Woot has the highly desired PowerBlock personal trainer set for $300. This set is not expandable beyond 50lbs.
The Personal Trainer Set is a hybrid set utilizing the weight stack from the Personal Set and the handles of the Elite Set. The Personal Trainer Set allows the user to achieve every 2.5 lb jump within the weight range of 2.5-50 lbs per dumbbell.
- Pair of adjustable dumbbell weights for efficient, cost-effective strength training
- Adjusts from 2.5 to 50 pounds in 2.5-pound increments for maximum versatility
- Selector pin lets you change weights easily, just like with weight stack at the gym
- More compact and balanced than traditional dumbbells
- Padded handle for wrist protection
- Offers maximum weight of 50 pounds per hand
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If you don't plan on going above 50 lbs, these are better than the EXP sets because the Personal Trainers can easily and quickly go up in increments of 5 lbs rather than 10 lbs. With the expandable powerblocks, you have to mess around with adding and removing the chrome adder weights to change increments in 5lbs, which doesn't help when doing drop sets.
The Personal Trainers are basically the same thing as the USA Elite powerblocks, except they are made in China and can only go up to a max of 50lbs. I haven't seen any quality issues with my dumbbells even though they were made outside the U.S.
The only thing I don't like is how confined the handle space is. The Personal Trainers, like the Elite EXP, have wrist guard rails inside the dumbbell handle that are meant to support your wrists. In practice, they actually hurt my wrist a bit because they are so close to the actual handle. I don't have particularly big wrists or hands, but I find the handle space to be a bit confining even for me. I'm still getting used to that.
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Pair of adjustable dumbbell weights for efficient, cost-effective strength training
Adjusts from 2.5 to 50 pounds in 2.5-pound increments for maximum versatility
Selector pin lets you change weights easily, just like with weight stack at the gym
More compact and balanced than traditional dumbbells
Padded handle for wrist protection
Offers maximum weight of 50 pounds per hand
Dimensions at 50 lbs; 12"W x 6"H x 6"D
Ships in 2 boxes
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https://slickdeals.net/f/10925727-powerblock-personal-trainer-set-5-to-50-pounds-per-dumbbell-229-99
Time is money. I'm in for a set at 299
https://slickdeals.net/f/10925727-powerblock-personal-trainer-set-5-to-50-pounds-per-dumbbell-229-99
Time is money. I'm in for a set at 299
The personal trainers were actually being sold for as low as $199 pre-covid. It was posted several times on SD at that price, including Dec 31 2018 and once again in late 2019.
With that said, you're not going to find a pair of Powerblocks anywhere near that price unless you get a terrific deal on used dumbbells from craigslist or something. Will likely be a while until prices get back to pre-covid.
With that said, you're not going to find a pair of Powerblocks anywhere near that price unless you get a terrific deal on used dumbbells from craigslist or something. Will likely be a while until prices get back to pre-covid.
If you don't plan on going above 50lbs and don't mind the wrist guards that can be a bit confining, get the Personal Trainer set.
If you think you may want to go beyond 50lbs at some point, get a set that has "EXP" in the name. That means the dumbbells are expandable beyond 50lbs, although keep in mind those expansion weight plates cost a lot if money.
And if you want the best quality, quietest adjustable dumbbells, get the Powerblock Pro series - either the Pro 50 (if you don't mind being limited to just 50lbs) or the Pro EXP dumbbells. The Pros are very expensive and hard to find right now, though.
The Sport series is just like the Pro series, but they don't have that fancy rubber coating on the weight plates and don't have that cool all-black look to them. They have Sport 50 and Sport EXP dumbbells.