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| Brand: PowerBlock
Category: Sports
List Price: $418.00
Buy New: $349.00 (On sale from $399.00)
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3869
Shipping Weight (lbs): 100
Dimensions (in): 12 x 6 x 6
Model: Personal Trainer Set 2.5-50 lbs per hand
UPC: 181381000077
EAN: 0181381000077
ASIN: B000NWTX6W
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Compact, though a little clunky October 24, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm enjoying the ability to work out in my apartment without needing an entire rack of dumbbells. I do wish these were less clunky and balanced better (and, of course, less expensive), but the handle grip is relatively comfortable and the weight changing pin makes workouts quick and easy. Unfortunately, it's easy to max out on this set if you're a guy in relatively good shape. Dumbbell rows are too easy, and the next set of weights up was just too expensive for me to move up in class. I guess I'll have to settle on 50 pounds per side until I can figure something else out to keep my lats building up. Not like I'm a bodybuilder or anything. In fact, this set may be more ideal for people just looking to stay tone and incorporate weight-bearing exercise into their lives, not serious athletes.
Some cautions and considerations September 1, 2007
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
I agree that these are the best adjustable dumbbells on the market. However, I would add a few caveats. For starters, it is important to have the PowerBlocks on a level surface and make sure you insert the pin straight across rather than at an angle. If you don't, it is possible that a plate could fall and hit you even with the elastic backup mechanism. It is also very important to put the pin assembly together right side up. If you don't, the magnets that hold this assembly in place don't engage.
On exercises like OVERHEAD triceps extensions, the points above are particularly important. While I think this product is great, it does limit range of motion in some exercises such as upright rows. The dumbbell is rather long and this could be a problem depending upon your frame. However, I wouldn't worry about the square design. I find using these dumbbells to be quite comfortable and the padded grips certainly help.
While this product is quite expensive, it's also the best out there that I know of and I shopped around carefully. It also seems to be the safest and is certainly more convenient, takes up less room and even costs less than a set of full dumbbells that can cover the same weight ranges.
If money is an issue for you, you may want to consider getting the model of dumbbells one tier down from these that adjust in 5 lb. increments and then purchasing adjustable wrist weights in 0.5 increments. This will give you about the same effect for less cost.
 Top Notch. June 13, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I first started looking at the adjustable dumbell sets when I saw the set Bowflex has/had (SelecTech 552). I stopped looking at them when I found out that the adjustable weights on the Selectech and its imitations have fallen of while in use. After doing a lot of research I found a ton of others. None of them looked reliable. Came across these and it turns out that this simple design is the safest and most sturdy of all, and if I'm not mistaken, also the original adjustable dumbell set, patented sometime in the 90s.
Hands down, get these if you're in the market for a set; they're also hundreds of dollars cheaper than barbells and take up about one square foot of space for the two of them. That's nothing for a weight set.
And the other biggy: They're MADE IN THE U.S.A. !!!
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