Dumbbell WorkoutsThis dumbbell workouts page includes workouts just for dumbbells, they're the best single piece of equipment you can own, workouts to train, tone, lose weight and build muscle. If you can only have one piece of exercise equipment for the home it should be dumbbells, they offer a great amount of variety in exercises. Because of the amount of freedom you have using dumbbells they are often better for performing many exercises.
Dumbbells offer more freedom for increased movement, which makes them better for almost all exercises that can be performed by either dumbbells or barbells. Example, dumbbell bench press allows you to bring your arms down further, you can increase the tension on your chest muscles by squeezing the dumbbells together and tensing your pecs, you can also rotate your forearms during the exercise to change the focus of the exercise. They are easier to travel with and less dangerous to use around the home. Variety They enable you to effectively train all your major muscles, with a large variety of exercises.
Many of the above exercises have many variations
Building Muscle / Toning / Weight loss Other Recommended Equipment Pull up bar - Pull ups are excellent upper back exercises, one of the few excellent exercises that cannot be done with dumbbells, the pull up bar can also be used for hanging leg and knee raises which is one of the best abdominal exercises you can do.
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