Adjustable Dumbells

Should you already be into weight machines and feeling the pinch of space and finance for that extra piece of equipment that you have been longing to have, here is the best opportunity for you. Just go for adjustable dumbbells. Here are five good reasons to influence your decision.

1. Range of exercises

One big advantage of dumbbells as compared to traditional weight machines is that it allows you to execute a series of different exercises without your having to change the machine. For instance you could easily change over from performing bicep curls to triceps by merely changing your body position. In effect it means that rather than having four different machines, you could have a total body workout with only a single set of dumbbells.

2. Price

Now let’s look into the economics of it all. You would in all probability be required to spend a couple of thousands for buying a complete set of equipment to work on different muscle groups. Wouldn’t you be relieved to learn that a set of adjustable dumbbells would cost you only two to three hundred dollars? Think of the savings you make for performing a range of exercises!

Even if you compare the amount with the cost of membership for a local gym, the scales are tilted in favor of adjustable dumbbells.

3. Convenience of adjustability

Now, that’s the most outstanding technical feature of theses dumbbells. Merely a swift change of pin enables you to shift from one dumbbell weight to another. That almost makes it work like a pin loaded weight machine but with dumbbells. This feature that enables you to bring a change of weight with a pin, doesn’t call for a big room full of dumbbell, thus saving floor area apart from the capital cost.

4. Space

Unlike the conventional dumbbells that would normally require a dumbbell rack and a lot of storage space, adjustable dumbbells just need a stand that may easily be tucked away in a corner of any room. That allows you to have more of space for bigger fitness equipment of the kind of a treadmill or ellipticals.

Now you need not have second thoughts on your having a home gym due to constraints of space.

5. Maximum Muscular development

Dumbbells, or free weights as they are often called, offer maximum muscular development. As adjustable dumbbells are not as stable as the machine weight, one is required to use more muscles to help support the weight and to exercise in proper form. Anybody who has performed with a traditional bench press as well with a dumbbell press would testify that working with the dumbbells is certainly harder.

You may be able to bench press 200lb x 8 reps with a traditional bar, but you’ll find it difficult to bench press 160lb (80lb per hand) x 8 reps with dumbbells simply because you are required to work harder to keep the weight stabilized.

Aren’t you prompted to rush your decision for buying that additional piece of equipment that you have been postponing since long?