Missing out on training with heavy weights at the gym? Don’t fret. Using lighter dumbbells at home can actually have big benefits.

For most of us, home workouts will involve a lot less, and a lot lighter, equipment than we might be used to. For gym-goers, barbells and squat racks have been replaced with dumbbells and kettlebells, and even those who usually get their exercise in with classes, spin bikes, yoga blocks and reformer pilates stations are nowhere to be seen.