Subscribe RSS FeedIf you own a home gym, or a looking to buy some equipment for one, then you really should strongly consider purchasing a good set of adjustable dumbbells. Simply put, there really is not a better system for free weights on the market today, and you can save a ton of money even if you purchase the most expensive systems. As such, there are several advantages to adjustable weight dumbbells over traditional and hex dumbbells that most people have purchased for their home gyms for the last several decades.
First of all, one of the biggest advantages of such dumbbells is the space issue. Everyone who has a home gym is concerned with how much space their equipment takes up. The problem that most people have had with dumbbells in the past is that they just don’t have a room for a good set – the set and the rack (a must) essentially take up a whole wall in even a good sized room. However, with adjustable dumbbells you don’t have this problem. You only have two dumbbells sitting on a small rack (again a necessity in my mind), and can put them in just about any corner of your home.
Second is cost. The cost of this equipment is much less than the cost of traditional dumbbell sets. The average price for free weights is usually just over $1/pound, so if you wanted to get a good set of dumbbells with weights that range from 5 pounds to 50 pounds, in 5 lb increments then you would have to purchase 550 pounds of free weights (to get 2 of each weight). This is how much you get with a standard adjustable weight set, but instead of paying $550 you only have to pay around $300 – saving you over $250!
As you can see, given that you can 1) save money, 2) save space and 3) get the same workout in, there really is no reason to purchase traditional dumbbell sets over adjustable sets again.
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