Can anyone recommend a good dumbbell routine?

[AMacA]

Morning folks,

For the past few months I've been following this routine;

http://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/dumbbell...

I've made decent progress with it, but am now looking for a bit of variety as its getting a bit samey now.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a different routine? Looking to build muscle, dim bells are adjustable, and I have access to an adjustable bench too.

[Hoofy]

If it's working, why change it? If it's boring, increase the mass.

I'm probably the last person to give advice on weight lifting ( ) but...

Monday
Dumbbell Squat -> Bulgarian Squats
Dumbbell Bench Press -> keep; go much heavier
One Arm Dumbbell Row -> keep; hits biceps, too, if you do it right
Standing Dumbbell Curl -> chin ups (not pull ups)
Two Arm Seated Dumbbell Extension -> drop; you pushed your triceps with bench presses if you went heavy enough
Sit Up -> hanging toe to bar leg raises or seated leg raises if can't manage former

Wednesday
Dumbbell Step Up -> lunges (well, I'd do Bulgarian Squats again)
Dumbbell Stiff Leg Deadlift -> keep; awesome exercise
Seated Dumbbell Press -> keep
Standing One Leg Dumbbell Calf Raise -> keep
Dumbbell Shrug -> keep but go much heavier; you'll be surprised how much you can shrug
Dumbbell Side Bends -> hanging toe to bar open-leg raises or seated open-leg raises if can't manage former

Friday
Dumbbell Lunge -> Bulgarian Squats!
Dumbbell Floor Press -> do bench press unless you have shoulder problems
Wide Grip Pull Up -> add a weight belt or hold db between ankles; or 3 sets to failure; or fully straight arm to chin above bar (ie a proper pull up)
Standing Hammer Curl -> chin ups (not pull ups)
Lying Dumbbell Extension -> bench heavier!!
Lying Floor Leg Raise -> ok, sounds like you should have a decent enough core to do toe-to-bar leg raises http://youtu.be/Ry43h-eBlT4

Edited by Hoofy on Saturday 10th November 10:48

[Hoofy]

Also, if it's a beginner routine, you could probably just repeat the exercises twice a week (Mondays and Thursday, and drop the focused stuff like bicep curls and tricep extensions):

Here's what I'd do and the order I'd do it in:
Dumbbell Bench Press
Seated Dumbbell Press
Bulgarian Squats
Dumbbell Stiff Leg Deadlift
One Arm Dumbbell Row
Dumbbell Shrug
Wide Grip Pull Up
Toe-to-bar Leg Raises

My strength continues to grow.

[AMacA]

Cheers Hoofy!

[Halb]

Some nice exercises.
Manmakers are fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gczI5sINn9U
you can add/reduce the complexity of it as you see fit.
Snatches, cleans, jerks, overhead squats. Try out some of them.

Hoofy said:

I'm probably the last person to give advice on weight lifting ( ) but...

Cracking bit of advice right there...

[Hoofy]

Halb said:

Cracking bit of advice right there...

Go on, then, what is wrong with what I posted?