Dumbbell Workout Question

[heidenreich]

Hi, I'm looking to lose body fat and build muscle, I've started working out with dumbbells and I was just wondering if my routine is good.
Here it is;
8-12 reps every 3 sets
Monday - Wednesday - Friday;
Bicep Curls
Front Elevations
Traps
Military Press
Bench Press
Wide Row
Dumbbell Row
Abdominal Twists
Forearms
Then on Tuesdays and Fridays I do lower body;
Deadlifts
Squats
Reverse Lunge
Stationary Lunge
Toe Raise
Posterior Swing

Please criticize in anyway you want, Id like to know how to improve my workout to reach my goals, any help is greatly thanked

[Miserabilia]

Im not an expert, but its really similar to mine so i guess its okay

[Austins]

If you want to lose your body weight as well I reccomend a lot of cardio as well. It burns calories and gets your blood going, I do the same workout on monday wednesday friday and legs every day in between. As well as an earlier gym session of pure cardio and abs. twice a day. (cardio and abs only once a day on sundays)

[Human]

You'll gain muscle in specific areas with dumbbell exercises, but you won't lose much weight at all.
Some people say cardio is bad for their "gainz" but in reality if you're just a teenager working out it won't affect you unless you're running 20 miles daily.

[Nellerin]

Hi, I'm looking to lose body fat and build muscle, I've started working out with dumbbells and I was just wondering if my routine is good.
Here it is;
8-12 reps every 3 sets
Monday - Wednesday - Friday;
Bicep Curls
Front Elevations
Traps
Military Press
Bench Press
Wide Row
Dumbbell Row
Abdominal Twists
Forearms
Then on Tuesdays and Fridays I do lower body;
Deadlifts
Squats
Reverse Lunge
Stationary Lunge
Toe Raise
Posterior Swing

Please criticize in anyway you want, Id like to know how to improve my workout to reach my goals, any help is greatly thanked

You are new, stick to compound only for full body workouts three times a week.

Therefore

Squats, Deadlift, Bench and a Row

No need for curls or extensions or raises when you are new.

Granted working out basically only build superficial (unnecessary) muscle in the first place, so really you can do whatever you want since it is not needed for health reasons.

[TheTatsBros]

It's great that you have worked out a routine for yourself and obviously something is better than nothing. I am sure you will see some results from doing this. I have a few tips for you though that might help you out.

1) I personally think you're doing too much. From what you've said it looks like you're working out every day but saturday and sunday and working the same muscle groups every other day? I don't think you are giving your muscles enough time to recover and regrow bigger, and stronger. Your muscles grow from getting micro tears in the muscle fibers when you workout. Overtime these micro tears grow and gradually increase the volume and length of the muscle tissue. This doesn't happen over night. We train each muscle groups ONCE A WEEK. Rest is so underestimated when it comes to working out. Your muscles don't grow when you are in the gym. They grow when you are resting. Your workouts are there to break down the muscle fibers and create those micro tears in the tissue. Through good nutrition and rest. The tears heal and your muscles grow so make sure you are giving your body the rest it needs to see progress.

2)Your workout is kind of all over the place! Your workouts should be BASED AROUND compound movements. They should form the bread and butter of your workouts. For example, if you are doing chest and triceps on a monday. The FIRST exercises you want to do are the compound movements (bench press, dumbbell press, incline, decline press) These are the movements that use the MOST muscle groups to complete. They are the most intense movements and so the exercises that will pack on the most muscle. In other words you don't want to be knackered before you get on the bench press. You want to be fresh and ready to go. Once you have done the compound movements and your muscles are burnt out. THEN you go onto the isolation movements (tricep pushdown, tricep press, cable flyes, tricep kickbacks) These then ISOLATE those muscle groups and fatigue them to failure. Making sure you are breaking down the muscle as much as possible and flooding them with blood and nutrients to help them recover and grow. So you might want to look at re ordering your workouts and changing your set strategies so you are focusing more on the heavy movements and less on the superficial, isolation exercises.

Hope these help!