
Train strong. Lift smarter.
Evidence-based guides to dumbbells and kettlebells, and the home of the Warrior adjustable range.
Pick a muscle. Get your workout.
Tap the muscles you want to train, choose your kit, level and time, and we'll build a dumbbell and kettlebell session you can follow set by set.
Pick your weights
Four steps to training well
Work through each step and you'll know what to buy, how heavy to start and how to keep getting stronger.
The Warrior range
New on Warrior Weights
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Taking a Break From Lifting: What Two Meta-Analyses and Two Trials Say About Gaps of 3 Weeks, 10 Weeks and Longer
What four PubMed and PubMed Central abstracts report about strength and muscle size when resistance training stops and restarts: a 2013 meta-analysis, a 3-week…
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Rest Between Sets: What a Strength Review, Two Muscle-Size Reviews and One Controlled Study Say About 1, 2 and 3 Minutes
What four papers say about rest between sets: a 2016 controlled study of 21 trained men, a 2018 strength review, a 2017 review and…
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Sore After Lifting? What Two Meta-Analyses Say About Massage, Foam Rolling and Stretching
What two meta-analyses (99 studies on recovery methods, 21 on foam rolling) found about muscle soreness after exercise, and the limits their authors list.
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Dumbbell or Barbell Bench Press? What Four Small Lab Studies Found
Four small studies compared barbell, dumbbell and Smith machine chest presses: loads lifted, repetitions, muscle activity and ten-week transfer. What they report and what…
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Full or Partial Range? What Reviews Say About Range of Motion in Resistance Training
What the 2026 ACSM overview and three reviews report about full and partial range of motion for strength and muscle growth, with the limits…
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Stretching After Lifting: What the NHS Routines, a Cochrane Review and an Expert Panel Say
What the NHS cool-down and flexibility pages say about stretching, what a 2011 Cochrane review found on post-exercise soreness, and what a 2025 expert…






