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Recommend Beginner Weights Purchase

  • 23-05-2006 10:47am
    #1
    OrangeOranges
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Complete beginner when it comes to weights which I now want to buy for home use.

    Im hoping someone on here could recommend a beginners package.

    Also websites where can find best priced. (if not will go with buy and sell)

    I know for a fact any cheap ones in argos fall to bits pretty quickly.


Comments

  • #2
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    I got a bench and 50kg of weights in Elevery Sports for 199....bench is fairly sturdy and well put together, looked at some cheaper benches that you'd be afraid to leave a salad on...

    Suits me grand, I'm a total beginner as well, don't have any interest in alot of the extras you'd find on more expensive benches so I suppose it depends on what exactly you want...


  • #3
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Argos 50kg york set is about €76, 2 dumbells and a barbell and about 40kg in plates. I have no room for a bench, plenty you can do without it. If you get serious you can add on later.


  • #4
    lasair
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭lasair


    im a gym istructor and i too would recommend the argos set..
    it does the job


  • #5
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,513 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    Yeah the Argos CAST IRON weights are fine unless you're an animal. I have that 50kg Argos barbell/dumbbell set and I've put 176 kg on the barbell no problem. Obviously I needed to buy lots of extra plates.

    Don't go near the Argos vinyl weights though. These really are crap and they are what gets Argos its bad reputation


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