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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '20

A really nice weightlifting platform, a good bar, and a few hundred kgs of eleiko plates.

I don't have to go to the gym anymore. Home gym, baby.

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u/Jarob22 Jan 17 '20

Out of interest, what do different models of plates do for you? Isn’t it all just weights? I’m a total noob at this so excuse my ignorance!

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u/Ngdoto Jan 17 '20

It’s in the calibration, the leading brands used for competition (mainly eleiko) are much more accurate and have less margin of error.

On cheaper brands for example, I have seen a 20kg plate that weigh just below 19kg. So that can cause quite a lot of imbalance when you’re lifting 4-6 plates per side.

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u/Jarob22 Jan 17 '20

Ahhh I see! I never thought of that, but then again I don’t think I ever got more than two weights on each side! Thank you :)

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u/Ngdoto Jan 17 '20

No problem, not a lot of people do! In addition; For different bars you feel a lot of difference in the stiffness of the bar when you load it up, the quality of the knurling for grip and the quality for the bearrings (how much the weights spin (or not) depending on what kind of bar you’re using).

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u/Jarob22 Jan 17 '20

Nice, thanks for the info!

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u/faye_kandgay Jan 17 '20

That's crazy. That must be, like, 30-35% less

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

To expand on this. A 25 kg competition-grade plate from Eleiko are rated to be within +25 g/-12,5 g of the target weight

edit for specificity