Browse Through 75+ Dumbbell Exercises
The 75+ dumbbell exercises on this website are grouped by main muscle groups and are represented by their muscle names and are accompanied by fully animated illustrations and complete textual instructions.Simply click on the image to the right or on the muscle group buttons on the left hand side menu.
Benefits of Dumbbell Exercises
This is in contrast to exercising on gym-type machines where main targeted muscles are isolated and are the only ones being utilized.
Dumbbell exercises allow complicit muscles to grow in strength together and prevent muscle groups from developing independently and out of sync.
Equipment Required
Dumbbells are available in different sizes and models but basically you’re faced with the choice of getting a set of dumbbells where every dumbbell is of a fixed weight or getting an adjustable weight set, where you can add different weight configurations to your dumbbells.
A set of fixed weight dumbbells will be costlier but will afford you the greatest ease of use whereas adjustable weight sets need to be adjusted each time you’re doing a dumbbell exercise.
Techniques Commonly Used
An example of cheating would be to sway your upper body forward and back when doing biceps curl. Although the dumbbell exercise will be easier to perform that way, you are effectively cheating yourself out of gains in your target muscle groups.
It is therefore recommended to use and maintain good posture when performing dumbbell exercises. In the biceps curl example, try to keep your upper body very still when doing the exercise to minimize cheating.
Words of Caution
Moreover, you’ll want to be careful when picking dumbbells from the floor and placing them back following your doing a dumbbell exercise as the risk of injury is high then.