Dumbbell Exercises How to Get Optimal Results

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Would you like to find out how you can get the best results from your dumbbell exercises? This article shows you new exercises that you have missed so far, shows how you can gain more confidence in your training schedule, and teaches you some basic rules about exercising with the dumbbell. It also shows you how to execute your workouts without danger.

Basic Rules

The key to getting the body and health you desire through dumbbell workouts, is understanding five basic principles. Sticking to these principles will both help you gain the results you want, but also help you to train safely.

Rule #1 - Start Light

When first doing a workout, start with a light weight. The point is that your body must take its time to learn how to do the exercise in the right way, just like when you learn how to swim.

Rule #2 - Keep Changing

Changing your dumbbell exercises once or twice a month will ensure that your training schedule remains fresh, effective and fun.

Rule #3 - Form over Weight

It's important to realize that the form is more important than the amount of resistance you use. On the long term, this will give much better results. People who just start out are sometimes too enthusiastic and think too highly of their strength levels. Let's use an example. When you do a biceps curl, you should only bend your arm at the elbow and not move it in any other way. If you use too much weight, it can cause the arching of your back or your elbows to move forward.

Rule #4 - Don't Use Too Much of a Good Thing

You know the saying, too much of a good thing can be bad? This goes for dumbbell workouts too. They can be very efficient at reshaping your body. That's why some people start to believe that if three sets create results, then doing another three will even bring them further.

In reality, however, your body can only adapt to your exercises so much - it doesn't matter if it's about burning calories, burning fat, or strengthening muscles.

Rule #5 - The Tortoise Wins

If it's only one thing that I can get across to you, then please make it the idea that doing a set of exercises consistently over a long period of time gives much better results than how much you do in a single exercise.

Doing dumbbell exercises for two hours, one or two times a week, will give much less results than doing a twenty minute workout consistently for three times a week. The tortoise beats the hare.

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