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Dumbbell Exercises

Master your workouts with these dumbbell exercises

198exercises found

Dumbbell Alternate Seated Hammer Curl

Beginner
Biceps

This exercise builds strength in your upper arms, focusing on the biceps and forearms. You sit on a bench and lift the weights one arm at a time while keeping your palms facing each other.

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Dumbbell Alternate Side Press

Intermediate
Delts

This is a shoulder workout where you lift one dumbbell straight up while the other stays at your shoulder. It helps make your shoulders, arms, and tummy muscles stronger.

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Dumbbell Arnold Press V. 2

Intermediate
Delts

This is a shoulder exercise where you push dumbbells over your head while turning your wrists. It works your shoulder muscles, the back of your arms, and your upper chest.

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Dumbbell Around Pullover

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise you do while lying on a flat bench. You hold a weight with both hands and slowly lower it behind your head in a curved path, then bring it back up. It mostly strengthens your chest, but also works your arm and back muscles.

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Dumbbell Bench Seated Press

Beginner
Delts

This exercise builds strength in your shoulder muscles. It also works your triceps and chest. You sit on a bench and push dumbbells over your head with control.

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Dumbbell Bench Squat

Beginner
Glutes

This lower body exercise focuses on your bottom, thighs, and legs. You hold a dumbbell and squat down until your bottom touches a bench behind you to make sure you go deep enough and keep good form.

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Dumbbell Bicep Curl Lunge With Bowling Motion

Intermediate
Biceps

This exercise mixes a lunge, a bicep curl, and a twist into one move. It works your arms, legs, and stomach muscles all at the same time to help with balance and strength.

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Dumbbell Bicep Curl On Exercise Ball With Leg Raised

Advanced
Biceps

This exercise is a bicep curl done while sitting on a bouncy ball with one leg held up. It makes your arm muscles stronger and helps you practice balancing using your stomach muscles.

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Dumbbell Biceps Curl

Beginner
Biceps

This is a strength exercise for your biceps and forearms. You hold a dumbbell in each hand and lift them from your hips up to your shoulders. You move slowly and squeeze your muscles to make them stronger.

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Dumbbell Biceps Curl (with Arm Blaster)

Intermediate
Biceps

This is a bicep muscle exercise that uses dumbbells and a special support tool called an arm blaster. The arm blaster helps keep your arms locked in place so you cannot swing them, forcing your biceps to do all the work.

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Dumbbell Biceps Curl Reverse

Beginner
Biceps

This is a strength exercise for your upper and lower arms. You hold dumbbells with your palms facing the floor. This helps make your arm muscles stronger.

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Dumbbell Biceps Curl V Sit On Bosu Ball

Advanced
Biceps

This exercise mixes a standard arm curl with sitting on a bouncy BOSU ball. It strengthens your arm muscles and forces you to use your stomach muscles to stay balanced.

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Dumbbell Burpee

Advanced
Cardiovascular system

The dumbbell burpee is a tough exercise for your whole body. It mixes a squat, a push-up, and a lift over your head with dumbbells. It makes your heart beat faster and works many muscles at once, like your legs, arms, and stomach.

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Dumbbell Close Grip Press

Beginner
Triceps

This is a strength exercise that works your triceps (the back of your arms), as well as your chest and shoulders. You perform it by holding two dumbbells close together and pushing them up to focus on your tricep muscles.

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Dumbbell Concentration Curl

Beginner
Biceps

This exercise focuses on the biceps muscles. You sit down and rest the back of your arm against the inside of your leg to keep your arm steady while you lift.

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Dumbbell Cross Body Hammer Curl

Beginner
Biceps

This exercise strengthens your upper arms and forearms. You do it by holding dumbbells and lifting them diagonally across your chest toward your opposite shoulder.

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Dumbbell Cuban Press V. 2

Intermediate
Delts

This exercise works your shoulder muscles, the back of your arms, and your upper back. It mixes pushing weights up with turning your wrists. This movement helps make your shoulder joints strong and steady.

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Dumbbell Decline Bench Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise done while lying on a bench that tilts down. It mainly works the lower part of your chest muscles. It also uses your arms and shoulders to help. You have to push the weights up and down carefully while lying in this tilted position.

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Dumbbell Decline Fly

Intermediate
Pectorals

The dumbbell decline fly is a chest exercise done on a bench that tilts down. It works the lower part of your chest muscles. You slowly lower weights out to the sides like wings, then bring them back together to squeeze your chest.

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Dumbbell Decline Hammer Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This exercise works the muscles in your lower chest, arms, and shoulders. You do it while lying on a bench that tilts down. You hold the weights so your palms face each other. This position helps your inner chest and is much gentler on your shoulders.

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Dumbbell Decline Shrug

Beginner
Traps

This exercise works the trapezius muscles in your upper back. To do it, lie on your stomach on a slanted bench while holding weights. Keep your arms straight and shrug your shoulders up.

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Dumbbell Decline Shrug V. 2

Intermediate
Traps

This exercise works your upper back and shoulder muscles. You lie face down on a slanted bench and lift dumbbells by shrugging your shoulders.

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Dumbbell Decline Twist Fly

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise you do while lying on a bench that tilts down. You lower weights out to your sides while twisting your wrists. This movement helps stretch and squeeze your chest muscles while also working your shoulders and the back of your arms.

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Dumbbell Finger Curls

Beginner
Forearms

Dumbbell finger curls are a simple exercise for your forearms and the muscles that bend your fingers. This movement builds up your forearm muscles and makes your grip stronger.

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Dumbbell Fly

Intermediate
Pectorals

The dumbbell fly is a chest workout done while lying on a bench. You use dumbbells to move your arms in a wide, curved path to stretch and squeeze your chest muscles.

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Dumbbell Fly On Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest workout done while lying on a bouncy exercise ball. Because the ball moves around, your tummy muscles must work hard to keep you steady. It mainly strengthens your chest, but it also helps your shoulders and the back of your arms.

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Dumbbell Front Raise V. 2

Beginner
Delts

This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles. You hold weights in your hands and lift them up in front of you until they are as high as your shoulders. You must move slowly and carefully without swinging.

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Dumbbell Full Can Lateral Raise

Beginner
Delts

This shoulder exercise works your deltoids, traps, and rotator cuff muscles. You lift dumbbells out to the side with your elbows bent a little, copying the movement of pouring out a can, which helps stop shoulder pinching.

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Dumbbell Goblet Squat

Beginner
Quads

The dumbbell goblet squat is a leg exercise that strengthens your thighs, hips, and bottom. You hold a dumbbell against your chest and squat down. This helps you get stronger and learn the right way to squat.

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Dumbbell Hammer Curl V. 2

Beginner
Biceps

This exercise works your biceps, forearms, and brachialis muscles using dumbbells. You do it standing up, holding the weights, and lifting them while keeping your upper arms still.

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Dumbbell Incline Biceps Curl

Intermediate
Biceps

This exercise is a muscle-building move for your biceps. You sit on a slanted bench to stretch the bicep muscles more than usual. It also helps strengthen your forearms.

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Dumbbell Incline Curl

Intermediate
Biceps

This exercise targets your biceps. You sit on a slanted bench to stretch the muscles and keep your shoulders still. It is great for making your biceps bigger and stronger.

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Dumbbell Incline Hammer Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise done on a slanted bench using two dumbbells. You hold the weights so your palms face each other. It works the upper part of your chest, your shoulders, and the back of your arms.

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Dumbbell Incline Inner Biceps Curl

Intermediate
Biceps

This exercise works your biceps and forearms using dumbbells and a slanted bench. Sitting on an incline stretches your arm muscles more than standing, helping them work harder.

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Dumbbell Incline One Arm Fly

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise done on a slanted bench using only one arm at a time. It works your chest muscles and also helps your shoulders and the back of your arms. Because you use just one side, you must stay very still and control the weight carefully.

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Dumbbell Incline One Arm Hammer Press

Intermediate
Triceps

This is a single-arm chest exercise done on a slanted bench. You hold the weight with your palm facing your body, like holding a hammer. It builds strength in your upper chest, shoulders, and the back of your arm while challenging your balance.

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Dumbbell Incline One Arm Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise done with one arm while lying on a slanted bench. It works the upper chest muscles, shoulders, and the back of the arm. Because you use only one arm at a time, you must focus on staying balanced.

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Dumbbell Incline One Arm Press On Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Pectorals

This chest exercise also works your shoulders and triceps. You perform it with one arm while lying on a fitness ball. Because you are balancing on the ball and using only one weight, your stomach muscles must work hard to keep you steady.

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Dumbbell Incline Palm-in Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise done on a slanted bench using dumbbells. You hold the weights so your palms face each other. It works your upper chest, shoulders, and the back of your arms. Holding your hands this way is gentle on your shoulders and helps work the middle of your chest.

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Dumbbell Incline Press On Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Pectorals

This exercise works your chest, shoulders, and the back of your arms. Because you do it on a bouncy ball instead of a bench, you have to use your tummy muscles and balance more to stay steady.

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Dumbbell Incline Raise

Intermediate
Delts

This exercise works your shoulder muscles while you sit on a slanted bench. It also helps strengthen your upper back and the back of your arms. The movement involves pushing weights from your shoulders up over your head while keeping your body steady.

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Dumbbell Incline Rear Lateral Raise

Intermediate
Delts

This exercise builds the muscles on the back of your shoulders. It also helps the muscles in your upper back. You lie face down on a slanted bench to help you stay still and target the right muscles.

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Dumbbell Incline Row

Intermediate
Upper back

This exercise strengthens your upper back. You lie face-forward on an angled bench and pull dumbbells up. It works your back muscles, shoulders, and arms.

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Dumbbell Incline T-raise

Intermediate
Delts

This exercise works your shoulder and upper back muscles. You do it while sitting on a slanted bench. You must move slowly and carefully to make sure your muscles do the work, not momentum.

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Dumbbell Incline Triceps Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This is a targeted arm exercise that works the triceps muscles on the back of your upper arms. You do it while sitting on a slanted bench, which helps stretch the muscles more than a flat bench.

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Dumbbell Incline Twisted Flyes

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest workout done on a slanted bench. It focuses on your upper chest muscles by adding a simple wrist turn to the movement.

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Dumbbell Incline Two Arm Extension

Beginner
Triceps

This is an upper arm workout performed on an angled bench using hand weights. It primarily strengthens the triceps muscles but also works the shoulders. By pushing the weights up from the chest, you build arm strength effectively.

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Dumbbell Incline Y-raise

Intermediate
Upper back

This exercise works your upper back and shoulders. You lie face down on a slanted bench and lift your arms to make the letter Y. This helps keep your shoulders strong and healthy.

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Dumbbell Kickbacks On Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Triceps

This is a triceps exercise done while sitting on a stability ball. Sitting on the ball requires you to balance, which works your core muscles. The main goal is to strengthen the back of your arms, but your shoulders and back help too.

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Dumbbell Kneeling Bicep Curl Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Biceps

This is a special way to do a bicep curl. You kneel on the floor and lean your arms on a big exercise ball instead of standing up. Because the ball can move, your tummy muscles must work hard to keep you steady. This exercise makes your arm muscles stronger and helps you learn to balance better.

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