Exercise routine using dumbbells

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Avatar f tn If you have a little money to spend, invest in a pair of 5- and 10-pound dumbbells and an exercise ball. Hold the dumbbells and do biceps curls, triceps extensions and side raises to work the arms and shoulders. Hold the weights at your sides as you do lunges and squats. Use the exercise ball to do crunches for your abs, planks for your core and shoulder bridge exercises to work your butt and hamstrings.
Avatar f tn t try to get on a routine schedule just take it as it comes to you. You may only exercise once a week for awhile.Your right in staying away from aerobics for awhile. Like yourself I was very active lifted three times a week, ran, and coached HS Football. In four weeks I was sitting in a recliner trying to figure out what was happening to me. I stopped exercising for 8 mos 4 of those months I was not being treated. I struggled to get through practices.
Avatar f tn Id love to know what works for others! Im wanting change up my exercice routine and would love some new ideas.
Avatar m tn In a University of North Carolina study, people who performed a tai chi program regularly for eight weeks saw significant improvements in arthritis pain, stiffness, and sleeplessness due to pain. Those who added a 60-minute routine twice a week improved their arthritis symptoms by 7 percent, and even better, reported noted psychological benefits such as an increased sense of well-being.
Avatar m tn To figure out why men aren't getting the results they want, and what they can do instead. Fitness tips for training your largest muscle groups. Follow the rules! Build a Better Back "Scapular retraction" in the weight room, it's a muscle action that strengthens the middle part of your trapezius, one of your back's biggest muscles. The movement: Pull your shoulder blades (scapulae) together in back (retracting them).
Avatar f tn The bent-leg deadlift the most important of all traditional exercises because it is applicable to everyday life; it is also similar to the squat, another exercise with broad everyday use. Choose two dumbbells that will add enough load to make the movement difficult by the 12th to 15th repetition. Stand with your feet hip-width apart and your dumbbells held by your outer thighs. Assume a straight posture and compress your abdominal muscles in toward your spine.
Avatar f tn As for the BUTT, The best exercise for strengthening, toning and shaping your buttocks is the following. Perform this exercise using your body weight, a pair of dumbbells or a barbell. Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart with a barbell resting across the back of your neck supported by your shoulders. Hold the barbell with your hands a little more than shoulder-width apart. If you’re using a pair of dumbbells, hold them in your hands by your sides.
Avatar n tn t usually enough, as some exercises are just easier than others and need more weight -- one purchase of them might come with a whole set of exercises to do with them if you buy from certain places. In the meantime, anything you do for exercise can be made more intensive by using light dumbbells -- squats, many ab exercises, core exercises, and I'm sure you know how to do simple curls and lifts. Just do them correctly so you don't injure yourself. Try starting with YouTube.
Avatar m tn 5 - 3 miles most mornings and evenings and doing some strength exercises (dumbbells, crunches, etc) and have been trying to eat better and cut out caffeine and sugars. In the past, I have experienced anxiety and panic attacks (though not for a few years) and have dealt with accompanying palpitations. Now, about 3 weeks into my new exercise program, I am starting to get palpitations during the day, while sitting at my computer.
Avatar n tn Bend that knee and push your butt backward. Slowly rise up. Step your feet back together. Repeat the exercise on your other side. Hold dumbbells to increase the resistance. Seated abduction is done in two ways with an abduction machine or with a resistance loop. To use the machine, sit on the seat, rest your outer thighs against the padded levers and push against them until your legs are in a "V" shape. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat.
Avatar f tn Elliptical is easier on your joints! Try the following routine make sure your Dr. says it's OK to exercise!! The Peak 8 routine it will quickly raise your heart rate 8 times for very short bursts, with a cooling down period in between. Ideally you’ll be sprinting or cycling full throttle for 30 seconds with a 90 second cool down in between each outburst. This is the fastest way to lose fat and build muscle in the body. Peak 8 actually stimulates the growth hormone in the body.
Avatar m tn Oh. Never mind. I've never heard using dumbbells labeled a bench press.
Avatar n tn I know spot reduction is a myth but what kind of exercises can I do to help exercise the face/jaw/chin muscles to help in getting rid of it?
Avatar m tn My question is can thin tendons be thickened by exercise like building a muscle? I have been a weightlifter for many years and look forward to returning to the Gym. I have been doing my physical therapy exercises for the last five weeks. Thank you for your response.
143123 tn?1274300825 I gained alot of weight, but because I had a good exercise routine before I delivered, getting back into the routine was not that hard. BEST OF LUCK!
Avatar m tn Your brother has given you some good advice. Try to walk 30 minutes per day wearing comfortable and supportive shoes. Beyond exercise, to lose weight one needs to cut some calories, that is, eat less overall. For starters, stop drinking all sugary beverages and stop eating all sugary foods.
Avatar f tn I would suggest that Covid makes everything a little more difficult. It seems to throw a psychological dragginess over doing things. So if your exercise routine isn't particularly inspiring, as Pax says, it would not only be hard to stick with in normal times, but to me it seems unsurprising that it would be harder to stick with it now. I agree that doing something that's a workout in itself but you like, is a good way to exercise.
Avatar n tn To vary your strength training routine, change the mode, type and resistance level of your exercises. Instead of using dumbbells, try resistance bands. Alternatively, replace preacher curls with bicep curls and up your repetitions. Try the following The Peak 8 routine it will quickly raise your heart rate 8 times for very short bursts, with a cooling down period in between. Ideally you’ll be sprinting or cycling full throttle for 30 seconds with a 90 second cool down in between each outburst.
Avatar f tn try a dvd by zumba or another trainer you like, and mix it up. Don't do the same routine all the time. Confuse your muscles by having a different routine every day.
Avatar m tn I have been exercising using the same routine for more than 20 years. 15-20 miles per week running, 3 days upper body, 1-2 days swimming. I eat basically the same type and amounts of food since the inception of this routine. I currently have a blood pressure 149/90. During runs I get tired momentarily, jog for 20-30 seconds then am fine again for another .5- 1 mile. Runs are at least 5 miles in length. Usually I feel better after runs, but lately feel drained -slight headache.
Avatar n tn day before yesterday exercised my biceps by lifting dumbbells. after the completion of which, strangely, my elbows became slightly bent and it was difficult for me to straighten my arms. yesterday after exercising, my arms began swelling. there is also some amount of pain in the muscles, and its difficult for me to straighten my arms. Kindly suggest me some remedies for this condition, and also please suggest me that which field of medics should i go to for this condition..
Avatar f tn I am 7 months and I want to exercise besides walkingbecause I walk all the time so I'm looking for two. I don't want to hurt my baby so what can I do?