Whether you've been working out at home or are traveling and looking for an easy workout you can do in your hotel room or in a small hotel gym, I found a great workout that will get you sweating without requiring a large space or equipment. All you need is your body weight and two of the best adjustable dumbbells you can find. Let's get started. Read more

As always, when choosing the best weight for your workout, remember that you should choose a weight that is challenging until the last few reps, but not so heavy that you have to break form. Exercisers who are just starting out or returning to exercise after an injury may want to have their form checked by a personal trainer before adding any weight.

This dumbbell workout consists of three repetitions of the following six exercises. Beginners may want to take a 60-second break. If you are an advanced exerciser, try to complete the circuit three times without a break.

For this exercise, first stand on an exercise mat with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a dumbbell in your left hand and extend it overhead, then step your left foot back and do a reverse lunge. Once you step out of the reverse lunge, bend your knees and raise your knees toward your torso. Once the knee is lowered to the ground, return to the lunge.

Repeat 12 times with one leg before switching sides. [For this exercise, spread your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and place a dumbbell between your legs. Squat down while pushing your glutes back and grab the dumbbell with one hand. When you return to the squat, lower the dumbbells to the ground and switch arms to snatch.

Holding the dumbbells in both hands, bend your knees, bend your hips back, and deadlift the dumbbells down through your thighs. Here's how to deadlift with perfect form. At the bottom of the movement, with knees slightly bent and back flat, perform wide rows, squeezing shoulder blades together. Drive the legs back to the starting position. [13] [14] Holding dumbbells in each hand, lower to the floor and bounce your feet back up and into a high plank position with your abdominal muscles in a straight line from head to heels. Hold for a few seconds, then jump your legs back farther than your hands, hold dumbbells in each hand, and straddle squat with your arms straight. [Hold dumbbells in each hand, palms facing forward. Arms should hang at your sides near your torso. With upper arms fixed, shoulders relaxed and back straight, exhale and bend elbows to raise dumbbells to shoulders. Then, while inhaling, lower the dumbbells back to their original position. This is one rep.

Keep the elbows close to the torso throughout. If your elbows flare out easily, lighten the load. Read what happened when this fitness writer did biceps curls every day for a week.

For this exercise, start with your feet slightly wider than hip-width apart and dumbbells in each hand, resting on your shoulders. Squat down, engage your core, and push your hips back. Return to the starting position while pushing down on the floor and shoulder press with both dumbbells raised above your head. This is one rep.

All of the above exercises are compound exercises, meaning they work multiple muscle groups at once. Sam Hopes, Tom's Guide's resident personal trainer, writes, "Compound exercises are a compact and efficient way to develop muscle mass, strength, and power throughout the body without spending hours in the gym."

In addition to burning more calories in less time, compound exercises are beneficial to the body, whatever the workout. Compared to isolation exercises, "multi-joint, multi-muscle movements allow more parts of the body to work together and develop flexibility, mobility, and agility. Because these movements mimic everyday activities, they allow the body to move more harmoniously," says Sam. More information on the benefits of compound exercises and why they should be added to your daily routine can be found at.