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Cheap and cheerful home weights set

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  • 06-05-2015 11:28pm
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    Cona
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    hi all, NEWB ALERT!
    Looking to spend some money in getting a weights set for home use. Mostly just want a basic bench and a barbel with about 50 kg weight for starters. Was looking at this in Argos

    Adidas weights and bench €114

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3237461/Trail/searchtext%3EWEIGHTS.htm

    Would this be a good idea or should I look at getting everything separately but better quality?
    Any recommendations?

    I will be looking at buying more plates to put on so would this barbell support that?


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    blatantrereg
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    45kg is very light. It says that the maximum weight you can load it with is 90kg which is also pretty light for a barbell. I wouldn't view this set as very useful.

    Better off getting a pull up bar and reading convict conditioning in my opinion.


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    Mellor
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    Cona wrote: »
    hi all, NEWB ALERT!
    Looking to spend some money in getting a weights set for home use. Mostly just want a basic bench and a barbel with about 50 kg weight for starters. Was looking at this in Argos

    Adidas weights and bench €114
    It's not very good imo.

    Home weights sets in general are a bit poor. You'd be better off getting a few different pieces of more versatile stuff.

    Foam Roller €20
    Pull-up bar €30
    Set of Bands €30
    KettleBell €40
    Total €120


    More or less the same price, but will server you better and for longer.
    blatantrereg wrote: »
    45kg is very light. It says that the maximum weight you can load it with is 90kg which is also pretty light for a barbell. I wouldn'.
    90kg was the max user weight. Which is a fairly arbitrary figure


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