Whether you are a personal trainer, sportsperson or fitness enthusiast, I hope you are now fully equipped to get the most out of the valuable time you spend working out with dumbbells. Dumbbells are an iconic piece of fitness equipment and they offer so many solutions to so many different training objectives. The possibilities are endless, and no matter what your goals, dumbbells can play a significant part in helping you achieve them.
All I ask is that you use all the information I have given in this book and make it part of an integrated health and fitness-driven lifestyle. My many thousands of hours spent in gymnasiums, health clubs, sport fields and with personal training clients has taught me that, given the chance, people like to do the things they are already good at. So before you reach your maximum potential training with dumbbells, the smart ones among you will be looking to introduce new challenges with different equipment like barbells, gym balls or medicine balls, as well as new challenges for cardiovascular fitness and flexibility.
The body is an amazing thing and responds to exercise by adapting and improving the way that it functions. Exercise is not all about pain, challenges and hard work, rather it is about making sure that in the long term your life includes the elements that have the greatest affect. Lift weights, walk and run. Eat healthily and drink water. Find time to relax. Stretch, but above all remember: if you ever find yourself lacking in motivation, the best advice I can give anybody wanting to feel more healthy is that if you’re moving, you’re improving.