Ultimate Dumbell Guide

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Avraham

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So right now, I am limited on equipment and money for a gym membership. I bought the book "Ultimate Dumbell Guide" I am going to start with the beginner work out but had a question. There are two beginner excercise routines. I am wondering if I should alternate each routine each time I work out or do one routine for a few weeks and then do the other routine for a few until I am ready to go to the next level. Here are the two routines.

Workout 1
Crunch - 2 sets of 10 to 15
Reverse Crunch - 2 sets of 10 to 15
Squat - 2 sets of 10 to 15
Chest Press - I am going to do pushups in place of this - 3 sets of 10 to 12
Lunge - 2 sets of 10 to 12
One-Arm Row - 2 sets of 10 to 12
Standing Shoulder Press - 3 sets of 10 to 12
Pull over - 2 sets of 10 to 12
Bicep curl - 2 sets of 10 to 12
Lying Extension - 2 sets of 10 to 12
Seated Calf Raise - 2 sets of 10 to 12

Workout 2
This is the same as above except it adds
Deadlift - 2 sets of 10 to 12
Reverse Curl - 1 set of 10 to 12
Two Arm Extension - 1 ste of 10 to 12
and removes Squat, Pullover

Any thoughts, comments or suggestions? The book has suggestions but I am curious what this group thinks.

I intend on doing these on M-W-F and jogging on T-Th-Sat with Sunday being my resting day (day for me to watch football)
 
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I don't really get how this qualifies as body weight training, but this is what I would change.

Avraham said:
Workout 1
Crunch - 2 sets of 10 to 15
Reverse Crunch - 2 sets of 10 to 15
Squat - 2 sets of 10 to 15
Chest Press - I am going to do pushups in place of this - 3 sets of 10 to 12
Lunge - 2 sets of 10 to 12
One-Arm Row - 2 sets of 10 to 12
Standing Shoulder Press - 3 sets of 10 to 12
Pull over - 2 sets of 10 to 12...change to Dips
Bicep curl - 2 sets of 10 to 12...change to Deadlift
Lying Extension - 2 sets of 10 to 12 <--Do you mean supine hip extension?
Seated Calf Raise - 2 sets of 10 to 12
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I intend on doing these on M-W-F and jogging on T-Th-Sat with SUnday being my resting day (day for me to watch football)
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This is a good ^^
 
Avraham said:
Any thoughts, comments or suggestions? The book has suggestions but I am curious what this group thinks.

I intend on doing these on M-W-F and jogging on T-Th-Sat with Sunday being my resting day (day for me to watch football)
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The way I see it your workout all with one dumbbell (or a kettlebell) will be for conditioning or getting in shape rather than serious muscle-building/gaining strength. You can get a sandbag pretty cheap and do some sandbag training as well. If you have somewhere you can do pushups (then progress to weighted pushups in a backpack) and chinups/pullups you can survive if a gym is out of your reach.
 
blackbeard said:
The way I see it your workout all with one dumbbell (or a kettlebell) will be for conditioning or getting in shape rather than serious muscle-building/gaining strength. You can get a sandbag pretty cheap and do some sandbag training as well. If you have somewhere you can do pushups (then progress to weighted pushups in a backpack) and chinups/pullups you can survive if a gym is out of your reach.
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Right now I am just trying to get back into shape and get a platform where I can easily build muscle but I am not looking to get huge. Just some nice strength and definition of the muscles as well as reduced BF.
 
I have a question about dumbbell workouts as well if OP doesnt mind. I started
doing a bit of a workout when i decided to change my diet during the summer as I
am overweight. Now because my main focus was losing weight, I did not look too deep
into this and just put together a few exercises i looked at on youtube. This is
what I'm doing atm:


dumbbell bicep curls
dumbbell push press
Squats
dumbell pull over
dumbbell flys
push ups
jump rope

I go through this circuit about 3 times per session and wondering if I should switch
over to a workout like the one OP posted. I feel that because I blindly put together
random workouts together, I am not doing as well as i should be.
 
blackbeard said:
The way I see it your workout all with one dumbbell (or a kettlebell) will be for conditioning or getting in shape rather than serious muscle-building/gaining strength. You can get a sandbag pretty cheap and do some sandbag training as well. If you have somewhere you can do pushups (then progress to weighted pushups in a backpack) and chinups/pullups you can survive if a gym is out of your reach.
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I have been pricing out pull-up bars and stuff, which I think will be my next purchase, I as stick better and better to the routine.
 
Crab said:
I have a question about dumbbell workouts as well if OP doesnt mind. I started
doing a bit of a workout when i decided to change my diet during the summer as I
am overweight. Now because my main focus was losing weight, I did not look too deep
into this and just put together a few exercises i looked at on youtube. This is
what I'm doing atm:


dumbbell bicep curls
dumbbell push press
Squats
dumbell pull over
dumbbell flys
push ups
jump rope

I go through this circuit about 3 times per session and wondering if I should switch
over to a workout like the one OP posted. I feel that because I blindly put together
random workouts together, I am not doing as well as i should be.
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That's never a good idea, and you're right to look for advice. That's completely out of whack and you need major changes. Stick with the big exercises:
- Squat
- Deadlift
- Shoulder Press
- Bench Press
- Pushups
- Pullups/Chinups
- Dips
- Abs --> planks, woodchops, knee raises, reverse crunches, cable crunches are all good ones

Those are the main things you want to focus on, dumbbells or not.

Avraham said:
I have been pricing out pull-up bars and stuff, which I think will be my next purchase, I as stick better and better to the routine.
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Good idea. What's the routine you will be following?
 
Ride_On said:
Good idea. What's the routine you will be following?
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For right now with the lack of equipment, the routine is going to be what I listed up above with dumbells. I want to get into the groove of things before investing in any large equipment or a gym membership.

I have also been chatting with a few people on here about building some equipement in order to save cash or utilizing things I have that creatively could be used for a workout.
 
:confused4: Thanks for the definition?????? Was there something I am missing in your post? I am not clear the purpose of posting the definition
 
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