How far can I get with a dumbbell (+body weight exercises) routine? Its even worth? If is so, whats would be a good routine?
I am too broke to go to a gym but I have some dumbbells and I figure that something is better than nothing, right?
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Do you have a bench or something that can safely be used as such? How much weight do you have? How much time do you want to invest?
>Do you have a bench or something that can safely be used as such
Yes I have.
>How much weight do you have?
All the weights that you can add to a dumbellx2
>How much time do you want to invest?
I was thinking someting like 3 times per week.
This look nice, but I have my lower back fricked up (herniated disc with chronic sciatica) so idk about deadlifting 3 times per week
>The main drawback is that it drags your workouts longer and makes it harder to go as heavy as a barbell, but they can take you pretty far.
That's my main preoccupation, how do you get far with a fixed and smaller load? you just do more reps and change to a harder variation on the exercise?
That looks amazing! It looks like what I used to work out with barbells a couple of years ago. How do you manage the progression?
> All the weights that you can add to a dumbellx2
That's not an answer
>How do you manage the progression?
Obv theres a limit to how much you can add at home, so i tried to make most out of every weight, when i could do 3x12 with perfect form i would add 2kg. Rows and bench will become easiest first.
what limit? i have the same set up as you and you can easily put 6x 10lb plates on there. just curious how much plates you have in total
4x5kg, 2x 2kg, 4x 1kg per dumbbell, all of them dont fit, so it was 28kg with the bar.
oh yeah, that's what I thought just wanted verification. that's what I started with, just invest in more 5kg plates for dumbbell press.
https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/3-day-full-body-dumbbell-workout
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You can get pretty far with dumbells. The main drawback is that it drags your workouts longer and makes it harder to go as heavy as a barbell, but they can take you pretty far.
The bright side is that instead of spending your money in a gym you're investing in equipment. In the long run you'll save a lot of money if you have a home gym and by buying dumbells and plates you're making progress towards that.
Get a pull up bar as well. Weighted pull ups are godly for gains.
It worked out very well for me, but you need to be constantly adding weight for it to be effective (plus good diet), so i hope you have adjustable dumbbells. I did (and am still mostly doing but in the gym)
>overhead press
>lateral raises
>front raises
>rows
>biceps curls
>bench press
>chest flies
>pullovers
>pushups
>triceps extensions
Split between two days, 4x a week total. It would be good if you could do pull-ups and dips as well and maybe hit the legs/core too.
consider getting fat gripz
I have a bloated brock lesnar esque physique doing heavy dumbbells eating a lot and taking roids at home for 1 and a half years.
Besides adding gross weight to single reps to your squat, you can do everything with dumbbells that you can do with a barbell. Once your grip is strong enough that you can hold 80s per hand you can do bulgarian splits and put a lot of tension in each leg. I don't know why morons are talking about smaller increments like you can't just pick a heavier dumbbell. Or that your workouts will "drag" as in having a set of dumbbells that are ready for you isn't more convenient.
I have a few things to say about this.
1- Pic related is my home workout that I was doing a few months ago. I am focusing on calisthenics again a little more because my dumbbells are not that convenient and I do not have a bench and benching on my bed or the floor was not cutting it. I am currently trying to get more weight but sellers in my area are a bunch of buttholes. So currently my only dumbbell day is a leg day. I'd say if you want to focus on dumbbells you need at least a flat bench. You also need rings if you plan on doing anything substantial with calisthenics. So far weighted dips, ring flys and ring push ups have been enought to develop my chest.
2- My ideal home gym setup would be two set of nuobell or similar adjustable dumbbells, one that goes up to at least 80 and one that goes up to 50. That way you can always do supersets without worrying about switching too much. A nice cage with a cable attatchment and accessories, barbell, an adjustable bench with leg extension and leg curl options and weights. You really don't need anything else.
3- Evaluate you finances. All these options might end up costing the same as a year in a cheap gym. Crush or planet fitness are going to be around 200 per year with the members fee. One single set of nuobells are almost 300 plus nice rings will be like 30. The 105lb screw adjustable dumbbell set is 119 before tax and shipping.
Sure you'll keep the equipment, but will you stick with working out?
you cant resell a gym membership when youre done with it
Something is definitely better than nothing why would you even need to ask
You can get good size and have an 'athletic' build, but you will never be a swole meathead