Three Techniques to Sculpt an Amazing Body at Home With Dumbell and Bodyweight Exercises

Exercise: Three Techniques to Sculpt an Amazing Body at Home With Dumbell and Bodyweight Exercises

The key to achieving your goals - whether they be fat loss or general heart and lung health - is to find something that is exciting and challenging.

An exciting, challenging, and effective workout is to perform fast paced bodyweight and dumbbell exercises.
The key is to keep your heart rate up during your workouts.
After all, isn't that what cardio is supposed to be?

Here's a few sample techniques you can use to design your own high intensity "cardio" workouts:

Technique #1: Interval Circuits

Choose 1-2 Bodyweight Exercises
Choose 1-2 Dumbbell Exercises
Choose a Work Interval (20-60 seconds)
Choose a Rest Interval (10-60 seconds)

Instructions: Perform an exercise for the chosen work interval. Once that interval is completed move onto the next exercise immediately, without rest, and perform it for the chose time period. After all exercises are completed, then rest for the chose rest interval. Repeat as desired.

Technique #2: Descending Reps

Choose 1 Bodyweight Exercise
Choose 1 Dumbbell Exercise

Instructions: Alternate between a bodyweight and dumbbell exercise. After each round, reduce the number of repetitions you perform for each exercise by 1-3 repetitions. Perform as many rounds as you like.

Technique #3: Trisets

Choose 2 Bodyweight Exercises
Choose 1 Dumbbell Exercise

Instructions: Perform all three exercises back to back with little to no rest in between each set. At the end of the triset, you may rest if you wish. Perform as many rounds as you like.

Use these three high intensity techniques to design some challenging bodyweight and dumbbell "cardio" workouts. Good luck with your training!