You Can Achieve Awesome Results with Dumbbells and a Weight Bench

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Maybe you need workouts you can do at home, or workouts you can do in facilities with minimum equipment. Perhaps you just want a new strength training program that uses dumbbells exclusively.

How to Build a Better Body With Dumbbells

Regardless of what resistance training tool you use, you must put it to use correctly if you want to reap the greatest possible results.

When it comes to dumbbell workouts you must ...

• Use the best exercises (predominantly compound exercises)
• Use correct exercise technique (and learn it, if needed)
• Improve your performance in a steady, appropriate way
• And, of course, do these things consistently

Do those few mandatory things and you're going to get results.

You can figure the details out on your own, or you can use an easy-to-understand, done-for-you dumbbell guide that gives you everything you need to build a better body.

You only need a variety of dumbbells of varying weights (or a set of adjustable dumbbells) and an adjustable weight bench for the strength training workouts provided in the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide.

The dumbbell workouts exclusively use an adjustable weight bench and either adjustable dumbbells (pictured here) or a variety of weights of regular dumbbells.

Get stronger and start building a better body with the dumbbell workouts.

Look Inside The Dumbbell Strength Training Guide

Here’s a look at the easy-to-navigate Contents of the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide:

The Dumbbell Strength Training Guide includes three main components:

Introduction Phase

Are you new to strength training or has is been a month or longer since you’ve worked out consistently? You will begin with the Introduction Phase. This two-week phase introduces you to, or eases you back into, strength training so you don’t get too sore. The Introduction Phase is instrumental in learning correct exercise technique too.

Included with the Introduction Phase is a clean, easy-to-use printable workout log.

8-Week Dumbbell Strength Training Program

This program is divided into two separate four-week phases. Get stronger and build a toned body with three total body workouts per week. All it takes is a variety of dumbbells of varying weights (or an adjustable dumbbell set) and an adjustable weight bench.

The 8-week program includes printable workout logs for Phase 1 and Phase 2, so you’ll know exactly how to progress every single week of the program.

4-Week Time-Crunch Program

This program is not for beginners! It can be performed once you complete the 8-Week Dumbbell Strength Training Program or if you’re an experienced strength trainee who is currently involved in strength training. The 4-week program revolves around three total body workouts per week and they can be completed in as little as 20-30 minutes.

The 4-Week Time-Crunch Program includes printable workout logs so you know exactly what to do and how to progress every week.

Exercise-Demonstration Video Index

These aren’t your ordinary five-second how-to videos. You’ll see exactly how every exercise should look when performed correctly -- that is followed up with an explanation and important coaching cues to make sure you perform every exercise correctly, so you can achieve the greatest results possible.

Watch this short video for a sneak peek at the exercise-demonstration videos:

Workout Logs

The simple, easy-to-use printable workout logs let you neatly keep track of your performance from week to week. This way you see what you did, and what you must to do improve your performance.

No Confusion. No Guesswork Required.

How do you progress each week? How many sets and reps should you perform? How long should you rest between sets and exercises? What if you're not entirely sure what all that stuff means? A lot of programs leave the details up to you. But with the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide you'll be told exactly how to progress, every single week, along with anything else you need to know. You have enough going on in your life; the last thing you need to worry about are the details of your workouts.

My goal is to make sure you know exactly what to do so you can perform the first workout today, with confidence. You’ll see clear examples and easy-to-understand explanations for all strength training techniques, warm-up sequences, and progressions.

Here's a sneak peek at a clear explanation of the elements in the two-week Introduction Phase:

This section goes on to explain, simply and clearly, what each element of the workout means so you can perform the workouts confidently and correctly, without any unnecessary guesswork on your part.

The last thing you need is to wonder What the heck does all of this mean? with a strength training program. You'll confidently know how to do everything correctly so you achieve the best possible results.

Have Some Lingering Questions?

What equipment is needed?

You must have a variety of dumbbells (you need a variety of weights) or an adjustable dumbbell set and an adjustable weight bench. Please note this program is NOT appropriate if you just have a couple different dumbbell sizes, like a set of 5- and 10-pound dumbbells. You need a good variety of increasing weights so you can use progressively heavier dumbbells over the course of the programs.

Is this right for beginners?

If you are new to strength training, you can definitely use the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide. You will begin with the two-week Introduction Phase. Every exercise has a clear, easy-to-understand exercise-demonstration video and there are several visual examples and explanations that show you exactly how to perform, and progress, the workouts.

Will this help me get stronger? Build muscle? Lose fat?

The workout programs in the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide are designed with progressive overload built into each week of the program to ensure you get results. If you perform the workouts as written, consistently, you will get stronger and build muscle. You can also lose fat as long as you follow appropriate nutrition guidelines to support that goal.

How long do the workouts take?

That depends on which program you perform in the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide. The workouts in the 8-Week Dumbbell Strength Training Program take about 30-50 minutes to complete. The 4-Week Time-Crunch workouts take 20-30 minutes.

How many workouts per week will I have to perform?

Just three total body workouts, ideally on nonconsecutive days. This applies to the 8-Week Dumbbell Strength Training Program and the 4-Week Time-Crunch Program.

Why do the workouts just use dumbbells and an adjustable weight bench?

This dumbbell guide was created for those who work out at home and have either a rack of dumbbells or an adjustable dumbbell set and an adjustable weight bench. It’s also perfect for those who work out at gyms with very limited equipment, hotel facilities, or those who want to stick with dumbbell exercises.

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Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

Because I'm confident this guide works, let’s make this ridiculously simple: You have 30 days to try out the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide. If you’re not satisfied you can get a full refund. Just send an email to support@niashanks.com

Click the button above and proceed through the fast, secure checkout. After purchase you'll receive immediate access to the Dumbbell Strength Training Guide. You'll also receive a receipt via email in case you aren't ready to view the file immediately after purchase.

What Are You Waiting For?

You can certainly create your own dumbbell workouts or find some free workouts online and figure out how to progress each week on your own, and hope you're doing the exercises correctly. Or you can let me do all the work for you and hand you an easy-to-use and understand guide that includes done-for-you workouts. Not to mention, you'll get workout logs, clear explanations for how to warm-up for the exercises and how to progress every week thus ensuring you achieve great results, and every exercise has its own demonstration video. You won't find a better deal for less than $40 that includes a satisfaction guarantee.

No Physical Products are Shipped

The Dumbbell Strength Training Guide is in PDF format -- you will receive immediate access after purchase. The exercise-demonstration videos are privately hosted on YouTube, so you don’t have to waste storage space on your device(s). You will access them with a single click within the respective Exercise Index. Save the program because this website may not be available in the future!

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