lifting at home

[bellytimber]

not disagreeing with dess, and other people's lifting needs might be different than mine, but fwiw I bought a set of PowerBlock dumbells that I've used for six years and been very happy with, they go from 5lbs to 80lbs, it takes ten seconds to change the weights, and they seemed pretty reasonably priced at the time. For my needs, having such a small footprint in my home gym for DBs was worth the minor shortcomings. (The shortcomings would be: slight clunkiness, slight awkwardness, slightly more time to change weights.) It's probably worth going into a lifting supply store to at least check them out, you'll know in five minutes of tinkering around whether they would work for you.

[Blarg]

They're pretty fast changes, which is cool. I think almost every negative thing I've ever heard about those dumbbells, and they were few, was simply that someone liked a copycat better, and/or that imitators were cheaper and/or held more weight. (I think the Powerblocks top off at a fairly light weight.)

[Rootabager]

get one of these



Buy some olympic bars and weights

get some kettlebells

that's about all you need. maybe a bench.

[Northern]

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get one of these



Buy some olympic bars and weights

get some kettlebells

that's about all you need. maybe a bench.

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agreed 100% /end thread

That's exaclty what I said in the first post. That's actualy the same powerrack I purchased.

[Rootabager]

Also you might need something to put on the floor. If you are going to be powerlifting in your house you dont want to mess up your floors.

Maybe some of that rubber grid stuff.

[Northern]

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Also you might need something to put on the floor. If you are going to be powerlifting in your house you dont want to mess up your floors.

Maybe some of that rubber grid stuff.

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See my first post on page one, I made a good suggestion as to how to protect the floor.

[Rootabager]

action jeff is rich. he can get a sweet gym .