Im looking to possibly pick up a set of adjustable weight dumbbells for starting the P90x program. Found a set of the Bowflex ST 552's on CL for $300, supposedly brand new but no stand. Anyone have these or something similar? Looking for personal accounts on how well these type of setups work and if they're worth the money.
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A friend had them a while back and I used them once to mess around with. Seem to be good, my only concern would be if the weights fall off after the locking mechanism starts to wear away. I read some reviews online and a lot of the older model had a plastic tab that broke after a while but the newer models replaced the plastic tabs with metal tabs. That apparently fixed the problem.
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Bob, I'm not sure about that particular set, but adjustable dumbbells would be a handy tool in P90X. There are a variety of exercises on Shoulders/Arms and Back/Bicep days that will cycle through a series of different weights. It's a pain having to manually adjust my dumbbells, especially when the interval between exercise sets is so short, like when doing strip sets. I would definitely recommend adjustables. You may do better than $300 for a set, though
:-) Not sure why Bowflex is so $$$.
Depending on the lowest starting weight of that dumbbell, you may also want to pick up some lighter, single weights. You won't want to go too heavy on certain shoulder & triceps exercises (like Arm Circles) so make sure you can get to 3, 5, 10, 12 & 15 pound weights as well.
Good luck!
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Thanks Gerard. The 552's go from 5 to 52.5 with increments of 2.5 lbs up to 25lbs, then 5lbs increments after that (which doesn't explain how you can get to 52.5).
I've been looking at a few different sets, Bowflex, PowerBlock, etc. They're all around $300+.
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