The problem with shoulders is that they are indirectly worked whenever the arms are involved in exercise. So this means that whenever you are doing triceps or biceps work, the shoulders are going to be involved. This is where strict form is necessary to prevent the shoulders from being overwor...
When it comes to shaping your glutes, you have several options to work your glutes effectively and efficiently, including gym machines (leg curls, smith machine squats, cables), your own body weight as well as resistance balls, resistance bands, BOSU balls, disks, dumbbells, barbells and of ...
This next exercise is a unique one that’s going to target the inner chest area. Hold the dumbbells parallel and together while doing the dumbbell bench press. This variation is a lot harder than a normal bench press with your hands spaced wider, so you’ll have to lighten the weights ac...
This is the third part of my new dumbbell workout video series covering home gym workouts that you can do with minimal equipment. I get a lot of requests for basic workouts that can be done at home using just dumbbells and bodyweight exercises. So over the next several videos and blog p...
Dumbbell Squats are Squats with dumbbells. Hold them on your front shoulders and Squat. Benefit: you don’t need a Power Rack. Drawback: you can’t go heavy. Holding 50kg on each shoulder is harder than a 100kg bar on your back. And you must get those dumbbells on your shoulders firs...
Dumbbell Squats are Squats with dumbbells. Hold them on your front shoulders and Squat. Benefit: you don’t need a Power Rack. Drawback: you can’t go heavy. Holding 50kg on each shoulder is harder than a 100kg bar on your back. And you must get those dumbbells on your shoulders firs...
So this means if you go a little bit slower on the reps and are more deliberate about the movement as you’re coming up, you can ensure that more of that work is being done by the brachialis. Taking the reps slower will help you to ensure that the brachialis does more of the work ...
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Finally, when doing the incline bench press solo, dumbbells are safer: If your muscles fail while pressing a barbell, you risk getting pinned under the bar — a rare but real outcome of solo training that occasionally injures (and in some rare instances, kills) lifters. Fail on the incline...
How much protein your muscles can take in after exercising depends on things like the type and intensity of your workout and your body composition, Ansari explains—so lifting adjustable dumbbells for an hour using home workout equipment, for example, will make your muscles thirstier for protein...