Health, Fitness and Dumbbells

Adaptive resistance is when the impact of an exercise is reduced due to constant repetition. Your muscles are so accustomed to this amount of strain – whether it be the number of reps, weight, range of motion, or rest time – that it loses impact, and you begin to stagnate. Meanwhile, progressive overload is when we continue to change or “overload” our exercises to combat this.  Adding variations changes the stimulus and allows us to activate different muscles or focus strength over endurance training (and vice versa), while overloading will reuse the same exercise, but with greater weight, changes in...

Meal prep is a lifesaver. It allows you to curate meals in advance, eat healthy and portion your nutrients and calories without worry. It’s effective and helps you stop worrying about what you need to eat every single meal. If you’re investing in a home-gym, you’re likely already looking for every time-saving, versatile tactic to make the most of your time. From dumbbells to make your workouts effective, without sacrificing space, to reading these articles to make sure you’ve researched the best solution, this is the next step in making better use of your time. Of course, it takes extensive...

If you search online for “reasons to exercising”, or “why should I exercise”, you’ll find up to 100,000,000 results. Exercise, health, and fitness is a major industry, both in terms of buying and selling, as well as education and understanding. Of course, I can direct you to our previous articles about the different types of workouts you can do, or how to do dumbbell exercises or calisthenics. But, when you’re starting out, you’re probably not thinking about all these technical terms and muscle isolations and the exact difference between a close grip and wide grip. Instead, you’ve done a bit of...

So, you have dumbbells and, if you’ve come from our other article, you’ve got eight different exercises to get a full-body workout. It’s a great start, and you think you might be seeing some gains, getting stronger and more confident. Maybe you’ve just gotten into a routine or started making laps around your local park. All your efforts are working. This is the perfect time to up the ante.   To add just a little bit of flavour and spice to your daily workout and try different variations and new exercises that will challenge you in different ways. Of course,...

There are many ways you can use dumbbells (or even kettlebells or other free weights) to target all your muscle groups. Dumbbells are the most popular and versatile kinds of weights out there, making them both necessary to any workout and the perfect starting point for any beginner. As a starting point, a dumbbell is essentially a small bar with two weights on either side, meant for one hand. There are a very different types of dumbbells, such as fixed weight or adjustable. We offer the HEX Dumbbells as a fixed weight, and two types of adjustable dumbbells: the standard...