Cheap and cheerful home weights set

Cona · 06-05-2015 11:28PM #1

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?

blatantrereg · 07-05-2015 01:02AM

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.

Mellor · 07-05-2015 03:20AM

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

Cheap and cheerful home weights set

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