Buying some weights

magick · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:12

I'm buying a 25kg set from Argos with the following :-

6 x 1.25kg.
6 x 2.5kg.
2 x 35.5cm spinlock hollow bars with rubber sleeves.
6 x spinlock collars.
1 x 165cm spinlock bar.

Can someone tell me what sort of packaging things like this come in? Will they be boxed up and easy to carry through the city?

d_brennen · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:16

They'll come in a box, yes. Assuming you can carry 30kg comfortably you'll be fine

Psycho Sonny · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:24

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18270342

WantoN · 22 Oct 2011 at 18:34

Just so you know, spinlock is rediculously annoying. They fall off all the time.

30kg won't last you long either

Ant

magick · 22 Oct 2011 at 19:23

Thanks for the advice and cool thread Psycho Sonny.

AndrewNR · 23 Oct 2011 at 11:38

Will they be boxed up and easy to carry through the city?

It will be easy-ish, but you will probably be sweating like a pig if you have to walk a fair distance.

As mentioned 25kg is only really enough to work your bi's/tri's.

semi-pro waster · 23 Oct 2011 at 11:42

I've carried a 50kg set with a mate from the local Argos to where I was living at the time and although the total distance probably wasn't much more than a mile I felt pretty ruined after it. While to pick up the weight isn't necessarily hugely difficult it's having to cart it over the distance that gets wearing.

robj20 · 23 Oct 2011 at 11:47

Better going somewhere like Decathalon if you have one near and getting the bars and plates you want.

Deception · 23 Oct 2011 at 12:06

magick said:
I'm buying a 25kg set from Argos with the following :-

6 x 1.25kg.
6 x 2.5kg.
2 x 35.5cm spinlock hollow bars with rubber sleeves.
6 x spinlock collars.
1 x 165cm spinlock bar.

Can someone tell me what sort of packaging things like this come in? Will they be boxed up and easy to carry through the city?

I got the 50kg set from Argos and slowly added to it as I progressed (didnt have much cash at the time). Im up to 150kg worth of weights, even though they're only the standard ones.

magick · 23 Oct 2011 at 12:36

Deception said:
I got the 50kg set from Argos and slowly added to it as I progressed (didnt have much cash at the time). Im up to 150kg worth of weights, even though they're only the standard ones.

what brand did you get?

Deception · 23 Oct 2011 at 12:46

magick said:
what brand did you get?

I got the Pro Power 50kg set. I just picked up the 2x10kg ones from their also, when I needed to add more weight. Ended up getting 2x20kg off the net too once I got more in to it. Even though the bar is supposed to only hold 120-125kg max, ive been happily putting 150kg without any hassle.

May need to invest in a properly Olympic set further down the line, but this set is ok for me so far