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15 Minute At Home Arm Workout

A quick, 15-minute arm workout you can do at home with just a pair of dumbbells. 5 great arm exercises in circuit interval format to tone your biceps and tighten your triceps. Sculpt the arms you’ve always wanted with this awesome workout.



15- Minute Dumbbell Arm Workout – Biceps and Triceps

  1. Overhead Triceps Extensions
  2. Dumbbell Curl to Military Press
  3. Standing Triceps Kickbacks
  4. Alternating Hammer Curls
  5. Dumbbell Skull Crushers

Keep reading below for picture and video instruction as well as to follow along with a personal instructional video of this workout.

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Oftentimes people are under the misconception that you need a lot of fancy equipment, a lot of time, and even a lot of different weights to get get toned, lean muscles.

That’s totally not the case!

Today I’m taking you through one of my favorite circuit workouts that you can do at home to sculpt amazing arms with just two dumbbells.

This at-home arm workout only takes 15 minutes to complete, is set up in a timed interval format, and is a great way to tone and tighten the major muscles in your arms.

We’ll be working the biceps (front of the arm) and triceps (back of the arm) pretty heavily with this one! Let’s get to it!…

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3 Common Dumbbell Exercise Mistakes – And How To Fix Them

Do you ever question if you’re performing certain exercises correctly? Today I’m taking you through three dumbbell exercises that I see performed incorrectly the most-often. We’ll talk about what they are, why you might be doing them wrong, and what you can do to fix this problem.

3 of the most common dumbbell exercise mistakes - and what you can do to fix them!

As an avid gym-goer, I see a lot of people performing a lot of exercises everyday.

As a physical therapist who happens to also work in a gym, I also see a lot of people performing exercises incorrectly.

Now performing reps incorrectly not only hurts the gains you’re so desperately chasing, it also increases your susceptibility to injury.

Therefore  – it’s vital that when you perform your exercises you do them correctly with good form!

That’s why today I wanted to share with you three upper body exercises that I see performed incorrectly ALL THE TIME. We’ll talk about what they are, what’s not right about these exercises, and give you some advice on what you can do to solve these problems….

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Upper body dumbbell workout – Tone and Tighten

Complete Upper Body Dumbbell Workout to help you sculpt and tone your arms, shoulders, chest and back. All you need is a pair of free weights to train every major muscle group in your upper body with these awesome exercises.
 
Complete upper-body workout with dumbbells to tone and tighten your arms
 

Complete Upper Body Dumbbell Workout
  1. Dumbbell Flat Bench Press
  2. Dumbbell Rows
  3. Dumbbell Military Press
  4. Dumbbell Upright Rows
  5. Dumbbell Biceps Curls
  6. Dumbbell Triceps Extensions

Keep reading below for full exercise descriptions

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I am a huge fan of free weights. I love using dumbbells and barbells while working out to maximize my time and my efficiency.

 

If you’re going to spend time and effort weight training there’s simply no more efficient way to do it.

 

By eliminating stability offered by different machines your muscles have to work harder to stabilize through certain motions and activities.

 

This results in more muscle activity and a more efficient workout overall (I actually wrote a post on this topic – check out Free Weights vs Machines).

 

Today wanted to share with you one of my favorite upper body dumbbell workouts that will work your arms, chest, shoulders, and back for an amazing, complete workout in no time.

 

So grab your set of dumbbells and we’ll get to work!

 

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