Friday, July 24, 2009

Dumbbells for the Win

By Josh Irv

Here we will review some great exercises that you can with dumbbells. Don't think you need to have a gym membership to get into shape, read on and you will see how dumbbells can get you into shape.

The fist body part we will work is the pectoralis major, also known as the chest. The chest is a favorite body part for most people, all you do is lay down and press the dumbbells up above your chest.

A second effective exercise is for the biceps. You simply stand with the weights at your side and curl them while not allowing your elbows to come forward.

The third muscle group we can train with dumbbells is the shoulders. You press the weights up above your head and slowly lower them until your arms are parallel to the floor.

The shoulder can also be worked in another way. We can do lateral raises to develop the side delts and front raises to work the anterior part of the shoulder.

Now on to the triceps. We will do simple kickbacks where you kneel on a bench and then extend you arm until it is straight.

To do the back we will keep kneeling on said bench. But, now we will let the weight hand straight down and then pull it up to the chest.

All these exercises can be done with dumbbells from you home. To avoid a mess of many dumbbells you might want to consider buying adjustable dumbbells. Adjustable dumbbells will allow you to save more space in your house while still providing you with all the weight needed to do a variety of exercises.

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