CEILING), plus parent and guide.
Standing Dumbbell Upright Row — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Standing Dumbbell Upright Row (traps). Parent docs 899 chars · Δ2 vs this DEEP parent.
Smith Machine Bench Press — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Smith Machine Bench Press (chest). Parent docs 906 chars · Δ5 vs this DEEP parent.
Smith Machine Hang Power Clean — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Smith Machine Hang Power Clean (hamstrings). Parent docs 895 chars · Δ6 vs this DEEP parent.
Chair Squat — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Chair Squat (quadriceps). Parent docs 909 chars · Δ8 vs this DEEP parent.
Iron Cross — Bodyweight Variation
THIN pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Iron Cross at 2 instruction chars.
Power Clean — Bodyweight Variation
DEEP pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Power Clean at 3264 instruction chars.
Deadlift with Chains
Canonical parent (BARBELL · PULL · COMPOUND). Steps and muscle map live here, this page is the BODYONLY substitute only.
Progression: when to advance
Guide drill for a BODYONLY · CEILING · DEEP substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.