Or you can pair up exercises and use
the same dumbbell weight for pairs of exercises in your superset.
Not exact matches
Gently swing the
weight in front of your body and lift the
dumbbell till your arm is parallel to the floor, then with a controlled movement lower the
weight and start the
same movement with the other arm.
At neck - depth you carry just 8 % of your body
weight — about the
same as a newbie's
dumbbell.
This is exactly the reason behind your inability to bench two 100 lb
dumbbells for 10 reps, when you are certain you can bench a 200 lb barbell for the
same number of reps.. If you stress your muscles more, they will grow more, so you can also put a lot of
weight on a machine, even more than you can lift on a barbell.
While resistance bands do not correspond to a specific
weight and can not load the muscle to the
same extent as a
dumbbell, they can also be used to add tension and tone specific muscle groups, such as the glutes, calves, shoulders, back and biceps, and are perfect if
dumbbells or similar are out of reach at home or while travelling.
When you get to the 10th rep of your flyes, start doing presses with the
same dumbbells and
same weight on them.
Tri-set: Wide Stance
Dumbbell Squats (press with heels to engage the glutes & hamstrings) 3 sets of 10 - 15 reps Lying Leg Curls 3 sets of 10 - 15 reps Wide Stance
Dumbbell Squats (press with heels to engage the glutes & hamstrings) 3 sets using the
same weight as above performing as many repetitions as you can.
4) Flat
Dumbbell Flyes (using
same weight as for the incline flyes): 2 - 3 sets of maximum amount of reps you can do with good form (60 seconds)
3) Two Arm
Dumbbell Rows (Neutral Grip)(using
same weight as for the previous exercise): 2 - 3 sets of maximum amount of reps you can do with good form (no rest)
In other words, the position is the
same as for the barbell press, but it is necessary to lie back while holding the
dumbbells with the arms flexed, unless you are being helped by someone who can pass you the
weights.
Fitness Level: Intermediate / Advanced Equipment Needed: Various
weighted dumbbells, bench or chair This 10 - minute workout is short, but it's very intense, including a variety of compound exercises where you'll target the lower body and upper body all at the
same time.
3A) Incline Bench —
Dumbbell Press (3 sets, 10, 10, to exhaustion)--
same weight for the first 2 sets, 80 %
weight on third set, go until you can't do anymore.
And of course, she'll be back next time to repeat the
same exercise with the
same tiny
dumbbells for the
same number of reps.. Then she'll wonder why she isn't any stronger, why she hasn't built any new muscle, why she isn't toning up and getting leaner, why she isn't getting into any better overall shape, and why she is getting nothing but sucky results from
weight training.
Adding
weight also burns more calories as carrying light
dumbbells, so you've benefitted twice from the
same exercise!!
Doing one or two sets every day I got really strong within few weeks but my problem is because I train in my garage with just a limited amount of
Weight with adjustable Dumbbells, I was limited to adding reps so instead I started doing multiple sets with the same weight such as the famous 5 x 5 but instead I do 5 x 20 - 30, this way it's going to take longer to achieve all sets with the same w
Weight with adjustable
Dumbbells, I was limited to adding reps so instead I started doing multiple sets with the
same weight such as the famous 5 x 5 but instead I do 5 x 20 - 30, this way it's going to take longer to achieve all sets with the same w
weight such as the famous 5 x 5 but instead I do 5 x 20 - 30, this way it's going to take longer to achieve all sets with the
same weightweight.
For example, on week one you may do 50 - pound
dumbbells for 10 reps.. The next week you'll try and do 55 - pound
dumbbells for the
same number of reps. Well, eventually, you won't be able to add more
weight and do the
same amount of reps because you will have reached a plateau.
Granted he's referring to the
dumbbell and barbell exercises, but the
same principles apply if you want to build muscle without
weights because you're still dealing with applying a force rapidly.
You do various
weight training (
dumbbells and kettlebells) and calisthenics exersizes at the
same time, in timed intervals.
For instance, for a bulk chest work out, you can use the
same weight for a chest press and then proceed to immediately do a
dumbbell fly.
It's also important to remember that you won't use the
same weight for each exercise (that's pink
dumbbell thinking), but instead switch it up according to what you can or can't do; remember, the idea is to lift as heavy as you can safely lift in order to hit your rep range — if you can do more reps, then you need to increase the
weight; if you can't reach the rep range then decrease the
weight.
Begin in the
same position, but as you curl the
weight up move the
dumbbell across your upper body toward your opposite shoulder keeping your upper arm stable.
I grabbed the 95 pound
dumbbells and did 8 good reps followed by the four forced negative reps. I used this
same weight for the second set but I was only able to get 3 forced negative reps because the muscles gave out and failed on this set.
When you finish the set, put the
dumbbells down then immediately go right into the barbell press, using the
same weight as the
dumbbells - I'm using 95 lb
dumbbells then 190 lbs on the barbell bench.
So we start with
dumbbells then go directly to barbells, with the exact
same weight.
«They stand in the
same spot in front of the mirror with a collection of
dumbbells in every
weight around them and swear they're using them all — while doing 10 different exercises,» says Max Tapper, personal trainer at Chelsea Piers Fitness.