Bloomsbury The Total Dumbbell Workout: Trade Secrets of a Personal Trainer

Husband was happy with book as bought for him. He said it had some workouts in it he's never seen or done.

Echt heel veel handige oefeningen met halters, voorzien van prenten en degelijke uitleg.

This is possibly not the book for you if you are looking for a hard core bodybuilding programme. However, if you are looking to incorporate dumbbells into your overall fitness regime this could be just what you are looking for.There is a very clear introduction to exercising with dumbbells which, despite my many years experience of training and exercise, managed to make the subject fresh and provided me with new information. The illustrated portfolio of moves together with the "tricks of the trade" is probably the next best thing to having a personal trainer to guide you. The "Trash! don't waste your time" is extremely instructive and these have been jettisoned from my repertoire. The final section provides a variety of graded routines which should keep me busy for some time.

Very good book very informative

This book is ok - it does indeed list a series of exercises you can do with dumbbells, I suppose what it says on the tin. However, there is very little beyond this in terms of how to apply them in a plan or what specifically they do and nor is it particularly comprehensive in terms of the exercise it includes. For example, it includes two bicep curls but fails to mention the difference between them in terms of muscle activation - and doesn’t mention anything of hammer curls, concentration curls etc.Further, there is hardly any mention or guidance as to how each exercise would fit into a plan - what kind of weight/ rep range for a given exercise, what exercises/ muscle groups to do the same workout etc.It’s alright but there are better books.