Product Description

Apex Olympic Bar Kit. Get ready to pump some iron! You get three super-durable, reliable Weight Bars without the wallet-emptying price! The 47" hollow, chrome steel curl bar is ergonomically shaped to put less pressure on your elbows when lifting. And the two 20" hollow chrome steel dumbbell handles allow you to switch weights instead of purchasing individual dumbbells at generally unreasonable prices. Kit includes 6 Olympic spring clip collars to secure the weight plates (not included). Includes 2-year limited manufacturer's warranty on parts. Get started on your weight training journey! Order this Kit! Apex Olympic Bar Kit

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11321 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: chromed
• Brand: Apex
• Model: ODC21
• Released on: 2005-08-12
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 6.00" w x 48.00" l, 14.00 pounds

Features

• Chromed Olympic Curl Bar
• chromed dumbbells
• 6 spring clips
• fits all 2" plates

Customer Reviews

Good quality for the price
First of all, for those wondering, the weights of these bars are: 3 pound dumbbell handles and: 6.5 pound EZ curl bar. Anyway, I know that dumbbell handles and EZ curl bars can both run into well over $100 (separately, not together) for the highest quality stuff. I have been using these dumbbell handles for a couple of months now and I am very pleased with them, especially for the price. The best part about them is you can use them in conjunction with micro loading plates, so that you can effectively add weight to your lifts in as little as 1/2 pound increments. 2" APT Free Weight Weights fractional Plates Chrome Pro Grade I have included a link for the micro loading plates that have been an enormous help to improving my lifts. They are a bit expensive, but they are invaluable. If you have lifted for a while you know increasing lifts in 5 pound increments from workout to workout is next to impossible unless you are still learning the proper form on an exercise or you are lifting 400 pounds.

My only suggestion would be to invest in some better collars. These collars are pretty awful and will not safely hold more than about 15 pounds on either end of a dumbbell handle. This is bad if you want to do exercises where the weight stack faces the floor for a period of time such as when getting in position for a dumbbell bench press, a behind the head dumbbell french press, etc. When trying to do the latter exercise, the bottom half of the weight stack that was facing the floor crashed to the ground when I was getting the weight into position. If you want to avoid this potential danger and frustration, buy some stronger collars. Valeo Olympic Spring Collars I have included a link for some collars that I have not tried myself, but the reviews are good and they also look very cost effective.

Low price, low quality
Well, heres the thing. When you think you're getting a steal because of such a low price, remember...You get what you pay for. That being said, the bar is not horrible, but it lacks quality. One end of the bar was actually pouring out some sort of dark colored dust that i can only assume is iron oxidation. The rest of the bar is chromed, however, when i turned the bar vertical you could clearly see the dust fall out and dissipate into the air. Anyway, the dumbell handles are alright. no complaints. However, if you're used to regular weights, these olympic dumbells will take some getting use to (particularly the length of them) All in all, you really cant beat the price for the 3 pieces. Trust me, i checked and looked. So, may not be the highest quality but it will certainly get the job done.

Fantastic
Great product...delivered quickly...has made lifting weights a breeze with easy to change clips for each bar...good quality with easy to grip handles...