Only Dumbbells Required Workout
February 16, 2011 8 Comments
Only Dumbbells Required Workout
The other day a friend of mine asked me about what he should use to add weight training to his routine. He doesn’t want the monthly obligation of a gym membership and has limited space and funds to build a home gym. In reality it doesn’t take a fortune of fancy equipment or thirty bucks a month to add weight training to your routine all you really need is a good pair of adjustable dumbbells.
Dumbbells come as either fixed weight or adjustable weight. I am old school I don’t like the adjustable weight blocks, just give me a couple bars a few plates and some collars and I am set. The great thing about dumbbells is they don’t let you use your stronger side to lift more weight each side will have to work independently. They are also ideal to get your body use to the motions of your exercises which will help strengthen your ligaments and joints and build the proper form into your muscle memory helping prevent injury when you use barbells.
The following is a full body workout which you should do three times a week, giving your body a full day to recover between workouts. This is a great workout to build muscle and give you that fresh from the gym pump. Do the routine as a circuit, completing each exercise once, resting for two minutes then repeating the circuit three more times. Doing this as a circuit will increase the fat burning in your workout as well. Aim for 20 – 25 reps of each exercise using proper form. If you need to adjust the weight down to keep proper form and if you aren’t feeling fatigue in your muscles after each circuit then increase the weights.
Floor Chest Press (just like a bench press, but done on the floor with dumbbells)
Bent over Back Rows
Thrusters (stand with the dumbbells as if you were going to do a press, squat and then as you return to the starting position press the dumbbells over your head and then return to the starting position and repeat)
Bicep Curls
Behind the back tricep extensions
Lateral raises
Stiff leg dumbbell deadlifts
Lunges
Add thirty to forty five minutes of cardio on your off days to this routine and you will be amazed at the results you will see in a few weeks.
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