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Old Fri, Aug-20-04, 15:35
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Hey everyone -

I'm thinking seriously about starting a Body for Life challenge, but I'm new to the UK (well, newish) and have no clue where to buy fitness equipment. I checked in the Plymouth area in the spring but came up with nothing.

I *did* manage to locate handweights at Boots - but they are so light! 3, 4 and 5 Kg. I need heavier ones than this!

Could anyone point me in the right direction for getting my hands on serious weight lifting equipment?

Thanks!
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Old Sat, Aug-21-04, 06:33
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yellow pages would be a good start.

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Old Sat, Aug-21-04, 09:20
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Hi LMK

I suggest you take a look at www.argos.co.uk and look at their sports equipment section. They have lots of weight training items at low costs and do home delivery.
Also try http://www.exercisezone.co.uk/store/default.asp
which is where I bought my bargain elliptical trainer. They have a huge range of weight training equipment.
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Old Sat, Aug-21-04, 11:44
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Broadway Sports

Unit 17 HQ Building, 237, Union St, Plymouth, Devon PL1 3HQ

Tel: 01752 601400
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Old Sun, Aug-22-04, 04:29
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Yellow pages - what's that???

No really - I already looked in the yellow pages and called around. Apparently I live in sticksville, 'cause I came up with nothing.

Thanks for the helpful information neo crone! RC - I'll give them a call, but I did an exhaustive search of Plymouth and Exeter, being near to both.
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Old Sun, Aug-22-04, 04:42
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Yellow pages is the business telephone directory (I'm sure you know that).

You can find them on line at www.yell.com

Good luck
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Old Sun, Aug-22-04, 15:05
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Not sure if this will help, but John Lewis do sell quite a good range of equipment via the internet, you can check out the range here
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Old Mon, Aug-23-04, 03:25
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I did a google when I was looking for my exercise bike and got a company called Powerhouse - http://www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk/. They deliver for free and arrange a convenient time with you to deliver. They also had a very good sale on at the time! Good luck and welcome
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Old Sat, Aug-28-04, 15:58
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Assuming you're looking for dumbbells at more than 5 kg, I can assure you that they're not easy to find because I've been on the same quest

However, I did eventually find a solution - do a Google Search dumbbells UK and it comes up with several companies. Luckily I live fairly near a mega sportshop which does "proper" weight-lifting equipment. You need to go to a specialist to get over around 5 kg in the UK.
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Old Mon, Sep-13-04, 16:24
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Further to my previous post

In the new Argos catalogue they have a set of weights with two dumb-bell size bars plus one bodybar which - assuming my maths isn't completely off the wall - will allow a pair of dumb-bells of up to around 10 kg each
Good price too, £19.99 for the set. I'm thinking of getting one as I'm about to "outgrow" my current ones. They're on 4.5 kgs each now, the max being 5kg
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