Dumbbells For Your Home Gym

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the most frequently used exercise equipment choices for both men and women are dumbbells. Dumbbells have moved from being used exclusively in gyms to an integral necessity for the home gym. Anyone wishing to tighten and tone their body, will at some point, need to use free-weights, particularly dumbbells. Straight bars and weight machines are great, but, for the purpose of starting your home gym, with less money being spent, dumbbells are way more cost effective. There is lots of versatility using this type of strength training and you are not limited at all with the wide range of exercises used with dumbbells.

Lifting dumbbells is an excellent way to strength train specific muscle groups by allowing you to place more isolation on the target muscle. You can specifically target biceps, shoulders, chest, and triceps while allowing complete range of motion. You can sit, stand, incline, decline, and even train legs while using dumbbells.

When training with weights it is important to work all angles of your muscle for a three dimensional training resulting in a more well rounded muscle. This can be achieved by rotating the dumbbell at either the top of the movement or the bottom. This rotational movement can not be done with a straight bar or weight machine. When you are able to work without a set range of motion or angle, you use more muscles to stabilize the dumbbell’s weight. This results in a perfect combination of stretch, strength and muscle stabilization.

When working with dumbbells always be conscious of your weight limits and never work past your range of motion limits. If you do, the result could be injury and as a result your goals of whipping your body into shape quickly will be drastically delayed. We certainly don’t need an excuse not to work out now do we?

There are dumbbell training posters you can post to your wall demonstrating proper technique and ideas for specific muscle groups you are targeting. I recommend you get one of these so you will have a better understanding of the various muscles that can be trained effectively.

Dumbbells can now be purchase in a wide variety of weight, size, colors, shapes and covering materials such as chrome, vinyl and neoprene. It is important to find dumbbells that match your training goals and workout intensity. Start out small and then increase the dumbbell weight as you gain strength. However, don’t use weight so light that you are not challenged. If you feel like you pumping air or having to do too many reps before you feel a burn, then your weights are too light.

Dumbbells are relatively inexpensive and ideal for use in your home gym. Strength training with dumbbells is extremely effective in improving muscular strength, endurance and shape while at the same time reducing body fat that collects around the muscles being trained.

Dumbbells are an ideal addition to your home fitness program. Purchasing exercise equipment for your home gym is an investment in your health and well being and will help you get the body you desire!

Dumbbells for your home gym are a great investment for any home exercise program.

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