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[quote=Anonymous]What are your goals specifically? To lose weight? Build cardio and some strength? Add muscle? Just maintain strength and mobility? Just look better? At 40 years old...if you lifted hard, you could get very strong and muscular if you wanted to. But regardless of what you are trying to do, there are 5-6 main lifts to focus on. 1. Squats/Lunges 2. Dead Lift/Hip Hinge 3. Chest Press (or Bench Press) 4. Over Head Press (Shoulder Press) 5. Row 6. Overhead Pull/Chin Ups/Pull Ups.  So lots of people are suggesting 5/10/15 lb dumbbells, but we really have no idea how strong you currently are. I would almost think that 10s, 20s, and 30s would be best but maybe 40s instead of 10s depending how strong you are now. As one of the posters said above there are so many variations to these exercises so I'll just give basics But...I highly recommend a portable bench. Hard to do chest presses without a bench and you can use it for so many things. They do not take up much space. Cost about around $150. And personally, I wouldn't get multiple dumbbells. The $$$ starts adding up. I have a set of Bowflex adjustable DBs that go up to 52.5 pounds and are really everything you could need. Cost is about $350 though. But for $500 you can buy a set of adjustable dumbbells, a portable bench, a yoga mat, and resistance bands. And you will be set for years. If you don't want to spend an hour working out, I would suggest doing something like 3 days a week. M, W, F. Create two workouts Workout A and Workout B. And then just alternate the workouts each time you lift. Workout A can be..

Warm Up
A. Squat/Lunge 3 or 4 sets of 8 to 10 reps...look up goblet squat or split squats. great exercise for beginners.
B. Chest Press 3 or 4 set of 8 or 10 reps
C. Row 3 or 4 sets of 8 or 10 reps.
Feel free to super set B and C meaning...do B, rest, do C, rest, do B, rest, do C, rest, do B, rest, do C. But your rests aren't as long as normal since the movemnets are opposites and the muscles are resting while you do the other exercise.
D. Add any exercise you like....maybe bicep curls
E. Do some core...planks, etc.

Workout B
Warm Up
A. Single Leg Dead Lifts 3 or 4 sets of 8 ro 10 reps
B. Pull Ups/Chin Ups (oh, you can get one of those bars that goes over a door way for $25. I have one. They work great. Do as many as you can. Getting resistance bands can assist you in do these but you can just jump up and lower yourself down as slow as you can as a rep.
C. Overhead Press (Shoulder press) 3 or 4 sets of 8 to 10 reps.
Again, you can super sets B and C as they are opposite movements and saves time.
D. Do any exercise you like doing...maybe tricep extensions or calf raises.
E. Some Core

These workouts should take you less than 40 minutes each.

All these exercises can easily be found on YouTube for free. They are all foundational exercises. Also, you said you've done body weight exercises and they aren't enough. What exercises did you do?
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