They have a smooth urethane finish (five pounds on each side) and metal pins connect the two sides. The Powerblock weight plates are ten pounds each. You can then buy an add-on pack that takes you up to 70 pounds (stage II) and another that gets you up to 90 pounds (stage III). The base unit goes up to 50 pounds in total (green). The Powerblock U90 is expandable up to 90 pounds, with the purchase of two additional weight packs. When you lift the handle from the base, the selected weights come out along with it. Each of the plates which are housed on the ends of the units is ten pounds. To select your weight, you slide the selector into the color-coded area on the side of the Powerblock that corresponds to the weight you wish to use. The handle has a slight contour to provide ideal grip ergonomics. The center section has two parallel bars that are padded, while the handle in the middle of the unit has a rubber grip around it. The selector slots into these ridges to allow you to select the weight that you want. On the end, bases are ten ridges that run the length of the base. So, each color provides you with an empty handle weight, one rod inserted weight and a two-rod inserted weight. Each color provides you with three weight options, depending on whether the handle rods are inserted or not. On the bottom of the base is a chart that indicates the different weights by way of color-coding. In the open position, you can remove the stainless-steel slugs which are each 2.5 pounds.Ī selector tool or indexer allows you to pick the weight that you want. It has close positions on either side and an open position in the middle. A lever at the top of each side of the base allows you to remove the weights on the bottom of the unit. Each of those rods is 2.5 pounds in weight so that you can set it at 2.5, 5, 7.5 or 10 pounds. However, the handles have removable rods so that you can reduce it down to five pounds. The center-piece of the Powerblock accounts for ten pounds.
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