KG Gold

Advantages: Good set of weights, comes with a excercise planner
Disadvantages: Badly made Locking collars

...A while back, about 1 year ago I decided to buy some York weights, 30kilos to be exact. I got home and unpacked the weights, read the instructions on how to piece the whole lot together then started using them. The set comes complete with: 2 Dumbell bars 2 Outer Barbell Collars 6 Vinyl Locking Dumbell collars 2 plastic Dumbell sleeves 6 x 1” Round internal Caps 2 x 4.5kg Vinyl disks 6 x 2.3kg Vinyl disks 4 x 1.1kg Vinyl disks 2 Training charts This was all very well but the Locking collars, which were made of Vinyl were a serious design flaw, two of them broke at the nut because they were so feebly made. Although these are very good weights, at a good price and I have been able to make good use of them that design flaw should have been considered before distribution took place. The total cost of the weights was £19 at Argos... Read review

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Advantages: Safe to you in your own home for all areas of the body
Disadvantages: Grips can give sore hands

...Body Sculpture 18kg Combination Dumbbell set. £20.00 from tesco's This is a great product if you are looking to tone your body or are a complete beginner. Using these weights you can tone every major muscle and for those ladies out there who are worried about building muscle, with only 9Kg per dumbell there isnt really enough weight to do this. To make sure all you need to do is lift a weight that you can complete 15 repetitions of for 3 sets, ideally feeling hard for the final 3 reps of each set. If you are looking to build muscle then you need to be working at a much higher intensity whereby you couldnt really lift the weights more than 8 times per set. The only problem with this equipment is that you will need some gloves to stop your hands becoming sore as being metal they are quite harse, also you dont want hard skin developing... Read review

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Advantages: Are cheapish and can hold enough weights to build muscle.
Disadvantages: Are a little awkward to get home if you have no car. Hand grips are uncomfortable

...As Christmas is over, it is now time to forget those eating habits, get back to the exercise and build that muscle back or even burn off all that Turkey and chocolate. I went to the Gym the other day and it was full to the brim, they come for a week, lose a few pounds then you never see them again. I bet it is because they all have these dumbbells. Anyway, onto the review. Body Sculpture 18kg Combination Dumbbell set. The weights are cast iron and painted with blue metallic paint. This set comes with 4x 0.5kg cast iron plates 4x 1.5kg cast iron plates 4x 2.0kg cast iron plates 2 chrome dumbbell bars (14 inches in length). 4x chrome star collars. These weights are ideal for both men and women you can use just the bars as weights for a beginner. These weigh about 2kg each alone so would be enough to tone upper body. You can have... Read review

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