Enough of a work out?

Charliecatesq
Charliecatesq Posts: 100 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey everyone, found this online, i liked it because the videos are good and starting with dumbells before i move to barbells seemed like a good idea. I'm getting some DOMS which is good (i'm only using 3KG weights atm and plan to move to 4kg next week and up and up) but i just wanted some reassurance this was enough?

https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/dumbbell-only-home-or-gym-fullbody-workout.html

Feedback very welcome as i am very much a n00b

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  • Mr_Stabbems
    Mr_Stabbems Posts: 4,771 Member
    edited July 2015
    Yeah that seems fine, when you get more experienced you'll probably be looking for less generic programs and might tailor ones to fit your aims.

    The most important thing for you is keep at it, get fitter and get used to how your body works. The weight you use is all relative, aslong as it's going up then thats fine

    Looking at it again, it is very generic, and very all over the place. I'm not the biggest fan of Full body stuff, i prefer to break my days up so i'm getting a good workout on each and not spending all day in the gym.

    Some of those comments at the bottom are cringe worthy :#
  • Charliecatesq
    Charliecatesq Posts: 100 Member
    Mr_Stabbems wrote: »
    Yeah that seems fine, when you get more experienced you'll probably be looking for less generic programs and might tailor ones to fit your aims.

    The most important thing for you is keep at it, get fitter and get used to how your body works. The weight you use is all relative, aslong as it's going up then thats fine

    Great, i thought i was on the right track but its always good to get a bit of backup. Other thing that i am getting used to is not feeling guilty that im not in the gym for hours. I get the routine done in like 45 mins. Its great!
  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
    I think it's great! I've been a home exerciser for years and use dumbbells, a plate-loaded barbell, and a homemade squat rack. You can build one helluva body with DBs if they're heavy enough for you. There are many exercises for every body part with DBs.

    Depending on your goals as you progress, you may find that you want to start hitting the gym. But for now, give it your all at home!
  • Charliecatesq
    Charliecatesq Posts: 100 Member
    missh1967 wrote: »
    I think it's great! I've been a home exerciser for years and use dumbbells, a plate-loaded barbell, and a homemade squat rack. You can build one helluva body with DBs if they're heavy enough for you. There are many exercises for every body part with DBs.

    Depending on your goals as you progress, you may find that you want to start hitting the gym. But for now, give it your all at home!

    I'm in the gym doing this but thank you, if i can get a body like yours with DB's i'm going to keep going!!
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I like this workout. I've been doing a combination of exercises from a couple of strength classes I go to, but got a recommendation to do more compound exercises.
  • Charliecatesq
    Charliecatesq Posts: 100 Member
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    I like this workout. I've been doing a combination of exercises from a couple of strength classes I go to, but got a recommendation to do more compound exercises.
    They have quite a few on the site, worth having a look
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    I like how that program looks, I might try that.

    Can anybody explain why they advice women to do more reps?
  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
    Charliecatesq wrote: »
    missh1967 wrote: »
    I think it's great! I've been a home exerciser for years and use dumbbells, a plate-loaded barbell, and a homemade squat rack. You can build one helluva body with DBs if they're heavy enough for you. There are many exercises for every body part with DBs.

    Depending on your goals as you progress, you may find that you want to start hitting the gym. But for now, give it your all at home!

    I'm in the gym doing this but thank you, if i can get a body like yours with DB's i'm going to keep going!!

    Even better! More equipment! :)

  • demoiselle2014
    demoiselle2014 Posts: 474 Member
    This looks great--wish I had access to more than 5 lb weights.
  • DawnnJustice
    DawnnJustice Posts: 1 Member
    edited July 2015
    AsISmile wrote: »
    I like how that program looks, I might try that.

    Can anybody explain why they advice women to do more reps?

    I think they suggest higher reps for women because they generally use lighter weights but that isn't necessary. I'm a personal trainer and I prefer to use the most weight I can lift while maintaining good form with lower reps like they suggest for men. Men & women do not train differently.

    I also feel dumbbells can be more difficult than barbells because they're imbalanced so you're entire body works harder to stabilize your movements plus you can work unilaterally which is important.

    I actually like this workout, if building muscle while burning fat is your goal, it's a good workout. The way the exercises are stacked burns a lot of fat because you don't need much rest between exercises, full body workouts burn more fat than splits yet you still make muscle gains. There are a couple of good techniques used as well like antagonistic training & Supersets. If your goal is mainly building muscle there are better workouts for that. But for getting stronger while burning fat it'll work.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Mr_Stabbems wrote: »
    Yeah that seems fine, when you get more experienced you'll probably be looking for less generic programs and might tailor ones to fit your aims.

    The most important thing for you is keep at it, get fitter and get used to how your body works. The weight you use is all relative, aslong as it's going up then thats fine

    Looking at it again, it is very generic, and very all over the place. I'm not the biggest fan of Full body stuff, i prefer to break my days up so i'm getting a good workout on each and not spending all day in the gym.

    Some of those comments at the bottom are cringe worthy :#

    in my experience, people who do body part splits tend to spend far more time in the gym than someone doing a full body. if you look at programs like Strong Lifts and such, you're primarily working with compound movements and one can easily be in and out in about 45 minutes...less if you don't have to wait for equipment.

    I'm an Oly-lifter so every workout is full body...i do a little isolation work if i have some extra time and the inclination...but if i go in and just do my Oly stuff with no assistance work or isolation work, I can literally be in and out with a killer workout in about 20 minutes or so.
  • Charliecatesq
    Charliecatesq Posts: 100 Member
    DawnnJustice wrote: »
    AsISmile wrote: »
    I like how that program looks, I might try that.

    Can anybody explain why they advice women to do more reps?

    I think they suggest higher reps for women because they generally use lighter weights but that isn't necessary. I'm a personal trainer and I prefer to use the most weight I can lift while maintaining good form with lower reps like they suggest for men. Men & women do not train differently.

    I also feel dumbbells can be more difficult than barbells because they're imbalanced so you're entire body works harder to stabilize your movements plus you can work unilaterally which is important.

    I actually like this workout, if building muscle while burning fat is your goal, it's a good workout. The way the exercises are stacked burns a lot of fat because you don't need much rest between exercises, full body workouts burn more fat than splits yet you still make muscle gains. There are a couple of good techniques used as well like antagonistic training & Supersets. If your goal is mainly building muscle there are better workouts for that. But for getting stronger while burning fat it'll work.

    Good to know as that is what i'm going for, eating at a deficit (im eating 1500 a day, its more than MFP has suggested but anything less makes me MISERABLE) and im eating back half cal burned then doing this 5 days a week.
  • Charliecatesq
    Charliecatesq Posts: 100 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Mr_Stabbems wrote: »
    Yeah that seems fine, when you get more experienced you'll probably be looking for less generic programs and might tailor ones to fit your aims.

    The most important thing for you is keep at it, get fitter and get used to how your body works. The weight you use is all relative, aslong as it's going up then thats fine

    Looking at it again, it is very generic, and very all over the place. I'm not the biggest fan of Full body stuff, i prefer to break my days up so i'm getting a good workout on each and not spending all day in the gym.

    Some of those comments at the bottom are cringe worthy :#

    in my experience, people who do body part splits tend to spend far more time in the gym than someone doing a full body. if you look at programs like Strong Lifts and such, you're primarily working with compound movements and one can easily be in and out in about 45 minutes...less if you don't have to wait for equipment.

    I'm an Oly-lifter so every workout is full body...i do a little isolation work if i have some extra time and the inclination...but if i go in and just do my Oly stuff with no assistance work or isolation work, I can literally be in and out with a killer workout in about 20 minutes or so.

    I want to move to barbells but there is a guy in there atm that comes in the same time and hogs the bar somewhat (he is probably doing Stronglifts which is what i am aiming to do) so i either will have to change my gym time which kinda sucks, ask the owner for more equipment, which he might do but its a very small gym or just continue with the BBs and hope the guy gets bored ;)
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