Muscle Toning With Free Weights
Building muscle mass is often most easily achieved by performing compound lifts such as squats or bench press and using heavy amounts of weight. Since most people do not have access to the necessary equipment for these exercises in their homes, they give up on their goals to build muscle and refrain from lifting weights at all. But just because you don't have the equipment does not mean you should have to give up on getting the body you want. You can still lift weights and build nicely toned muscles using free weights in your home.
Weightlifting and muscle toning don't require a gym membership or lots of expensive equipment. You can start a simple weightlifting routine and begin building and toning muscles from the comfort of your home using free weights.
There are a variety of quality exercises that can be performed with free weights for each of the major muscle groups. Be sure to see the muscle toning routine for more information.
Free Weight Exercises For Each Muscle Group
Chest. These exercises can be done with free weights to build and tone the pecs.
- Dumbbell bench press
- Incline dumbbell bench press
- Flat flyes
- Incline flyes
Arms. These free weight exercises are effective at working the biceps, triceps, and shoulders.
- Standing/seated dumbbell curls
- Standing/seated hammer curls
- Triceps kickbacks
- Dumbbell overhead triceps extensions
- Overhead dumbbell press
- Shrugs
- Lateral raises
- Front raises
Legs. The following are quality exercises using free weights that work the legs.
- Squats with free weights
- Lunges with free weights
- Calf raises with free weights
Back. These exercises using free weights target the back muscles.
- Dumbbell rows
- Bent-over dumbbell rows
- Shrugs
- Dumbbell upright rows
Create your own free weights toning routine.
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