Do you think there's any rationale for keeping the heavy bells? Heavy 2H swings? 1h deadlifts? Heavy cleans? And first of all - do you think they are necessary for my goals?
I feel like the real undertone of this thread is, "should I give up on my dreams?"
My 48 hasn't gotten much use in the last year or two, but I ain't giving it up this year.
I don't even have a 48, and I still think clean and pressing one would be awesome.
@Pasibrzuch I am not sure if they are
necessary for your goals.... but my thought is this: can you foresee yourself wanting to use your heaviest bells in the
future? I can only speak for myself; I have a barbell set totaling just about 300 pounds if I threw on every plate I have, and the heaviest bell I own is just a 24kg. Right now that is more than plenty for me.
The barbell is nice. I like it a lot. I am still pretty relatively
"weak" "not that strong yet" with it. I mostly use mine for front squats, less-frequent deadlifts, and jefferson curls. My upper body goals are still calisthenics goals. AND, I still think it would be really cool to clean and press a 48kg for reps someday. I don't know if I actually ever will, but it's incentive enough for me not to sell my 24kg which has been mostly collecting dust while I work on other things. My handstand pushup training has translated to stronger pressing with my meager 24kg anyway. I am always pleasantly surprised at how I can press it more than I used to, even though it mostly just sits there.
For what it is worth, when it comes to training, I think attributes trump all else. Pure strength, conditioning, etc.... So, again, I would consider what goals you think you might have in the future. What tools you have at your disposal will help you accomplish different kinds of goals in different ways. Do you foresee yourself coming back to goals that might require heavier bells someday?
The other thing I would consider is whether you think you will want/need/value more training tools
in general in the future. My suggestion is simply to consider if you will have a need for a "home gym" in the future, or even just want one.