Dumbbell Weight Sets For Better Fitness
Dumbbell weight sets are a necessity in any home gym. If you’ve been pounding
away for years on a bike or treadmill doing your cardio exercises – faithfully –
but your fitness level has reached a plateau, what can you do? The answer lies
in varying your workout by exercising with free weights, i.e., dumbbells and
barbells.
Most fitness trainers will tell you that dumbbell exercises are a must in weight
lifting. To get an idea of what this type of exercising can do for you, imagine
how muscles work together when opposing each other. On any given lift, one
muscle is contracting and another is relaxing, such as the biceps and triceps
when performing a biceps curl with a set of dumbbells in each hand. Since the triceps must be moved as well, the bicep is not completely isolated. Hence, doing
multiple sets of repetitive exercises using sets of free weights will work the
target muscle -- but it goes a step further.
Pick up 10-lb dumbbell sets in each hand and do a set of ten reps. Immediately,
you notice you’ve changed the dynamics of the exercise by adding 20 lbs or more
to your body weight. Now larger stabilizer muscles in your abs, legs, and back
have to work to keep you in balance. By using a set of free weights you’re
actually developing your large stabilizer muscles (not to mention your
coordination!) and this compound movement results in the most effective gains
for muscle growth while exercising with dumbbells.
It’s important to include sets of dumbbell weight lifting because they provide
an advantage to toning your muscles—even if you exercise only two or three days
per week for 20 minutes each visit. The aim of
weight training equipment is to increase
strength, but did you know it also creates a burn rate of 250 to 400 calories an
hour? Any improvement in your lean muscle mass and metabolism will help you to
increase fat burn at all times (even while sleeping). This is something cardio
alone can’t achieve. Add weight training to burn optimum calories.
Toning your muscles using dumbbells is essential if you want to achieve an ideal
weight on your frame since a pound of muscle requires about 30 to 50 calories
per day just to support itself, while fat cells don't burn up a thing. So pick
up a dumbbell set, start pumping free weights, and get off that exercise plateau.
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Adjustable Dumbbells Offer Versatility, Room For Growth
If body toning and strengthening is your goal, nothing fits into
a workout program better than a good set of adjustable dumbbells.
Dumbbell Weights Give Users
Great Diversity, Portability Options
Few portable pieces of exercise equipment give a user more
control over a workout than dumbbell weights.
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