In the demo, I'm using 65
lb dumbells and those were a good weight for me.
With practice and time, you can build up to some VERY heavy dumbells with this exercise (I've gone as high as 2 x 150
lb dumbells for reps).
If you hold 2 100 -
lb dumbells, you've got 200 extra pounds!
Think of it this way... if you're holding onto 2 50 -
lb dumbells, that's an extra 100 lbs that your body must work to balance.
To use a 45 lb plate, you should be able to handle at least 70
lb dumbells on the dumbell shoulder press.
I used 40
lb dumbells for the bench and got 30,30,25,25,25 last week.
For the W.W workout we used 10
lb dumbells the first time through and then dropped down to 8 for the second round.
I'm using 125
lb dumbells in the demo here.
This girl could not do a lunge, could not sprint on the bike for 30 seconds, she could barely lift a 10
lb dumbell.
I'm using a 25
lb dumbell in the demo here - it's more about feel than weight.
Here's the setup... a ball (or bench), a dumbell (I'm using a 105
lb dumbell) and a power rack.
I've been following this site for awhile now I love everything on my body except my chest I've been using 10
lb dumbell doing 3 sets of Chest flies and bench pressing with 5 lbs on each The bar weighs 20 lb itself I've been doing this The last 2 months what am I doing wrong?
if you increase the weights to 15
lbs each dumbell and do the exercise 3 times a week, won't it make your breasts look smaller because you'll be getting rid of the breast fat replacing with firmer muscle... and muscle takes up less space.
These are the weights I used for the rest of the weighted exercises: Dynamic Squat with One arm Dumbbell Press — 15
lb dumbell Dumbbell Row Pushups — 15 lb dumbbells Crunches with Hand to hand Dumbbell Passes — 7 lb dumbbells Russian Twist with Dumbbell — 15 lb dumbbells
I do nt have access to the gym and I wanted a home workout I have a 5
lbs dumbell tho do you have any suggestion or tips?
I'm using an 85
lb dumbell - pick something you can easily do for one - arm dumbell bench press the first time you try this one.
Training methods: He refused to use heavy weights, used 10
lbs dumbells only, flexed constantly Interesting Fact: Bobby posed on a 10 ft pillar with overhead lights to emphasize definition
Not exact matches
This makes it a bit tricky and tougher with the larger 45
lb plate (which is why you need to be somewhat stronger than being able lift only 45
lbs on
dumbell presses).