Dumbbell sets that are good to go

Keep your weights in one place with these handy briefcases that help you organize and safely store them -- and take your workout on the road. You're feeling good. You just did a great dumbbell workout of biceps curls, overhead presses, bent-over rows, pec flies and triceps extensions to a rousing medley of Village People hits. Then you crunch your big toe on a 10-pound iron weight plate lying in the middle of the floor. Dumbbells do a body good, but since you need different weights for different exercises, you often end up with plates, collars and random bells scattered about. Solution? The dumbbell briefcase, a form-fitted, plastic box with a built-in handle that houses all the component parts. Convenient and inexpensive, these products provide a good variety of weights for the average person and make organizing, storing and traveling with your cumbersome weights a snap. And they keep your toes pretty happy too.

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