Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide: More Than 21,000 Moves Designed to Build Muscle, Increase Strength, and Burn Fat

by Myatt Murphy and Editors of Men's Health Magazi

Book Overview

The easiest, most inexpensive way to build muscle strength, size, and power turns out to be the best, with this supremely effective guide from the world's largest men's magazine Workout fads and fitness equipment come and go, but as trainers and bodybuilders know: nothing tops a simple set of dumbbells for convenience, reliability, and versatility when you are trying to build muscles and get in shape. In Men's Health Ultimate Dumbbell Guide , Myatt...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159486487X
• ISBN13: 9781594864872
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good to demonstrate basic lifts

It’s worth the money, and a good description and photo of the basic exercises. I like how it’s split into muscle groups instead of simply alphabetically. What I didn’t like is that after each lift, he repetitively says you can do this standing, seated, incline, decline, as part of a combination, etc so look at how many hundreds of “different” exercises you can do. Yeah I know that I can do a biceps curl both sitting and standing. I would prefer using the space to venture into lesser known lifts. I really wanted to like it more, or go more detailed into benefits of certain exercises.

Dumbbells: the ultimate in versatility, and this book proves it

Weight training has been an important part of my life for over 30 years. After consistent dumbbell workouts for football, wrestling, and judo during this time, I thought I knew it all. Nope. There are many movements in this book I had never imagined. Murphy got pretty creative with the vast array of dumbbell motions he depicts. If you alternate between exercises every few sessions, not only will you achieve well-rounded fitness, you'll never be bored! If you want to experience the simplicity and effectiveness of dumbbell training, give this book a look.

Make your workouts something to look forward to.

It's good to make as much in our life as simple as possible. This book will make your workouts simple. But it will also make you strong and toned and help you burn fat. Nothing beats dumbbells. I bought this book because I have a unique problem at this time and needed a way to workout but take it easy on a torn rotator cuff. I can't lift the barbell at all because my right arm has lost most of it's mobility. It's coming back but it's not totally back. So I needed a way to workout and not let my muscles atrophy. So now I can use a lighter weight in my right hand and my regular heavy weight in my left and do bench presses. No, it's not ideal. But it works. Of course, that's not what this book is about. It's not for those with injuries. It's for anyone. All you really need are dumbbells. The author even tells you the various types you can get and the advantages and disadvantages of each. To your dumbbells you will probably want to add a bench or, at the least, a fitness ball. But for a small investment, you can get all you need to get a real workout in the privacy of your home. And I mean a "safe" workout. The author gives exercises for all levels. He describes them fully and tells you how you should go about each exercise, how many reps and sets. Oh, and gals, don't be afraid to buy the book. You have muscles too. This is a great resource and I highly recommend it to you. - Susanna K. Hutcheson

You won't be a dumbbell after reading this book

Just about everything you ever wanted to know about dumbbells. The book is divided up into three parts. The first part, the truth about dumbbells, explains all about the different types of dumbbells. The second part, the master moves, shows you the exercises you can do with a dumbbell which includes many pictures and instructions. This part makes up about 80% of the book. And finally, part three, a million moves for your muscles, essentially provides the reader with tips and suggested routines. A great resource if you're into dumbbells, readers who lift regularly might also be interested in Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff to prevent rotator cuff tears a lot of lifters eventually get.

Must buy for building muscle!!!

Purchased this book last week and was very impressed on what could be done with just a pair of dumbbells. Even the experienced lifters in the gym were trying some of the exercises and lifts. This book was discussed and passed around the gym -- even personal trainers were reading it. I would say it's a must buy for novice, advance lifters and personal trainers and their trainees.

Another great Myatt Murphy book! You won't be disappointed!

This is the second Myatt Murphy book I've ordered (the first being The Body You Want in the Time You Have), and both have been great assets for building a workout routine that suits me. Myatt's work is great because he doesn't talk down to his readers and understands that workouts need to be adjusted to someone's goals and schedule. Instead of just presenting a series of workout and saying "do this", you can select workouts to your needs. I don't know what the first reviewer was smoking, whatever it was seems to have impacted his judgement and grammer. If you have a set of dumbbells and are looking for a comprehensive list of workouts to use them with, you can't go wrong with this great book!