You can also incorporate it into tougher cardio workouts, using it for box jumps, bench jump-overs and more to ramp-up your heart rate and burn stubborn fat. With a bench, you can press, fly, curl, split squat and much more than your training had previously allowed - in fact, here are 25 of the most effective dumbbell exercises you can try. Make your way through our guide below and you'll unlock a host of new exercises that had been unavailable.
Having a reliable weight bench is what can transform a few dumbbells on the floor into the foundations of a home gym that's the talk of the street, especially if you've been making the most of a daily home workout - whether that's a bodyweight routine, a lunchtime yoga session or a quick kettlebell blast - recently.