Choosing The Best Selectable Dumbbells Set

By Phil Adams


To build muscle you generally need to be performing a lot of weight training. While doing weight training from home, it can be cumbersome and annoying to have to change out weight plates everytime you want to do another exercise. There is an alternative to using traditional dumbbells in the home, and that is to use what is called an adjustable dumbbell kit. There are many different kinds available, and today we are going to review one of the best ones, the bowflex adjustable dumbbell set.

These weights are the bowflex adjustable dumbbell selectech 552. You can adjust them to weigh between 5 and 52.5 pounds or about 2 to 21 kilos. This particular set actually denominates the weight in kilos.

This is how the weights work. You can select your desired weight by turning a set of dials on either end of the dumbbell. If you want to have the weight weigh 20 kilograms, you just turn the knob on each side until it reads 20, then lift the weight up and it will be carrying only 20 kg's worth of weight. Or if you wanted to go lighter down to say 2 kilos, just turn the dial to read 2 and lift away. Thats all there is to it and you can tell its so simple to operate.

In order to be useful, adjustable dumbbells need to be easy to handle and easy to adjust. The bowflex's hit on both of these points. They have a thick grip, and it is dead simple to adjust to the dumbbells to the weight you want. As explained earlier, its a simple matter of turning a dial. Being able to adjust weights so easily is the key to having the best adjustable dumbbell set, anything else would defeat the whole purpose.

This set does come with one major disadvantage, which is that they are large compared to regular dumbbells. This can be a problem when doing movements where the weights touch each other or when you are performing moves that require the weights to be near your body.

That was our look at the bowflex adjustable dumbbell set. There are many other different brands of adjustable dumbbells available in the market. All of them will have different features, for example, some may be able to go up to heavier weight, and some will use a different mechanism to select the weight. Just make sure you take a look at all the different features before ultimately deciding on your set because most sets will run you a few hundred bucks, so you want to make sure you do your homework.




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