Dumbbells are my favorite form of exercise, and one I recommend to all beginners. Most beginners end up joining a gym and follow a program full of machines. Machines actually limit your range of movement and even put you in greater risk for injury.

Dumbbells, on the other hand will allow your body to move through its natural range of motion. And as long as you maintain proper technique,dumbbells are actually safer then machines.

If at any time you feel like you are unable to perform another repetition, then all you need to do is drop the dumbbells on the ground and walk away. You can’t do the same with machines.

Check out this video:

I have no idea what that exercise was or what muscles it worked. But, you can bet that guy was hurting in the wrong way when he woke up the following morning. I used to use one of those free two-week passes to train a friend of mine at the gym, and I saw some ridiculous stuff.

I literally changed my friend’s program and made him do all free weights. All barbell and dumbbell exercises, plus some pushups and pullups thrown in. After 10 months in the gym, he told me it was the toughest workout he’s done.

Anyways, lets move onto some good dumbbell exercises that you can do in the comfort of your own home. In fact, I’m going to let CraigBallantyne, author of Turbulence Training talk you through an entire beginner workout:

Warm up:

Workout A:

Workout B:

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