How to perform regular dumbbell deadlifts: Assume a squatting position with your feet placed shoulder-width apart. Lean forward without locking out your back. Make sure your chest touches your knees and your hamstrings are parallel to the floor. Grab a pair of dumbbells: one should be on the...
Check out these important tips on how to perfect your dumbbell row technique in the video above: Stabilize yourself with a bench or rack Keep your back straight Engage your lats to pull Squeeze at the top of the move Upper-body workoutsTraining Q&ADumbbellsTraining Tipsback workoutsarms workouts...
With your dumbbells on the floor just outside of your feet, hinge down and grip them with a flat back and neutral spine (A). Engage your lats and stand upright, pushing the ground away with your feet, keeping your chest up and your black flat throughout (B). Lower them back to the...
For more of a challenge, you can work one arm at a time while using two dumbbells, which allows you to really focus on your shoulder mobility. You can also adjust the starting position so that just your upper back and shoulders are resting on the flat bench, with your feet still on th...
How to Do It: Standing with your feet about shoulder-width apart, grab a pair of dumbbells from a bench or box. Keep the dumbbells close to your sides, with your shoulders back, your core tight, and glutes squeezed. Begin “pushing” your butt back as far as possible as you begin low...
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 accordingly. Do 3 sets of 10-15 reps to finish off the chest workout and pump up the inner...
However, with the dumbbell pullover, you only need tolower the weightas far down until you feel your lats and chest contract. If you have trouble finding this range, start by lowering the weight to the point that’s comfortable, hold it, and then come back up. During your next rep, ...
Why it works: "A simple stepup or weighted stepup with dumbbells is one of the most functional activities hikers can do because you're mimicking climbing and learning how to push off a single leg," Seedman says. How to do it: Hold dumbbells in either hand. Place one foot on a bench...
(1) However, most of the key muscles of the pullover are offloaded at this point in the range of motion, because the dumbbell is no longer creating demand for the shoulder extensors (i.e. lats, pecs, etc.). A minor tweak to pullover technique increases the difficulty of the early ...
2. With Your Palm Facing In, Hold a Dumbbell In Your Right Hand You need to keep your palm in so that you have a neutral grip. If you do not have a neutral grip, you will not be working out your lats. You should have completed the bicep curl test to find the right weight for ...