Wide Stance Stiff Legs — Dumbbell Variation
Dumbbell version of the Wide Stance Stiff Legs. Same target muscle (hamstrings) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Wide Stance Stiff Legs is a PULL hamstrings parent; the DB swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Wide Stance Stiff Legs
canonical record
Primary muscle
Hamstrings
trained via parent
Equipment
Dumbbell
this variation
Parent docs
542
low third · 204 DB
Wide Stance Stiff Legs — Dumbbell Variation opens on force profile: a PULL parent (Wide Stance Stiff Legs) swapped onto Dumbbell. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (hamstrings) 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 Wide Stance Stiff Legs (PULL · DOC · force)
One of 204 Dumbbell substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Wide Stance Stiff Legs is hamstrings · barbell · intermediate with 542 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 (542 chars). Use Wide Stance Stiff Legs 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 hamstrings still leads before swapping into a programmed set. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Wide Stance Stiff Legs — Dumbbell Variation
Nearest DB cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DOC · PULL/COMPOUND · MID), plus parent and guide.
Dip Machine — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Dip Machine (triceps). Parent docs 537 chars · Δ5 vs this DOC parent.
Cable Judo Flip — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Cable Judo Flip (abdominals). Parent docs 536 chars · Δ6 vs this DOC parent.
Romanian Deadlift from Deficit — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Romanian Deadlift from Deficit (hamstrings). Parent docs 535 chars · Δ7 vs this DOC parent.
Seated Cable Shoulder Press — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Seated Cable Shoulder Press (shoulders). Parent docs 550 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.
Wide Stance Stiff Legs
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 · MID · DOC substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.