Owner's Manual

Donotleanonthedumbbellhandlesorusethemtosupportyourbodyweight,suchasusingthemasabasetoperformapush
up.Doingsowilldamagetheweightplatesand/orthelockingmechanisms,andcancausetheweightplatestodisengage(drop)
from the handle without warning. This can cause serious injury, and will void the warranty.
 Inspectthedumbbellspriortoeachuse.Donotuseadumbbellwithwornordamagedparts.ContactyourlocalBowex
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distributor or vendor for service.
Weight Increments
There are 9 weight increments:
2kg 4kg 7kg 9kg 11kg 14kg 16kg 18kg 20kg
(4 lbs) (10 lbs) (15 lbs) (20 lbs) (25 lbs) (30 lbs) (35 lbs) (40 lbs) (45 lbs)
Note:Weightincrementsrepresentestimatedvaluesonly.Exactvaluescanvaryduetomanufacturingvariances.
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Before You Start
The dumbbells are shipped fully assembled. After carefully removing the dumbbell from its box, there are some initial steps that should
betakentofamiliarizeyouwiththefunctionoftheproduct,andtomakesurethatallfeaturesofthedumbbelloperatecorrectly.
Donotdropthedumbbell.Droppingthedumbbellwilldamagetheweightplatesand/orthelockingmechanisms,andcancause
the weight plates to disengage (drop) from the handle without warning. This can cause serious injury, and will void the warranty.
1. Afteryouremovethedumbbellfromitsprotectivepackaging,inspecttheproductsandpackagingmaterialfordamage.
2. Pushdownslightlyonthehandleassemblytomakesureitisfullyseatedinthebase.Rotatetheadjustmentknobseveralfull
rotationstomakesureitturnsfreelyinbothdirections.Makesurethereisaclickateachweightincrementoftheadjustment
knob.Thisclickwillhelpyoualigntheknobcorrectlytomakeaweightselection.
Note:Theweightincrementsrangefrom2to20kg(~4to45lbs)ontheadjustmentknobs.
 Tomakeaweightselection,turntheadjustmentknobsuntilthatnumberisalignedwiththeline(L1)onthetopsurfacesofthe
handle(Fig.1).Forexample,tosettheweightto2kg(~4lbs),alignthenumber2withthelineonthehandle.
3. Afteryoumakesurethattheadjustmentknobturnscorrectly,turntheknobsothatthenumber2isalignedwiththelineonthe
handle(Fig.1).
4. Withtheadjustmentknobssetto2,pullthehandlestraightupfromthedumbbell.Thiswillremoveonlythehandlefromthebase,
andletalloftheweightplatesstayinthebase(Fig.2).Thehandlewithoutplatesgivestheinitialweightof2kg(~4lbs).
NOTICE:Whenyouremovethedumbbellfromthebaseorreturnittothebase,useaverticalmotion,perpendiculartothebase.
Donottiltthedumbbellormoveitlaterally(paralleltothebase)untilitisfullyclearoftheunselectedweightplates.
Note:Thedumbbellhandleandweightplatesaresymmetrical.Whenyouputthedumbbellbackintothebase,theendsofthe
handle can point in either direction.
Operation
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