Who would have thought a set of dumbbells and a training mat is all you need to start losing weight and gaining muscle? Of course, you can go the whole nine yards and buy a set of gloves, a weight-lifting belt and a bar bell with a full set of weight disks, but it really is not necessary in order to set you off on the path to burning that excess fat and adding that all-important muscle. {relatedarticles} As a beginner the most important thing to grasp is how often to exercise and how much ...