Dumbbell limit - what next?

[kpva33]

I live in a small village without gym, so I use loading dumbbells for basic exercises. But reached max limit 2 x 10 kg and wondering what the next. When I can't increase the weight, I increased the reps, is this sustainable in the long term?

 

[tiger2727]

@kpva33 Today we were doing slower pace.. 3.0.3 (counts up, hold and down..). It definitely added some increased work to the reps.

 

[severina418]

@kpva33 Elastic bands to add resistance, more plates, be creative, use bodyweight. More reps are good, but to add size, you need to add resistance.

 

[sanj79]

@severina418 Yup, I use bands, a weight vest, pull-up bar, and a step ladder.

 

[severina418]

@sanj79 Looking good

 

[fenhn]

@kpva33 More reps, slower/paused reps, drop sets, all good suggestions so far.

Also, your can try taking a limb out or otherwise creating imbalance: instead of say, a goblet squat, or double dumbbell squat, try a Bulgarian split squat, or forward and backwards walking lunges. Instead of deads, try suitcase squats, or single-leg DLs...

 

[jvb]

@kpva33 Can you buy more plates? You're going to need some heavier weights at some point.

Meantime more reps.. To a point. Pause rep? Can you drop set?