forum thread Posted by ZeroKelvin • May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022 12:22 AM
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forum thread Posted by ZeroKelvin • May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022 12:22 AM
Ironmaster quicklock dumbbells back in stock MSRP ($869)
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If you can't control it, you aren't lifting correctly. Probably 9/10 times a weight falls in a gym, it is the person's ego looking for attention.
That is my problem with powerblocks. The main advantage of powerblocks is dropsets. However, if you are not doing dropsets to absolute failure then you shouldn't be doing dropsets. Again, going to failure means you may have to dump or drop a weight and powerblocks aren't designed to drop. So powerblocks are designed to fail at the one thing they are good for.
However, with all do respect, your years of experience exercising do not automatically make you right. If we really wanted to play the numbers game, I've probably been in more fitness facilities across the country, experienced more equipment, worked alongside more vendors and equipment developers in the industry and spent more cumulative hours in fitness facilities over the last two decades than you. That isn't even bringing the kinesiology degree into the equation.
Your assessment of hypertrophy is only partially true but I won't get into the physiological processes that I actually have a degree in. Just understand that the way you have presented it is an oversimplification and not the only means of hypertrophy (by a long shot).
All of that being said, I was very clear in my statement and stand by it. Unless you are performing an exercise where the weight is DESIGNED to be dropped or if you are experiencing an emergency or threat of injury, dropping the weight is not necessary or advised. You can train to failure and still control the descent. If you can't, you need a spotter or a different weight.
Again, focus on what I'm saying here. If the weight is DESIGNED to be dropped over and over, that is one thing. Dumbbells are not designed for it. Over time, they will warp and damage. It simply isn't a piece of equipment that is designed for repetitive and regular impact. I don't care what type of dumbbell it is. Even rubber weights will warp over time because of behavior like this.
You are right though, these do have a better shape than PowerBlocks that would be far more durable IF the need arose for them to be dumped. But doing drop sets absolutely does not require you to dump the weight every time. That mentality is from the bro-school of training that you develop after years and years of seeing and emulating what you think you should do. It doesn't make it the right way and the good news is, it is never too late to learn something new.
At the end of the day, you can treat your own dumbbells how you choose. I can promise you that I will lose zero hours of sleep knowing that you will continue to drop your dumbbells. However, I will never agree that continuous dropping of heavy equipment that was never designed to be dropped is the correct way of doing something.
If you can't control it, you aren't lifting correctly. Probably 9/10 times a weight falls in a gym, it is the person's ego looking for attention.
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