My answer to the burning question on many men’s and women’s minds is… a dumbbell workout program!

So, what’s the question? “What do I do when I want to transform my body into an athletic body?”

It’s no secret, men and women all over the world exercise because they want to CHANGE the way they look. One day, they take a good, hard look at themselves in the mirror, and don’t like the person staring back at them. And, not only do they want to change their appearance, but they want to change it fast!

And more often than not, they want the CHANGE to result in a more athletic looking and performing body.

That’s when they ask, “What do I do when I want to transform my body fast?” And that’s when I answer, “A dumbbell workout program.” Then they look at me funny! I’m about to explain why I believe a dumbbell workout program is best for body transformation. And by the time you finish reading this, I think you’ll agree.

But, before I tell you why I believe a proper dumbbell workout program is the best workout program to change the way your body looks, I want to clarify something.

“Fast” is a relative term.

You see, you’ve spent months (if not years) getting your body to look the way it does. That lack of muscle tone and flab hanging around your middle didn’t appear overnight. Making a drastic change in the way you look does take time. There is no miracle workout (or diet) that changes you overnight. But, there are some methods faster than others.

Here are the top 3 reasons a dumbbell workout program is excellent for fast body transformation.

-A Dumbbell Workout Program Is Accessible

Dumbbells are a popular piece of exercise equipment. Most gyms have a wide selection of dumbbells in weights ranging from extremely light to super heavy (if you belong to one). Plus, most people have a set of dumbbell they can use in their house, or can easily and cheaply get a pair. There are very few legitimate excuses for not being able to find a pair of dumbbells for your workout. As we all know, a workout you actually DO is more effective than one you don’t!

- A Dumbbell Workout Program BUILDS A Muscular, Athletic Body

When people want to change the way they look, most immediately think “cardio”. Their first mistake is thinking they’ll look great by ONLY losing weight (becoming smaller). Their second mistake is thinking cardio is the best way to transform their body. The fact is, most people need to simultaneously BUILD a muscular body and lose fat if they want an athletic physique. Doing both is the fastest way to total body transformation, and a proper dumbbell workout program builds muscles in all the right places.

-A Dumbbell Workout Program Burns Fat

Stripping of the fat covering your best, muscular body is essential for a noticeable change in your body. Rhythmic dumbbell exercise like swings and snatches simultaneously build muscle, improve heart and lung power and burn off fat. Plus, they create so much metabolic disturbance your body keeps burning fat long after the workout is over. And longer fat burning means more fat GONE!

But performing a workout program on a consistent basis, building muscle and burning fat are not the most important reasons a dumbbell workout program is superior for total body transformation. After all, you could say that about any type of resistance and cardio training program.

Here are the top 5 reasons a dumbbell workout program is superior for total body transformation…

- Dumbbell training takes advantage of the “bilateral deficit” where you can lift more weight with one limb because your body recruits more muscles. And more weight lifted and more muscles used means bigger, stronger muscles.

- Unilateral training, where you first do the repetitions with one limb and then the other, doubles the length of each set. This means you expend more energy and burn more fat.

- Every dumbbell exercise recruits the core muscles to stabilize the body and allow the limbs to exert force. This means EVERY exercise in the dumbbell workout program is a six-pack abdominal exercise.

- A properly structured dumbbell workout program is a simultaneous muscle building and cardiorespiratory endurance workout. You can get a great full body workout in less time.

- A dumbbell workout program not only helps you achieve your appearance goals as fast as possible, but improves performance as well. So, you’ll not only look great, but you’ll develop the physical abilities necessary to meet the challenges of work, sport and life with excellence.

So, you want to change the way your body looks as fast as possible? Do a dumbbell workout program!

But don’t get mislead into performing a bodybuilding type dumbbell workout program where you use light dumbbells to target small muscle groups. Do a full body dumbbell workout program that SIMULTANEOUSLY builds more, stronger muscle, burns more fat, strengthens your abdominal muscles, builds your heart and lung power and prepares you for life’s challenges. You’ll start seeing and feeling positive changes in your body you can use before you know it!

Extreme Dumbbell Fitness

Most people I know have bought some type of exercise equipment at one time or another. You probably have some of it collecting dust somewhere in your basement, garage or spare room. And now that economic times are tough many ex-gym members are eying up that forgotten equipment and wondering, “Can I get just as good a workout at home as in the gym?”

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By the way, if you are considering quitting the gym to save money, check out this post: How To Quit The Gym And Get Fit, Burn Fat And Build An Attractive Body

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Here’s the good news…

If you have a pair of dumbbells hidden somewhere, dust them off and get a great at home dumbbell workout! What you’ll find is, dumbbells are a great way to get a full body workout. And as far as weighted exercise goes, they are the most versatile, useful and effective pieces of equipment you can use.

Here is a workout I found online to show my point…

NO EXCUSE WORKOUT

See, a full body workout using only dumbbells that you can do at home!

How can we make this workout better?

Well, I would like to see some full body, explosive exercises like the Clean & Press, Snatch and Dumbbell Swing. (I also like to focus my workout structure on MOVEMENTS, not the muscles the exercise workouts… but I know this is a hard habit to break). But all in all this is a pretty standard and effective dumbbell workout. I also liked to see mixing in some predominately bodyweight exercises into the mix, like I do in Gladiator Body Workout.

The only problem is, to reach (or even exceed), your fitness, fat loss and physique building goals you can’t use just ONE workout. What you really need to reach your goals is a SERIES of dumbbell workouts that progressively improve fitness, burn fat and build an athletically muscular body. While one workout will work wonderfully for a while, it will lose its effectiveness with time. Once your body makes the necessary changes to meet the challenges of the workout, it stops making changes. This means no more athletic improvement. No more fat loss. And no more functional muscle.

This is a pretty easy problem to fix (I actually done all the work for you). To see what I mean, check out: Extreme Dumbbell Fitness

So, what are you waiting for? Go dust those dumbbells off and get to work building your best body.

Eddie Lomax is the Founder & President of Optimum Fitness Network LLC. and author of Extreme Dumbbell Fitness. This dumbbell only program is really 2 workout systems: the Optimum Fitness & Physique System and the Above and Beyond Package. All dumbbell workouts are not created equal! Click here to see a video of what is included.