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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
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Chloe Gray

Home workouts with dumbbells are ideal if you're short on time and want to build muscle - 8 best to try

Home workouts with dumbbells: A woman lifting weights at home.

Home workouts with dumbbells might just be the best and most affordable way to improve your fitness. That's because dumbbells are a form of resistance, meaning they break down the muscles so they grow back bigger and stronger, and training from home is perfect for people who don't have a lot of time, don't want to pay for a gym membership and prefer training solo. 

Don't believe you can get a good dumbbell workout in from home? Research from 2023 reported that virtual resistance training programmes improve fitness and curbs depression. The benefits of strength training are tenfold - as other studies show, such as this 2023 BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation paper, also show that dumbbells are a be just as effective as the machines you'll find in a gym. 

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