lifting advice

dydn11402
dydn11402 Posts: 103 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
i just bought a set of adjustable dumbells (each up to 55lbs). any suggestions on routines i can follow where i dont need other equipment?
i am currently out of shape weights-wise (recently had a baby and lifting made me nauseous while pregnant so i stopped any resistance training i had been doing) but am naturally pretty strong. for example, even out of shape, i can drop and do 30 pushups any time. so i feel like i may have some potential.
my priority goal right now is to lose weight and look better. my only exercise right now is running on the treadmill but i want to replace some workouts with strength training as it is probably a good idea...
any suggestions would be helpful. ty!

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  • dydn11402
    dydn11402 Posts: 103 Member
    thank you, i think this is exactly what im looking for. now i just have to youtube these exercises bec i dont know what half of them are...
  • CaffeinatedConfectionist
    CaffeinatedConfectionist Posts: 1,046 Member
    edited May 2018
    dydn11402 wrote: »
    thank you, i think this is exactly what im looking for. now i just have to youtube these exercises bec i dont know what half of them are...

    you can also find examples with videos on www.bodybuilding.com/exercises - I found them pretty helpful when I was starting lifting, because they tend to be pretyy consistently reliable in terms of form. If you're going to YouTube videos, I'd recommend making sure you're following a reputable lifter with good form.
  • jgnickel
    jgnickel Posts: 80 Member
    I use the Full Fitness app on my phone. you can select the body part, then what kind of equipment you want to use.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    CaffeinatedConfectionist wrote: »
    dydn11402 wrote: »
    thank you, i think this is exactly what im looking for. now i just have to youtube these exercises bec i dont know what half of them are...

    you can also find examples with videos on www.bodybuilding.com/exercises - I found them pretty helpful when I was starting lifting, because they tend to be pretyy consistently reliable in terms of form. If you're going to YouTube videos, I'd recommend making sure you're following a reputable lifter with good form.

    exrx.net also has a large exercise database, with instructions and short videos (gifs, actually) showing how the exercises are done.

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