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Dumbbell Workouts - How good are they?

December 1, 2007 by Lucy · 1 Comment 

Eddie has some good ideas on how you can perform workouts that involve all the big, major muscle groups AND the cardiorespiratory system with dumbbells and says that he’s not surprised people are confused.

Walk into any gym today and you’ll be overwhelmed by the shiny machines and fancy equipment. It is easy to start believing you need all this equipment to meet your fitness, fat loss and physique building goals. But in my opinion, a full body dumbbell workout can do everything those expensive machines do, better!

Just so we’re on the same page, let me start by saying you don’t need a gym full of fancy equipment to get fit, burn fat and build the type of body that turns heads. You don’t even need to join a gym at all. A full body dumbbell workout, dedication and consistency are all you need.

First of all, did you know you can get an excellent full body workout using only dumbbells?

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