#but i think i can move up to 20lb for like curls and upright rows and leg stuff

[dufrau]

andrei's health plan apparently gives him a stipend for like things that are good for you or something??? anyway. i have decided i will be getting some heavier weights on that dime.

[dufrau]

pssst care to drop your weight routine? Or any tips or anything for getting started/becoming more consistent? consider this a horny ask if you so choose

Presently I do this dumbbell circuit 3 times per day:

10x lateral raise 10lb

10x single arm tricep extension 10lb

10x shoulder press 15lb

10x bicep curl 20lb

10x upright row 20lb

It looks like a lot but it really only takes a couple minutes at a time. I usually do one mid morning when i get up to rinse out my coffee cup, one in the afternoon before i shower and eat lunch, and then one in the late afternoon.

And then once i've done that routine three times, if i have more energy later in the day i'll do a single set to failure of one of those at a time, or sometimes i do inclined chest presses in my office chair (i dont recommend trying this though lol my chair is very heavy and stable but yours might not be and you do NOT want to tip over with weights over your face. im thinking about getting a collapsible bench for this kind of thing), hammer curls, inclined tricep extensions also in my office chair. some other random stuff. and i pepper in some leg stuff but tbh i am not good at legs yet thats very much a work in progress. but mainly i aim for 3 full circuits of that main workout and if i hit that im happy.

When I started out I really had no idea how to do anything so i was just doing 10lb curls, but then I googled something like "arm workout dumbbells" and just picked a bunch of movements that seemed doable for me. Then when a weight starts to feel too easy I move up to something heavier for that movement. I fear I will be doing 10lbs for lateral raises for the rest of my life though lol that shit is still hard.

If you're not sure how strong you are, maybe start with 5 or 7lbs and see how that feels. You can always move up, but if you start too heavy you might get discouraged and stop. If something feels dangerous, stop. Reddit is useful, somebody has probably asked every question about every exercise in existence, look things up as needed.

Cheers!