25 lb dumb bells [Archive] - No BS MMA and Martial Arts

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tkdan28

9/19/2004 8:20pm,

I've got a pair... I don't have space for a home gym and I don't have time to add a gym workout to my life. Anything useful I can do with a pair of 25 lb dumb bells?

alex

9/19/2004 8:25pm,

thats like 12kg right? well you can always lift them, but it wont take long before they become little more than paperweights.

tkdan28

9/19/2004 8:40pm,

11.36kg ;)...

Traditional Tom

9/19/2004 9:26pm,

You could club people with them and think of the japanese equivalent for 'dumbell' that will have people 'ooing' and 'ahhing'.

KentckyFriedRat

9/19/2004 9:39pm,

In the Punisher they smashed gun barrels with them.

PizDoff

9/19/2004 9:47pm,

Do you have a bench?

Off the top of my head

-Single-Arm rows -overhead press
-bicep curls
-hammer curls
-wrist curls, wrist hammer curls, Active Resistance Ulnar Deviation, Active Resistance Radial Deviation, Resisted Forearm Pronation, Resisted Forearm Supination
-hang them from your

More here
http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/home.htm
http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/plyometricexercises.html
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html

Moleculo

9/19/2004 11:37pm,

Originally posted by tkdan28
I've got a pair... I don't have space for a home gym and I don't have time to add a gym workout to my life. Anything useful I can do with a pair of 25 lb dumb bells?

No they are useless; throw them away.

Wait... they are good for strict lateral raises.

That's about it.

PizDoff

9/20/2004 12:21am,

Originally posted by PizDoff

-hang them from your

Moleculo

9/20/2004 12:45am,

Dick ups!

PizDoff

9/20/2004 1:10am,

earrings

Ronin

9/20/2004 8:53am,

Finger curls.

AFS

9/20/2004 8:58am,

take one in each hand whilst you walk on the bottom of the local pool. 50 ms should be the minimum - or so they say in the SAS

tkdan28

9/20/2004 9:23am,

apparently using them as door stops was just the right move... go me!

Apostol

9/21/2004 8:43pm,

Do those shoulder exercises where you lift the dumbell straight up (arm locked), and the one with your arms by your sides and then out in a snow angel motion. I read an article about how it's really important to do these, or else you'll just have really big arms and skinny ass shoulders.

...but then again, 25 lbs is a bit too much for these exercises, unless you're a gorilla.

alex

9/21/2004 9:19pm,

....dude, maybe for you. I can do those exercises with 25 pound weights and i am far from a gorilla.

Apostol

9/21/2004 9:59pm,

Originally posted by Ikken Hisatsu
....dude, maybe for you. I can do those exercises with 25 pound weights and i am far from a gorilla.

This type of strength comes mostly with experience. Maybe I should rephrase it to "when doing it for the first time, you may need to use lighter weights".