3 Ways To Add Variety To Your Dumbbell Routine

Adding variety to your dumbbell routine and dumbbell workouts is necessary to avoid stagnation, and also add stimulation to achieve the desired training effect.

Here are just a few ways to spice up your usual dumbbell exercise routines:

Increase the weight of the dumbbell

If you’re exercising and you’re performing 12 reps with a given weight, increase the load so that you’re able to perform only 5 reps. Increasing the weight of the dumbbell will recruit fast twitch muscle fibers, and will also build strength and add muscle mass.

Plyometrics before a dumbbell exercise

Try this: before a dumbbell bench press, get down on the ground and do some plyometric pushups. To perform this exercise, get in the pushup position, lower yourself slowly, and once you’re at the bottom of the movement, push yourself up with all the force you can muster so that you’re essentially jumping off the ground with your hands. Perform about 5 reps (but don’t go until failure), and then move onto the dumbbell press.

You’ll find that adding plyometric training to your routine will enable you to lift a lot more weight.

Dumbbell Supersets

Supersets with dumbbells are done by performing two exercises right after each other. For example, you can start off with dumbbell shoulder presses, and then right away move onto dumbbell side later raises. By using supersets in your workouts, you’ll find new found intensity while you exercise, and you’ll also discover some new veins popping out where there was none!