The personal trainer set, (being 5 lb plates), uses all the rung space on the handle from top to bottom. On the personal trainer set, there is no room for those additional rungs. The expansion sets would add additional rungs for the extra plates. The 4 rungs would be 20 lbs on the personal trainer set. On the personal trainer set, all rung slots are used, from top to bottom. So if you look at the base set of elite, there are 4 rungs, equaling 40 lbs, (the handle is 5 and the expansion pods are 5 lb adding 10 lbs for a total of 50lbs). Elites, and most likely all the other “expandable” sets are 10 lbs, 2 plates, welded together on each end.Įach selection “rung” on the side of the personal trainer is then 5 lbs and 10 for the elite. Single plates on either end of the handle. If you look at pictures of the personal trainer plates, they are in 5 lb increments. The issue is not the handle, which is most likely the same, but the weights, or plates. It took a little of comparing, but I finally found the answer. Especially since the elite looks identical. Title: PowerBlock Elite EXP Stage 2 Expansion Kit (2020 model) Description: PowerBlock Elite EXP Stage 2 Kit offers the versatility of expanding the Elite EXP 50 lb dumbbell to 70 lbs, adding an additional 6 increments to the 50 lb dumbbell. If you have some spare change to spend, ball out on the pros! I stuck with the pros and the elites are going to a friend for retail.I’ve had the same “why not” question when it comes to expanding the personal trainer set. The only additions to the pros are luxury upgrades. PB should ditch the safety bars in across the line. The urethane gives me that peace-of-mind in case I do drop them, especially if I lift with them on the platform. Although its footprint is a bit bigger than the elites, it’s no big deal. I like this better since there’s no knurl, I find the contour provides a better grip.

It has a similar feeling grip, however the grip is contoured.

I just received the pros today and used them briefly to chest press 70lbs. Oh yeah, their expansions seem to pop up more often than the pros during COVID, so this is your only option for 90lbs for retail at the moment. The wrist “safeties” on the elites can be a bit cramped. The smaller footprint is more forgiving if you decide to go with 90lb PBs, but I haven’t had issues with the size of the pros in the 70lb variant. I think this may be due to the urethane coating on the pros. Compared to the pro, they have a slightly smaller footprint.

They have a flat, yet grippy rubber handle. They’re a solid adjustable dumbbell, especially priced at $428. However I did test each weight 3 times for accuracy and each number came up 3/3 times. **disclaimer, scale was purchased from Amazon for $16. The delta in weight is useless, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. So hopefully the universe is on your side and you can all get what you want.sooner than later.:-)Īdvertised 10lb block = 9.2lb block (8% delta)Īdvertised 70lb block = 67.4lb block (3.7% delta)Īdvertised 10lb block = 12.4lb block (24% delta)Īdvertised 70lb block = 70.4lb block (.6% delta) But if you take care of these.they will truly last you forever. PowerBlock Elite Stage 2 Expansion Kit, 50-70 lbs PowerBlock EXP Stage 3 Expansion Kit 70 90 lbs PowerBlock Elite Stage 3 Kit 70 90 lbs PowerBlock EXP Stage 2 Expansion Kit 50 70 lbs. They keep their value pretty well.so if you get the Elites.you could always 'upgrade' in a few years. If you just want a cool solid set of adjustable dumbbells for a low/fair price.go with the Elites. Seems to be the general consensus is if you don't mind dropping a little extra scratch the Pro's are worth the upgrade. I generally prefer metal knurled grips.but the Elite does have the straight cylindrical grip that I prefer over the contoured.just in case my hand moves I'll have the same grip circumference no matter where my hand is on the grip. She wanted $480 but I talked her up to $500 because I felt guilty she was so underpriced. But the weighlifting gods smiled on me this week and I got a screaming Craigslist deal: Powerblock Elites 5-90's, large column stand and Powerblock Powerbench.all for $500. I guess I probably secretly wanted a set of Ironmasters.but I was #2105 in the Ironmaster lottery.so I didn't get a set of those. Great post.thanks! I had the 5-70 Pro's in my cart last Sat and didn't pull the trigger for some reason.although I'd been looking at them for months.

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