vendredi 8 février 2013

Proven Barbell Exercises

By Trevor Johnson


If you didn't know, drilling with dumbbells is probably one of the safest and most efficient methods to increase muscle and strength. I'm sure you have seen countless meatheads who spend close to an hour on barbell bench press, and will simply not "waste their time" with stupid dumbbells...

Well these are the same fellows who damage their rotator cuff and lose the facility to train for months at a time. Barbell bench press is DANGEROUS . There is reason explaining why baseball pitchers are not allowed to perform this exercise, and that's thanks to the risks it presents for the rotator cuff. Luckily , dumbbells are a fine solution.

There are limited exercises you can perform with barbells, but dumbbells offer a large range of options. Just to be absolutely sure, barbell exercises such as deadlifts, cleans, army press, and rows are excellent muscle builders. But we are here to chat about the easiest way to train with dumbbells.

Chest

There aren't a lot of options for coaching the chest to begin with, but dumbbells allow you to perform some glorious adaptations. The most obvious exercises include flat dumbbell bench press, incline press, and decline press. Flat bench will target the middle portion of the chest, incline targets the higher, and decline concentrates on the lower. That is actually all you are able to do for the chest right? Nope!

You can also perform flat, incline, and decline dumbbell flies. This exercise allows for a large stretch of the chest muscles, which will give you a brilliant contraction.

As well as these exercises, you can also perform dumbbell pullovers. Pullovers do not immediately target the chest, but instead target the serratus muscles on the side and below the pecs. These muscles help your abdominal muscles stand out rather more.

Back

Coaching the back with dumbbells is highly-effective as it lets you get a massive quantity of range of motion. Some of the finest exercises include single-arm dumbbell rows with your knee on a bench, or standing. Keep your back straight and ensure you pull with your lats and THEN your arms.

With lighter dumbbells, you may also perform rear delt raises. You can perform rear delt raises standing or sitting.

Legs

There is a enormous spread of leg exercises you need to use with dumbbells. If you are looking to hit the hamstrings, you need to use stiff-leg deadlifts. And to increase the difficulty, you can attempt single-leg deadlifts.

To target the glutes, you can use standard lunges, reverse lunges, and even side lunges.

And lastly, to aim at all leg muscles, you need to use Romanian squats. Simply hold a dumbbell with both hands and stand with your legs a little farther than shoulder width. Lower the weight between your legs and squat down.




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