When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images If your goal is building a bigger back to fill out your t-shirt, then the ...

What it does: The dumbbell bench press is a compound exercise that builds strength and size in your pectoral (chest) muscles.

We spend hours hunched over phones and computer monitors day in and day out. It’s no surprise we have an epidemic of back pain. Unless you’ve herniated a disc in your lumbar spine, there's a good ...

THERE ARE FEW exercises you'll see guys doing in the gym more often than the classic dumbbell row on a weight bench. There are also few exercises that are more prone to sloppy form. From poor ...

Want to grow big muscles but don’t have time for the gym? Or ‘not having space’ at home is your excuse? The solution? Easy! Grab a pair of dumbbells, and you’re sorted. You need resistance, tension, ...

A study compared the effectiveness of strength exercises, specifically the bicep curl and dumbbell rowing. Photo: Getty Images/PeopleImages, Getty images / gradyreese; Collage: FITBOOK When it comes ...

Break free from the limitations of gym machines and use free weights to ignite muscle protein synthesis, enhance coordination ...

Bodyweight exercises are great. Hello, push-ups! To gain even more strength in your upper body, try adding dumbbells to your fitness routine. Adding weights to your arm workouts means you will start ...

This is one of the most fundamental dumbbell exercises for the lats, says TJ Mentus, a certified personal trainer. “The lats work to pull the elbows into the sides and keep the shoulders back,” he ...