Adjustable Dumbbells

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Adjustable Dumbbells for Sale: How Much Weight, and How It Adjusts An adjustable dumbbell is a single dumbbell whose weight you change on the spot, so one pair covers the range that a full set of fixed dumbbells would take up along a wall. The weight sits in a block, on a cradle, or as plates on a bar, and the adjustment decides how much of it comes with you when you pick the handle up. Where a set starts, where it stops and how big the steps are between all depend on the set: some stop at 24 pounds a hand in 3 pound steps, others climb past 100. Adjustable Dumbbell Sets Go From 24 Pounds Per Hand to Over 100 The ceiling is the first decision and the hardest one to undo. Fifty pounds a hand covers pressing, rowing, curling and lunging for most people for a long time, and a 5 to 50 set is where most of this category sits. Not everyone needs that much: the PowerBlock Sport 24 runs 3 to 24 pounds a hand in 3 pound steps and does not expand, which makes it a warm-up tool rather than a full set. Above 50 pounds the block gets physically longer, which is the trade for the extra weight. Two sets answer the top end differently. The PowerBlock Elite EXP starts at 5 to 50 a hand in 2.5 pound steps, which is 16 pairs of dumbbells in a block about 12 inches long, and takes Stage 2 and Stage 3 kits to reach 70 and then 90. The Pro 100 EXP starts lower at 5 to 40 and climbs further, through four stages to 100 a hand, on urethane coated plates. Buy the stage you need now and add to it. One thing to get right before you order: expansion kits are locked to their own line, so Elite EXP kits fit the Elite EXP and nothing else PowerBlock makes. Our comparison of the Elite EXP and the Pro 100 EXP runs the two ladders side by side. What Are the Best Adjustable Dumbbells for a Home Gym? The Elite EXP, and it is not close. It is the pair we sell most of by a wide margin, and three things put it there: the size, the price against what it holds, and a ceiling of 90 pounds a hand. Very few pe