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Hi could anyone point me in the direction of a good routine for beginners I can follow at home please with weights.
Actually prefer something written down to a YouTube video.

Thanks

What equipment do you have? What’s your experience of weight lifting - do you have an understanding of good form /technique? Are you a complete beginner or do you just want a programme - these things will all make a difference.

And you may have to pay to an online training package - people’s expertise needs recompense.

I'm.not a total beginner. I have kettle bells and weights starting at 3kg and going up to 10kg. The 10s are my husband, I'm currently using the 3kg

Download the free app Gym workout tracker by leap fitness group.

It is preset with workouts for different body parts. You can also create your own but filtering for shoulders etc and selecting exercises you have the equipment for. It also tells you how to set up for and complete each exercise along with pictures.

To get any kind of impact, you need to write yourself a programme which involves progressive overload. Working with sets of reps of say, around 8, the weight should be heavy enough that you start to struggle at the 7th or 8th rep. When you start to get strong enough not to struggle, add more reps each set, or add more weight.

Thank you, I'm finding the 3kg quite easy so should I up this?

3kg for what though? You should be using different weights for different movements. Eg I can squat with 20kg but can only lateral raise 2. I can curl 5 and shoulder press 10. You shouldn't be doing everything with the same weight.
What muscle groups do you want to work? I'd look to do one arms and back, one leg and one total body. Weight should be hard enough that you can only do 6-8reps. Then when you can comfortably do 8-10 up the weight.

If you can knock out 10-12 reps easily up the weight. The last couple of reps should be a struggle.

Program wise, there are the Strong Lifts 5x5 and Strong Curves programmes. Or Caroline Girvan is popular. If you are getting into it a session with a trainer will help you with form, progress etc. I lifted way more than I thought I could in my first session with a PT.

Can't afford a PT sadly

What @whosaidtha says. And your progress will be limited with only dumbbells, so you'll have to get creative - resistance bands can help. You'll never get a really heavy deadlift of squat with only max of 10 kilo dumbbells, so you'll need to add another kind of resistance.

It used to be said that women should do light weights with lots of reps (volume), but physiological science refutes that. To gain muscle you need to stress the muscles - that's what "working to failure" means - as others say, in a set of 8 reps, the last 2 should feel that you can only just do them. And you need to rest properly between sets when you work like this - 90 to 120 seconds. By the 3rd or 4th set of a set of 5 of 8 reps at a challenging weight, you will need the rest break!

You could try Stronger By the Day for a week for free - it has a bodyweight programme as well as an in-gym programme.