Weight Program - Dumbbells only

[msommers]

I'm working out of town now and in different places eat time. I don't have the room to bring large amounts of equipment with me and so I think I'm stuck with dumbbells. I have a set of powerblocks that I plan on using.

I think front squats could work, obviously shoulder presses and some deadlifts, curls and some sort of tri-extension but other than that I'm kind of confused. Maybe weighted lunges. The two big ones I think are missing are chest and back. Any ideas or even toss a little workout plan together?

[roopi]

Take a look at the responses here:

http://askville.amazon.com/dumbell-exercises-bench/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=2400713

Also here:
http://www.fitnessandexercise.co.uk/dumbbell-exercises-which-dont-need-a-bench-10

[austic]

buy an excercise ball, use that as your bench and do dumbell presses on that. they are easily inflated and deflated and the ball should add another element to stability.

[schocker]

you could try this
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for chest you could kind of do dumbell press depending on what surfaces you have or even incline?
Back you could do pullovers and also single arm rows?

[dirtsniffer]

i would look into resistance tubing. it's weigh more efficient to carry around.

[msommers]

Originally posted by roopi
Take a look at the responses here:

http://askville.amazon.com/dumbell-exercises-bench/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=2400713

Also here:
http://www.fitnessandexercise.co.uk/dumbbell-exercises-which-dont-need-a-bench-10

Awesome links, thanks roopi.



Originally posted by austic
buy an excercise ball, use that as your bench and do dumbell presses on that. they are easily inflated and deflated and the ball should add another element to stability.

This should have been so obvious I don't know how I didn't think of it early. Thank you for the reminder!

[lint]

ditch the power blocks, get yourself a couple of kbs and give the Program Minimum a try
http://www.davedraper.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/20276/



The New RKC Program Minimum Summary
• Twice a week alternate sets of swings with easy jogging for recovery for 12 minutes
• Do your swings to a comfortable stop. Once you are well conditioned you may go all-out occasionally
• “Shake out” the lactic acid and tension from your muscles when jogging. Relax! The purpose of jogging is active recovery, not more conditioning.
• Twice a week, do get-up singles, switching arms after each rep, for 5 minutes.
• Focus on perfect technique, not on reps. Don’t count you get-up reps, and don’t try to top them!
• Arrange the weekly plan any way you want, e.g., Mon., Thurs.-Swings; Tues., Fri.-get-ups or Mon., Thurs.-get-ups; Tues., Sat.-swings. If you want to add an extra swing or get-up day, go ahead-make your day.
• Start each workout with 10 minutes of face-the-wall squats, halos, and pumps.
• Unless you are an experienced strength athlete, do no other lifting.

[jsn]

I don't think Jogging will be an option out there. The only roads we'll have are gravel lease roads that'll most likely be covered in a thick layer of snow in the winter.

[Neil4Speed]

Originally posted by jsn
I don't think Jogging will be an option out there. The only roads we'll have are gravel lease roads that'll most likely be covered in a thick layer of snow in the winter.

Skipping is awesome!

[EG6boi]

I don't know about you guys but this works for me.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sixpackshortcuts#p/u/16/vRwr3Dn0F60

Give this a try. Unless you plan on gaining muscle mass, I don't see why this wouldn't work for you.