I would speculate that the one of the biggest mistakes home workout newbies make when they start working out is choosing the wrong equipment. There is so many great adjustable dumbbells out there today, but there is also a lot of bad quality ones, how can you tell which are good and which are bad? What is the criteria for a good set of dumbbells?
Well the first thing you should do before you even start looking for an adjustable dumbbell system is decide on your own personal goal. You have to know why you are buying these dumbbells, what goal are you working towards? For me personally I want to have strength and mass, this means I have to look for dumbbells which will compliment this process, I am talking about ones which can be adjusted to pretty heavy weights. Most women though are not looking to build muscle and mass so they should look for dumbbells which are light, but which suit toning and aerobic exercises. Before you even thing about looking at different adjustable dumbbells you must define what your goal is!
The next thing you must do is research what you want well. Go online and read adjustable dumbbell reviews, see what other people have said about the products you have considered purchasing. Some products look fantastic but they don’t last, others look terrible but they will never break. Remember that dumbbells are a tool and they are not meant to look good. The best way to determine all of this is to look at the reviews about them, customer as well as top trainer reviews.
Unless you are extremely wealthy and money is not a problem, then you are going to have to factor in cost. For people who just want to tone up this won’t be too big of a problem because toning requires dumbbells which are not heavy and so they will be cheap (comparatively). On the other hand big mass building dumbbells usually are in the hundreds of dollars, they will last you a long time if you buy the right ones, but they cost an arm and a leg to begin with. For absolute luxury you can go with powerblocks.
If you keep these pointers in mind, buying a good set of adjustable dumbbells should not be too hard of a task!
