Is this a good workout for a beginner to do 3 times a week?
Full body workout using only dumbbells
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/rudy6.htm
Squat - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 5-10 kg
Stiff Leg Deadlift - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 5-10 kg
Lying Press - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-6 kg
Lying Flys - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-5 kg
Overhead Press - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-5 kg
Lateral Raise - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-5 kg
Bent-over Rows - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 4-6 kg
Biceps Curls 1-3 Sets - 8-12 reps - 4-5 kg
Lying Triceps Extensions - 1-3 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-5 kg
Abdominals Crunches - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 2-5 kg
I am genuinely curious how you plan to deadlift with dumbbells
Also, why only dumbbells
Also also, why only three times a week
Also also also, why such light weight
Also also also also, why full body at once
>>39949714
I didn't plan to deadlift, I planned to do this list
Ignore the weights, I just copied it off the website. I'd increase all the weights proportionally to my maximum once I balance out
Only dumbbells because my apartment gym doesn't have much except dumbbells and cardio
Three times a week because I have a demanding job and am pretty busy after work too. I just want to get started, would definitely consider increasing eventually.
Full body to stay in balance if I have to randomly miss a day due to work etc, and because I genuinely enjoy full body workouts better. They feel more satisfying
Will this get me any gains (after increasing the weight of course) or do I need to go to a real gym for their barbell racks and dumbbells just aren't enough?
>>39949765
"Stiff Leg Deadlift" is the second thing on that list.
Doing a fuckload of isolation exercises for hypertrophy will get you something, not as much as if there were a healthy amount of heavy compound lifts in there, but it's still something.
Also, the reason people typically go for an upper body/lower body program is that they can spend more time on specific body parts. That list has like two leg exercises. A shitload of muscles are in your legs. I also see maybe one chest exercise, one lower back, etc. Also crunches are fucking pointless.
If you really want to do full body you're going to have to add a lot more exercises in there, which defeats the purpose of doing this to save time. A lot of these "articles" make up random bullshit workout programs and pretend they appeal to a niche to get clicks and ad revenue, despite them being lazily designed and inefficient.
It's better than nothing, though.
>>39949897
>>39949897
>"Stiff Leg Deadlift" is the second thing on that list.
Oh, that one - with a dumbbell in each hand
And I guess you're right
So forgetting about this particular workout that I posted entirely - is it possible to do a decent workout routine with dumbbells only? Or are dumbbells just not enough. Just to tide me over for a few months before I join a gym
>>39949579
>Squat - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 5-10 kg
>8-12 reps
>5-10 kg
>Stiff Leg Deadlift - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 5-10 kg
>8-12 reps
>5-10 kg
>Lying Press - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-6 kg
>8-12 rep
>3-6 kg
>Lying Flys - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-5 kg
>3-5 kg
>Bent-over Rows - 2-4 Sets - 8-12 reps - 4-6 kg
>8-12 reps
>4-6 kg
>Biceps Curls 1-3 Sets - 8-12 reps - 4-5 kg
>4-5 kg
>Lying Triceps Extensions - 1-3 Sets - 8-12 reps - 3-5 kg
>3-5 kg
>>39949948
>already said ignore the weights, I just copied and pasted this off the website
>>39949941
I'd say do some heavy compound lifts with enough weight for about 4-6 reps, then doing some assistance work. Like, doing dumbbell bench press 4-6 reps, then pectoral flies and skullcrushers for 8-12 reps. That's just an example.
I'd at least do 2 upper and 2 lower body days in a week. It should get you on the right track so you have a better idea of what to do once you join a real gym.
If you haven't tried strongman style dumbell clean and push jerk you should, it's not a bodybuilder's exercise but fuck is it fun