Which dumbbell is best for home fitness?

I can’t really say which one is the best. The dumbbells used in fitness equipment around me that I have been practicing for three to five years all come in all kinds of shapes. Some people use rubber-coated fixed dumbbells worth 100 yuan and haven’t replaced them for two years. Some people have adjustable pure steel dumbbells that cost less than 2,000 yuan. In the final analysis, they still have to match your own training stage, home conditions and actual needs.

If you're just starting out, you'll usually take half an hour off work to practice shoulder presses and arm curls. The shared house you rent has thin floors and you're afraid of disturbing the neighbors downstairs, so you really can't afford to do all those bells and whistles. In the first two months, I helped a junior sister who had just started to choose dumbbells. The old community where she lived had poor sound insulation, and the floor was made of composite boards that were easy to scratch. Finally, I chose fixed dumbbells covered with environmentally friendly nitrile rubber. A pair of 10kg only cost about a hundred yuan. She practiced for three months, and she went from lifting and swinging to being able to do 12 standard shoulder presses, which is completely sufficient. Of course, some people complain about the strong smell of rubber-coated dumbbells. This is indeed true. If you are greedy for cheap and choose inferior products that cost two or three yuan per kilogram, they will still have a plastic smell after being left on the balcony for half a month and open the door. When choosing, pay attention to the cladding material. The serious environmentally friendly rubber will basically have no smell after being unpacked and left to dry for a day.

If you have been practicing for less than half a year and your strength is increasing rapidly, you can hardly keep three or four pairs of fixed dumbbells at home. Adjustable dumbbells are really a space-saving tool for home fitness. My buddy previously transformed the balcony into a fitness area. He piled up 4 pairs of fixed dumbbells and couldn't even spread out the yoga mats. After changing to an adjustable model, a pair can be adjusted from 2kg to 24kg, and a small rowing machine was stuffed in the free space. However, there are also many people who have stepped on the pitfalls of adjustable dumbbells, especially those with pure rotary locks. Sometimes the dumbbells are not locked tightly and they slide off during practice, hitting the floor or feet. When choosing, try to choose models with snap + rotary double locks. My buddy used it quickly. The sliding buckle has not happened in a year, but if you usually like to do heavy deadlifts and lift 50 or 60 kilograms at a time, the adjustable dumbbells are indeed not as stable as the fixed dumbbells cast in one piece. In this case, it is actually better to go to the gym directly instead of taking risks at home.

If you mainly add weights when doing aerobics or aerobics, or occasionally take them out to practice with friends, the small-weight dumbbells dipped in plastic are also very useful. The aunts who do square dances downstairs in my house each have a pair of 1kg. They don't slip when they are held, and they make no sound when dropped on the ground. They are much more durable than hollow plastic ones.

Anyway, those who bought the wrong dumbbells around me were basically Internet celebrity models. They either weighed too much and couldn’t be lifted at all, or they took up too much space and got stuck in corners after being used twice. Before choosing, you should first measure the space at home and estimate your own training intensity in the past six months. The suitable ones are always better than the expensive ones.