The standard position for many dumbbell leg exercises is to hold the weights with straight arms, hanging at your sides.

If your gut reaction is Monday's chest and back workout or Thursday's shoulder exercises, here's some bad news: You're ...

The close-grip dumbbell press works your entire chest with an ... Position the dumbbells over your chest with arms straight and a neutral hammer grip on the handles. Keeping the upper arms ...

Pull the band apart while keeping your elbows mostly straight by driving your arms out to the side until your body forms a “T ...

Plank passthrough, plank drag — whatever you call it, this core exercise engages muscles from head to toe as you maintain a plank while dragging a weight from side to side. It tests core strength, ...

When it comes to exercises targeting your biceps, the hammer curl is the bicep ... doing three sets of up to 10 reps of dumbbell curls for a week improved grip strength for both male and female ...

We tested each dumbbell with bicep curls, tricep kickbacks, shoulder presses, chest presses and lower-body weighted movements including squats, lunges and bridges. Each brand was rated on grip ...

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