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If you're a guy, you'll want to get 10 lbIf you're a guy, you'll want to get 10 lb. and 20 lb. dumbbell weights to begin. Women ought to get 5 lb. and 10 lb. dumbbells.

These sizes should be sufficient to assist you get fit, however you might want to add other sizes as time goes on and you get stronger.

To start with you will need about 30 to 40 minutes a day on 2 or 3 non-consecutive days a week to get fit with your dumbbells.

Give your muscles 48 hours of rest and recovery time, which is when the muscles repair and get stronger. You will get fit quicker if you don't work the same muscles on consecutive days.

Choose eight to ten dumbbell routines that work the major muscle groups of your body.

For instance, you may do squats, lunges, and heel raises for your legs and lower body; bench presses, bent-over rows, and forward or lateral raises for chest, back and shoulders respectively; biceps curls and either triceps presses or extensions for your arms; side bends and crunches for your core.

See the Resources section for sites that illustrate these and many other exercises.

Throughout each workout warm up for five to ten minutes first to prepare your system for strength training. This warm-up could consist of walking or even walking in place.

In every work out do from 8 to 15 reps without breaking form. You will have completed sufficient reps when the muscles tiredness or appropriate form can't be maintained. Start out doing only one set of each dumbbell weights routine.

Over time you may perhaps want to do a second set of each routine. If so, be certain to allow at least 30 seconds between sets. You will need extra time for several sets. As you progress to heavier dumbbells decrease the amount of repetitions and then steadily work back up to 12 to 15 reps per set.

Get hold of whatever help you'll need to learn proper method and form. A quantity of keep fit videos and online resources could help in this regard, but consider using a private coach in the beginning.

It is critical that you make getting fit a sufficient priority in your life so that you will make and set aside the time to do it two or three days every week.

Focus on the benefits to assist keep you motivated. In addition to the overall fitness benefits, the reward of power training include increasing your metabolism through added muscle, a improved looking figure, better self-belief, and making weight loss less difficult. You should see significant improvements in your shape and measurements after three or four months.

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