Will dumbbell exercise help?
Dumbell work at home will help – as will own body resistance work, such as push ups. Aim to do 30 minutes of resistance training, 2-3 times a week – warm up for 10 minutes before hand, then do 3 sets of ten of various exercsies with a weight you are only just comfortable lifting – this will increase after a few weeks. You will need a bench to do some of them off – look for dumbell flies, dumbell press, one arm rowing, dumbell pullover, dumbell squats, arm lifts, shoulder presses and bicep curls. Also, diet is important even if you don’t want to bulk up – it feeds and helps repair the muscles. Look to eat within half an hour of finishing exercise, and go for a combination of about twice as much carbohydrate as protein – a cottage cheese sandwich and a glass of milk is a good post workout snack. This will help strengthen your muscles. If you don’t weigh too much to begin with, you probably won’t be able to get the body of a body builder anyway – well, not without a lot of suppliments. So
