Benefits of training with dumbbells -- Designing a program -- Incorporating dumbbells into an existing program -- Upper body -- Lower body -- Core -- Total body -- Training for fitness -- Training for weight loss -- Training for increased muscle size -- Training for increased power -- Training for speed sports -- Training for agility and balance sports

"The book provides detailed information on the history of dumbbell training, benefits of this type of training, proper exercise technique, and practical examples of how to put this information together into a training program for a fitness-related or performance-related goal. The emphasis is on dumbbell training programs for people who have goals related to fitness, weight loss, or increased muscle mass"--