assembling pro style dumbbells

"Bill Eitner" <kd6tas RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>> On pro-style (fixed weight) dumbbells, how large of 1" plates are
>> typically used? Is it 20 lbs, ie: for a 100 lb dumbbell would it be
>> several 20 lb plates and some smaller ones?
>
> It's usually 10s and smaller.
> Ten 10s for a 100 pounder.
> Four 10s and two 5s for a 50 pounder.
> Twenty 10s for a 200 pounder.

Don't they count the weight of the handles and end caps? They could add
around 3 to 8 lbs, depending on the handle length for larger and smaller
dumbbells. I was assuming I should count them, but maybe you know better
than me.

Of course, if they count them, the total weight would be some messy fraction
that would need to be rounded, and it would be a pain to figure out the
correct combinations.
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Dave wrote:
> "Bill Eitner" <kd6tas RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> Dave wrote:
>>> On pro-style (fixed weight) dumbbells, how large of 1" plates are
>>> typically used? Is it 20 lbs, ie: for a 100 lb dumbbell would it be
>>> several 20 lb plates and some smaller ones?
>> It's usually 10s and smaller.
>> Ten 10s for a 100 pounder.
>> Four 10s and two 5s for a 50 pounder.
>> Twenty 10s for a 200 pounder.
>
> Don't they count the weight of the handles and end caps? They could add
> around 3 to 8 lbs, depending on the handle length for larger and smaller
> dumbbells. I was assuming I should count them, but maybe you know better
> than me.
>
> Of course, if they count them, the total weight would be some messy fraction
> that would need to be rounded, and it would be a pain to figure out the
> correct combinations.

My point was that they use 10s to make up the
bulk of the weight.
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"Dave" <test DeleteThis @test.com> wrote
>
> Don't they count the weight of the handles and end caps?

No.

And the handles increase in length every 20 lbs of progression too.
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"Bill Eitner" <kd6tas RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> Don't they count the weight of the handles and end caps? They could add
>> around 3 to 8 lbs, depending on the handle length for larger and smaller
>> dumbbells. I was assuming I should count them, but maybe you know better
>> than me.
>>
>> Of course, if they count them, the total weight would be some messy
>> fraction that would need to be rounded, and it would be a pain to figure
>> out the correct combinations.
>
> My point was that they use 10s to make up the
> bulk of the weight.

FYI I figured out that the handles and end caps together actually add
anywhere from about 4.6 to 8 lbs, with the ones I have, so I'll be pretty
comfortable just rounding off the overhead to 5 lbs for every dumbbell and
call it even, and not try to mess with some 1.075 lb plates.
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