Originally posted by: cremefilled
If you are at all serious about fitness, spend a little more and get dumbbells that can hold more weight, and that don't use the crappy spring collars (which will inevitably slip and fall off). Spin-lock collars are nice & secure. Also, get 2 & 1/2 lb. weights, and 1&1/4lb. if available. Making small adjustments is key to progressive training, and a set such as this one that most people will jump from 10 to 20 to 30 lbs. is making far too large incremental changes.
Free weights, unlike about any other exercise equipment you can buy, should last a lifetime, so buy something good. Plastic covered concrete is something to particularly avoid.
and yeah hes right on the spinlock much better than spring but also has a higher pricetag.Spending a bunch on free weights is a nice investment but most ppl dont actually end up using them one tenth what they say they will too start out so 20 isnt a bad price to see if you really will keep with it.
Originally posted by: andrew2w
What happens if you are already dead sexy and don't need to work out
Originally posted by: cremefilled
Here's a source -- NY Barbells -- that sells plate weights at $0.36/lb., and they sell 1&1/4 lb. weights which are vital for dumbbell use, IMO. Going from 20 to 30 lbs. for a dumbbell curl is a ridiculous jump; going from 20 to 22.5 or 21.25 is much more easily accomplished.
The dumbbells in the initial link of this thread just aren't suited for much, though, because they aren't long enough to hold much weight, and because the spring collars suck.