hey guys,
I just got a pair of dumbells.
Is it safe to lift dumbells everyday ?
Can i know some ways on how to do exercises with dumbells ?
How many minutes am i adviced to use the dumbells each day ?
i have a pair of dumbells- each hand is 10 kg

By the way, i am 16 years old.


Thanks guys

This post has been edited by shankar_dass93: Dec 1 2009, 08:54 PM

i think its safe to do it everyday....you do it until you get tired....i do around 40 and stop.... also remember to lift on each hand the same amount of lifts.... u would not want 1 hand bigger than the other

you can do a lot of stuff with DB

CHEST: DB press (flat, incline, decline), DB flyes etc
BACK: DB one arm row, weighted pullups
SHOULDERS: Shoulder DB press, Arnold press, lat/front/rear deltoid raises
ARMS: DB curls, incline DB curls, hammer curls, DB tricep extensions, dips
LEGS: DB deadlift, lunges, DB squats
ABS: weighted crunches

There are a lot more I've not listed, that's for you to find out.

Beginners need to do more on compound exercises, for the first 3 weeks, select a weight you can do for 6-8 reps for strength, which means at the 8th rep, you are at failure. 3-4 sets for each exercise, 9 sets of exercise for each body part, split into different types of exercises to hit different angles. Then at the 4th to 6th week, 8-12 reps for mass.

Good that you're starting at 16, I wish I could have started training and eat properly earlier.

This post has been edited by Florian: Nov 29 2009, 11:48 PM

No need to workout everyday -.-
maybe go bb.com find some extreme-basic-weight-training-infos?

of course safe I'm 17 here and I lift weights everyday for the past 2 years. Got more muscular indeed girl here btw. haha.

This post has been edited by tennis4life: Nov 30 2009, 04:38 PM

when I first started, I lift almost everyday. Until I...

http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/

Go to the page,

click on any part where u want to work with, then deselect other equips like barbells, bands etc, left only dumbbells. U should find quite good amount of workouts there