Best Dumbbell Exercises

Series Summary

Working out helps build healthy bone density, muscle strength and joint mobility. It reduces general health risks, boosts the immune system and helps with depression and insomnia. Whether the goal is to lose weight or improve muscle mass, working out promotes a healthy body and mind. In this free video series on exercising, personal trainer Donna Donovan discusses several useful tips for exercising. Donovan begins by explaining how to perform dumbbell exercises, lose weight and maximize a nautilus workout. She then demonstrates how to practice kickboxing moves, stay motivated for exercising, use a treadmill, detoxify the body, reduce body fat and improve blood circulation. Exercising is a healthy way of getting the body in shape. Watch these free videos and learn several tips for staying fit and exercising today.

Video Transcript

"Today, I'm going to show you some exercise tips that I get questioned about the most. And that's the back of the arms and the underneath. This is what I commonly get asked the most, from women and men, and that's how to work on the back of the arms. So what I'm going to do first, I'm going to start with my heavy weights. I want to make sure I have my feet shoulder width apart for good balance. Shoulders up and we're going to bring those back and stretch forward. Bring those back, stretch forward. So what we're really doing is squeezing that tricep all the way back. And then take that deep breath in, breathe it out. So now that I'm getting this warmed up, I'm going to go ahead and drop those out. Now I'm going to grab a little bit lighter. Same exact thing. So now we're going to get that a little bit higher. A little more squeeze. Deep breath in, breathe it out. Deep breath in, breathe it out. So typically you're going to do about five to eight in each set. OK. So now I'm going to drop down to the lightest. This one I typically do about ten to twelve. So you're really going to get that full contractual squeeze. Deep breath in, make sure that posture is nice and high. OK. Perfect. So that's all for a back of the arm. Now I'm going to show you a proper way to do a dumb bell curl. The most common mistake is people hold their arms out too far. So today, we're going to take our feet shoulder width apart, elbows close. We're going to bring those up, deep breath in, and breathe it out. Deep breath in, and breathe it out. So we're making sure that we're isolating that muscle. We're not working shoulders. We're not working back. It's all about the bicep. And that's the best dumb bell exercises you can do for arms."