A Dumbbell Workout For The Upper Arms

Let me tell you straight, there’s nothing wrong with using dumbbells to build your arms.

Using dumbbells is a great way to workout. You don’t need to go to a gym, you don’t need a whole lot of space, you really don’t need any fancy equipment, and you can use dumbbells anywhere in the house.

I personally love to train with dumbbells and I strongly believe that they can offer benefits that you that you simply can’t get with a barbell.

For example, since dumbbell forces muscle groups to work independently of one another, you can work your right and left side muscle groups evenly. Have you ever noticed how one arm is always stronger than the other? If you answered yes to this question, your going to have to start using dumbbells in your training routine.

I vividly remember how my left arm was always stronger than the right. Since I primarily used barbells and machines, (at that time) for most of my exercises, my left arm got most of the benefit. The balance is set up on the barbells and machines in favour of your stronger muscle groups. This in turn, throws you muscle balance off because your stronger body part will most always grow bigger than it’s weaker counterpart.

Anyways, after some guidance, I started all my workouts with dumbbells. After about three months, my right arm caught up with my left. In fact, today, my right arm is a little stronger than my left. I’ll tell you this though, dumbbells don’t lie and 50 pounds is 50 pounds. With barbells and machines, you can get away with moving a certain amount of weight because your stronger muscle group compensates for the weaker muscle group. With dumbbells, you can’t do that. Each side has to pull it’s own weight, so to speak.

Another great thing about working out with dumbbells is the fact that they provide a different plane of motion than barbells. Take the seated dumbbell curl for example. With a barbell, the weight comes up and goes down. However, with a slight twist of the wrist, you can greatly enhance the exercise using dumbbells. Take a look at this page here

With that in mind, I want to pass on a dumbbell arm workout that will help strengthen and build your arms. You will train biceps first, and than train the triceps. The biceps routine has three exercises while the triceps routine has 2. I suggest performing this dumbbell arm workout routine once per week, twice at the most.

Also, I suggest you start the workout with a 5 minute, light aerobic exercise such as the elliptical trainer, treadmill, or exercise bike. If you don’t have any aerobic equipment, try running on the spot for 3 to 5 minutes. It is very important to the blood flowing throughout the body before exercising.

Lets take a look at the exercises for the dumbbell arm routine:

Biceps Exercises:

1) The Standing Dumbbell Curl;
2) The Incline Dumbbell Curl;
3) The Concentration Curl

Triceps Exercises:

1) Seated Single Dumbbell Extensions;
2) The Triceps Kick Back