#Power blocks bar for free
#Power blocks bar plus

That means a short bar, plates, dumbbells. What people in a cramped apartment need is a compact weight set with dumbbells. Of course, olympic barbells would be better for higher weight capacities. using either the 160 lbs available for the dumbbells or a mix of the plates from the dumbbells and readily available standard weights. pretty much whatever you can fit on a standard bar. including tricep bars and specialty bars that currently aren't available from Ironmaster or Powerblock (2) The weight limit is higher. They can be used with ANY inexpensive standard barbell. But if you know that an adjustable barbell set (like owasM described) is something you'll use, then the Ironmaster Dumbbells are a better choice in my opinion since (1) They do not require a proprietary barbell although one is available. In my opinion, most of the barbell exercises could be substituted with similar dumbbell exercises.

#Power blocks bar for free

On more than one occasion, I was given several standard bars and standard plates for free with big purchases on Craigslist. Standard bars are cheap at Play it Again Sports. They're a bit less expensive at $75 each (versus $129 for the ones from Powerblock) but you could just use ANY standard bar instead. Ironmaster has a shortie bar and an EZ bar also. As it is, it's interesting, and maybe useful for someone who can only work out at home where space is very limited, or for someone who can't go to the gym all the times they want to and wants to do more lightweight exercises at home when they can't go (and has the money for it). I would be more interested in them if the could be used with the 175lb block set, as they could be used to squat 370lb's then, in a relatively compact home package. Usually power blocks are more expensive than buying the equivalent used weights off craigslist - if you have the room for them. I didn't list this as a major issue because of the weight limit, and for someone looking for minimize workout area size they might not have room for a power rack anyways.Ħ. Don't know if that would fit on a power rack.

The bar without the weights is 40 inches (55 inches including the area for the weights). Don't know if the rectangle shape of the weight vs the round shape of barbell plates would make any sort of real-world difference.ĥ.

#Power blocks bar plus

(Again, website plus they confirmed over email).Ĥ.

Don't know personally how much a difference this really makes with 195lb's. The bar does not rotate like an Olympic bar does. It works with the U50, U70, and U90 sets, but not the XXXL Heavy Weight 175 Set, or the 125 version of the same set (again, website plus they confirmed over email).ģ. This is the max listed on their website, and I emailed powerblock directly and they confirmed that this is the max weight.Ģ. Like the Ironmaster equivalent, they seem to be a 'halfway' solution that's interesting, but doesn't quite replace a regular barbell set (unfortunately).ġ. Powerblock released a straight bar and ez curl bar for use with their powerblocks. I saw a vaguely related thread last week or something, other than that I hadn't seen a thread on them here.