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Dumbbell March. Hold the pair of heavier dumbbells at chest height. Squeeze your shoulder blades, abs, and glutes to create full-body tension and keep a neutral spine (looking straight ahead ...
These dumbbell exercises are great moves to get you started. Try stringing 5-7 together for a well-rounded, full-body workout. The exercises will target your entire arm (including your biceps ...
Dumbbell row variations primarily target the upper back muscles, including the lats, rhomboids, and rear delts, while also engaging the biceps and forearms for added strength and definition ...
One arm dumbbell bent-over-row: [1] This exercise is frequently performed with one knee and one hand on the same side of the body braced on a bench with the back straight and parallel to the ground, and the other hand holding a weight with the arm extended. The weight is lifted towards the hip until elbow bends past 90° and the humerus is in ...
Row (weight-lifting) In strength training, rowing (or a row, usually preceded by a qualifying adjective — for instance a cable seated row, barbell upright row, dumbbell bent-over row, T-bar rows, et cetera) is an exercise where the purpose is to strengthen the muscles that draw the rower's arms toward the body (latissimus dorsi) as well as ...
He is known for the "Thomas Inch" dumbbell, also known as "172", a dumbbell that weighs 172 lbs and 9 oz. (78 1 ⁄ 4 kg). It is extremely difficult to lift, partly due to its weight, but primarily because its handle is very thick at 2 3 ⁄ 8 " (6.03 cm) in diameter, making it difficult to hold on to without an outstandingly strong grip.
Why: The dumbbell chest fly is another staple chest exercise that moves your chest muscles in ways other exercises don't. This allows you to focus on adduction, so squeeze hard at the top.
Dumbbells (halteres) used in athletic games in ancient Greece; held at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. A woman is shown exercising with dumbbells on this Roman mosaic, c. 286–305 AD. The forerunner of the dumbbell, halteres, were used in ancient Greece as lifting weights [1][2] and also as weights for the ancient Greek version of ...