Find Your Strong with aSweatLife: 20 Minute Dumbbell Strength Circuit

We’re celebrating Women’s History Month the best way we know how—by sweating, of course. Each week, we’ll release a new workout meant to help you find your strong, led by some of the badass female trainers in our community. You’ll get a variety of workouts, from strength to yoga to HIIT, all meant to help you connect to your inner strength and find your own power. (Pro tip: Subscribe to our YouTube channel here to be alerted when we drop a new workout.)

In this dumbbell strength circuit, Ashley McCullough will lead you through a series of upper body and lower body strength moves. After warming up, you’ll complete three six-minute circuits for a total body blast. ​You’ll need a set of medium dumbbells.

Follow Ashley on her website or on Instagram @thegrindbeforewine.

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About Kristen Geil

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Kristen moved to Chicago in 2011 and received her MA in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse from DePaul while trying to maintain her southern accent. Kristen grew up playing sports, and since moving to Chicago, she’s fallen in love with the lakefront running path and the lively group fitness scene. Now, as a currently retired marathoner and sweat junkie, you can usually find her trying new workouts around the city and meticulously crafting Instagram-friendly smoothie bowls. Kristen came on to A Sweat Life full-time in 2018 as Editor-in-Chief, and she spends her days managing writers, building content strategy, and fighting for the Oxford comma.