Dumbell Exercises - Chest - Biceps - Triceps - Legs - Back

Dumbell Exercises... Simple, Safe And Effective

This complete collection of dumbell exercises will strengthen, tone and build every major muscle group in your body.

Use them to put together your own fitness program for the home or gym. Better still...

Visit the weight training programs article sometime. It describes a whole host strength training routines for all kinds of fitness outcomes. You can use them in conjunction with the exercises outlined here.

Dumbell exercises offer some tremendous advantages over traditional resistance machines. Here are just a few...

Dumbell exercises incorporate stabilising muscles helping you develop a much more balanced posture and physique.
Done correctly dumbell exercises are extremely safe.
Dumbell exercises fit round you instead of you fitting around a machine.
Dumbell exercises allow you to train with the most natural movement patterns.
Dumbell exercises allow you to work through a greater range of movement than resistance machines.
You can put together a great circuit training program with nothing other than dumbell exercises, improving your cardiovascular fitness as well as your strength.
Dumbell exercises allow you to build highly specific sports fitness programs. Because dumbell exercises are so dynamic and flexible you can use them to closely match the movement patterns in your sport.

On to the exercises...

Print this page out and take it with you to the gym or use it at home. Give yourself a full week to get accustomed to the dumbell exercises before you start lifting heavier weights.

General guidelines For Dumbell Exercises Dumbell exercises are extremely safe if you perform them correctly. The following guidelines are not just for your safety, they will improve the quality of your workouts as well...

1. Always warm up before dumbell exercises.
Perform 5-10 minutes of light aerobic exercise followed by stretching exercises to all major muscle groups.

2. Perform each of the dumbell exercises with a light weight to start.
Become fanatical about technique. You will start to get diminished returns from dumbell exercises if you keep increasing the weight without maintaining quality.

3. Have someone spot you at all times.

4. Avoid suddenly dropping the weights to the floor.
As you perform dumbell exercises your muscles are under tremendous tension. Abruptly releasing the tension by letting go of the weights is a great way to get injured!

5. We have to put this one in... please read our legal disclaimer before performing any of these dumbell exercises.

Chest Dumbell Exercises - Chest

Shoulder Dumbell Exercises - Shoulder

Back Dumbell Exercises - Back

Trapezius Dumbell Exercises - Trapezius

Biceps Dumbell Exercises - Biceps

Triceps Dumbell Exercises - Triceps

Leg Dumbell Exercises - Legs

Calf Dumbell Exercises - Calf

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