If you’ve been to a department store or sports warehouse lately looking for cheap dumbbells you probably noticed that they aren’t cheap at all. I spent some time trying to find a set of hex dumbbells under $500, and I never found any. The least expensive cheap dumbbell set I’ve found (I’m talking about a non-adjustable, non-neoprene set that goes from 5-50 pounds in 5 lb. increments) is $621 from bigfitness.com, but that doesn’t include a stand, which usually runs between $80 and $100. But this is a pretty good deal, considering most other sets I’ve found are around $850. So with this particular set of iron hex dumbbells you would be paying around $1.15 per pound. Not bad. But, if you want to spend half that then read on.
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