Dumbbell sets can be very expensive (thousands of dollars), but a good set of dumbbells will give you an increased variety of weight lifting exercises to choose from and decrease your workout time.

Dumbbell exercises are great for building muscle and building strength. I actually prefer them over barbell exercises. You get a greater range of motion and you work each side of your body independently!


It should be obvious to you that a set of dumbbells will increase the number of exercises you have available, but you might be wondering how dumbbells will make your workout faster.


If you've ever used adjustable dumbbells, you will know what I mean with respect to time! Changing out weights to get the correct dumbbell size for each exercise can get time consuming.


But, it may be worth it to you due to the outrageous prices of dumbbells. Shipping prices may be the worst of all because of the heavy weights of dumbbell sets.


Dumbbell exercises with dumbbell sets are also quicker than barbell exercises because you don't have to change the weights around, add more weight, take weight off, move the bar to different positions, move the barbell out of the rack, put all the weight back on the weight tree, and so on!

Dumbbells increase the number of exercises because you can pretty much do every exercise with dumbbells that you can with a barbell and more. Dumbbells will actually allow you to do many more exercises than a barbell because you're not restricted by the barbell.


For example, try doing pinwheel curls for your forearms with a barbell - you can't! Or try doing incline dumbbell curls with a barbell. The barbell restricts certain movements.


You can do alternating exercises with dumbbells too! For example, you can do alternate dumbbell curls in which you lift with your left arm first and then your right arm or vice versa. There are a variety of alternating exercises out there that you can only do with a set of dumbbells.


Dumbbells also allow you to rotate the weight when you are lifting. This rotation of the weight is impossible with a barbell and makes some great exercises!


A set of dumbbells will allow you to go straight to the weight you need for your exercise without the need to change any weight plates or remove weight plates from the barbell.


You'll save time because the weight is already there for you without you having to get the specific amount of weight ready. Trust me, this is a big plus!


Let's look at an example. Let's say you're using a barbell for incline barbell bench press and you need 225 pounds on the barbell. You have to get the weight bench in position and centered directly under the barbell.


You then have to unload the bar if it was already loaded with more weight than you needed. Then you load the barbell with weight for warm up sets. After your warm up sets, you have to load more weight up to your working set weight. After bench press, you then have to unload all of the weights from the barbell to start on your next exercise.


Now, let's look at the same scenario with dumbbells. Let's say that you're getting ready for incline dumbbell bench press. You go straight to your dumbbell rack and pick up dumbbells for a warm up set.


After your warm up set to get you accustomed to heavy weight, you put the dumbbells back on the rack and pick up your working set of dumbbells. You do your set and put the dumbbells back.


That's it! No changing weights. No figuring out the weight on the bar and double checking it to make sure you've loaded the correct amount of weight. No centering the bench. Dumbbells save you a lot of time!


Powerblock dumbbells are the recommended dumbbell sets because the dumbbells in the link below take the place of 18 sets of dumbbells! Do you know how much money that saves you? They'll save you at least a few thousand dollars...



I made a huge mistake when building my home gym several years ago. I bought hex dumbbells as shown in the image to the left.


They take up so much space and cost entirely too much money! And hex dumbbells are the cheapest dumbbells you can find.


A pair of 100 pound dumbbells will cost you $140, and I'm sure the price is only going to rise. Get your Powerblock dumbbell sets today while you can. They are the best bargain you'll find for your home gym.

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