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 Posted: 06/25/05 - 16:17 Post subject: can anyone recommend any dial/adjustable dumbells?
i'm looking for a set...
i heard bowflex has a great set, but i don't really know.
can anyone recommend anything?
prettypleease?
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Cappy
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Posted: 06/25/05 - 16:19 Post subject:
Never used them. I always preferred to change the plates myself.
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blue
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Posted: 06/25/05 - 16:25 Post subject:
i don't have a big space for plates - or any to start from... i thought the dials might be a good way to do it.
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Posted: 06/25/05 - 16:47 Post subject:
Power Blocks?? Kinda like the bo flex ones I think. Never used them but the concept seems cool. Expensive I'm sure. 
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RangerG
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Posted: 06/25/05 - 17:13 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | | i don't have a big space for plates - or any to start from... i thought the dials might be a good way to do it. |
http://www.powerblock.com/
Have em...love em...use em every day...
End of story..
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Posted: 06/25/05 - 18:46 Post subject:
I"m a Nautilus kind of girl. Sorry.
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blue
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Posted: 06/25/05 - 19:28 Post subject:
i'm not sure if i could get over the whole blockness of it...  but thanks.
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Posted: 06/25/05 - 19:34 Post subject:
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i'm not sure if i could get over the whole blockness of it... but thanks. |
Hey...it's not as bad as it looks. Try going to a fitness equipment supply store and see what they are about.
Don't be a block hata...
How do ya think I got such big pythons slick?
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Posted: 06/26/05 - 00:28 Post subject:
[quote="RangerG']how do you think i got these big pythons slick?[/quote]
pet store? 
how adjustable are they? the dial ones are good for half pounds (which i need for the stuff i do - i hate being able to do more then 10lbs and not 15lbs....)
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RangerG
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Posted: 06/26/05 - 09:00 Post subject:
| blue wrote: |
pet store?
how adjustable are they? the dial ones are good for half pounds (which i need for the stuff i do - i hate being able to do more then 10lbs and not 15lbs....) |
Hmm...I will weigh each plate section Monday and let ya know...
Push for the 15 lbs...no pain, no gain...and that's the way that works.
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Posted: 06/26/05 - 15:47 Post subject:
yeah but if you can't move the weight once - it's nice to have a midpoint to work with... 
keep me posted sir.
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Posted: 06/27/05 - 11:50 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | yeah but if you can't move the weight once - it's nice to have a midpoint to work with...
keep me posted sir. |
OK.. I had to take a block to work and weigh it on the digital scale.
Handle and 1 plate 9lbs
Add second plate 14lbs (+6lbs)
Add third plate 19lbs (+5lbs)
Add fourth plate 24lbs (+5lbs)
Add fifth plate 29lbs (+5lbs)
Add sixth plate 35lbs (+6lbs)
Add seventh plate 38lbs (+4lbs)
Add eigth plate 45lbs (+7lbs)
So it looks like each section adds on average, 5 lbs.
And lemme tell ya..at 45 lbs on an over the shoulder tricep curl or concentration curl is not that easy for most folks...
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Posted: 06/28/05 - 16:56 Post subject:
ranger - thanks for the pm, i've been sick and not exactly strolling through the forums steadily 
looks about par for the other dials. i think the one (i don't remember the make) i initially tried was 2.5lbs up to 30, and then up 5lbs afterward... i think.
either way i know i'll have to hit the store to find out for sure. thanks for the info.
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