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Question about LiE's plates (Bodypower ones), please?

They seem very cheap for what they seem to be (steel-centred bumper plates): did you find out when buying them if they could be dropped?

I appreciate it's not really relevant to your training, but... :)
 
Thanks for the response, buddy.

I've had a look online, and there doesn't seem to be great feedback on the rubber-edged ones, but there we go.

The problem I have is that fully rubber bumpers are around 10cm wide for 25s, meaning I'll be limited by how much goes on the bar, and BP Deluxes look a lot thinner and are outrageously cheap.

Which is also a concern...

Or perhaps I should man up and tell my wife that I'm spending 2k just on a bar and plates. :D :eek: :castrated:
 
any specific reason why you need bumper plates?

do you really need to be dropping plates from 7 foot high? or is that really how olympic lifters train?

can you not just use a power rack and catchers? and basically never drop the weights?

even with bumper plates i would still want a minimum of 30mm of rubber matting underneath me if i was going to be dropping £1-2K worth of bar and weights from 7 foot high onto them. so most likely need to either double up on expensive rubber matting or trips or quadruple up on cheap rubber. wouldnt even consider eva foam, the weights would go right through them. also wouldn't drop them on floorboards, will most likely damage/break them over time.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
any specific reason why you need bumper plates?

do you really need to be dropping plates from 7 foot high? or is that really how olympic lifters train?

can you not just use a power rack and catchers? and basically never drop the weights?

even with bumper plates i would still want a minimum of 30mm of rubber matting underneath me if i was going to be dropping £1-2K worth of bar and weights from 7 foot high onto them. so most likely need to either double up on expensive rubber matting or trips or quadruple up on cheap rubber. wouldnt even consider eva foam, the weights would go right through them. also wouldn't drop them on floorboards, will most likely damage/break them over time.
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Snatch, and clean & jerk.

So yes, I will be dropping the bar and plates from 7ft high... that's what training as an Olympic lifter involves. ;)
 
mrthingyx said:
Snatch, and clean & jerk.

So yes, I will be dropping the bar and plates from 7ft high... that's what training as an Olympic lifter involves. ;)
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my point being, could you not just have a "catcher" set at 6 feet high.

you then snatch, clean and jerk, then place it on the catcher.

you take the weight off, put the bar on the floor and do it again.

their must be another way of doing it with normal plates is what i am trying to get at.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
my point being, could you not just have a "catcher" set at 6 feet high.

you then snatch, clean and jerk, then place it on the catcher.

you take the weight off, put the bar on the floor and do it again.

their must be another way of doing it with normal plates is what i am trying to get at.
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I must confess to scratching my head at your perspective... Do you know what Olympic lifting involves?

If done well and properly, it is lifting more than the body is capable of in individual movements (clean, as opposed to upright row; jerk as opposed to OHP, etc.), so lowering the weight, or dropping it onto catchers is a recipe for injury in the former, and damaged equipment in the latter.

Even from the floor, the amount of work involved in loading, lifting, lowering, unloading and repeating is just unpleasant. I'm not the greatest Olympic lifter even on tese forums, but doing that with 100kg just seems... A waste.

The only viable option for using cast plates is to not fail a lift and lower them gently... Which isn't really possible if the lifter ever wants to get good at those lifts. :)

So no, there is no practical alternative.
 
http://mikesgym.org/articles/index.php?show=article&sectionID=3&articleID=11

this website has some info on making a couple of home made equipment items and on training with regards to olympic lifting. the platform is what you may be interested in.

i know what the movements are, if there is no other way of doing those lifts or that type of training without having to drop the weight then you will need to spend £2K on a proper set of bumper plates and then probably an additional £250+ on proper matting doubled up. i just thought that maybe someone somewhere would have made a home made rig to be able to do the training without the need for bumper plates.

just like people who make home made racks, etc, i thought maybe someone could have made a setup for those looking to do this.

some pics of his setup i think, he has normal plates as well as bumper or rubber edged

http://mikesgym.org/gallery/gallery.php?show=gallery&galleryID=15
 
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Oly lifting has people failing lifts, having something to catch that fail will likely impede the lifter in the first place.

I cannot imagine anything being built, without astronomical cost, that could possibly help here.
 
uv said:
A quick google shows that most standard barbells have a load limit of 200-250 lb. So that's a max of 113KG.

Time to sell up and swap for Oly weights :)
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really, ive been doing deads at 150kg with a standard.. mind you its not mine and it doesn't really flex, moving to oly now standard it too small :o
 
Yeah you really want to have a good bar, most will hold more than they are rated for for a long time. But when deadlifting and that bar snaps and all that tension in your body has nothing to push against - one way ticket to snap city for you and the bar!
 
grudas said:
really, ive been doing deads at 150kg with a standard.. mind you its not mine and it doesn't really flex, moving to oly now standard it too small :o
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that is their "safe" limit, obviously you can go higher than that. much like a set of tyres on a car rated to only go xx mph, but it isn't recommended for safety reasons.
 
mrthingyx said:
Question about LiE's plates (Bodypower ones), please?

They seem very cheap for what they seem to be (steel-centred bumper plates): did you find out when buying them if they could be dropped?

I appreciate it's not really relevant to your training, but... :)
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These are the ones we have;

http://www.jordanfitness.co.uk/coll...ts/olympic-training-colour-rubber-discs-round

But damn there expensive and they are rather large your not fitting a great amount of weight on the bar with them.

They do seem pretty decent to my little knowledge on oly plates.
 
Begbie said:
These are the ones we have;

http://www.jordanfitness.co.uk/coll...ts/olympic-training-colour-rubber-discs-round

But damn there expensive and they are rather large your not fitting a great amount of weight on the bar with them.

They do seem pretty decent to my little knowledge on oly plates.
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Thanks for letting me know, buddy.

Regarding the bumpers, I have a reasonable idea as to what I'll do if I can't find anything cheap/decent in the slim-line arena.

Practically speaking, I think I'll probably wind up going for a standard set of bumpers and then just make up the rest (for ideadlifts/squats) with cast plates.

The question is whether I use that idea to get some expensive bumpers... :cool:
 
Got an order coming on Saturday from Fitness Superstore, looking forward to getting it :D -

POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 10Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Disc 15Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 2.5kg (x8)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Disc 20Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 1.25Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 5Kg (x8)
7' Olympic Bar (320Kg / 700lb Rated) (x2)
CNOlympic Spring Collar (Pair) (x 4)
PTWBPR11-B Workbench Power Rack (Black)
Heavy Rubber Gym Mat (182 x 121 x 1.7cm) (x4)
Olympic EZ Curl Bar 1
Olympic Tricep Bar 1
Commercial Preacher Curl Bench (Grey) 1
Olympic Weight Tree 1
Rubber Hex Ergo Dumbbells - 3Kg (x2)

Already have a utility bench and a fair range of dumbbells.
 
_Andyh_ said:
Got an order coming on Saturday from Fitness Superstore, looking forward to getting it :D -

POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 10Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Disc 15Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 2.5kg (x8)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Disc 20Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 1.25Kg (x4)
POLYGONAL Rubber Enc OLYMPIC Discs 5Kg (x8)
7' Olympic Bar (320Kg / 700lb Rated) (x2)
CNOlympic Spring Collar (Pair) (x 4)
PTWBPR11-B Workbench Power Rack (Black)
Heavy Rubber Gym Mat (182 x 121 x 1.7cm) (x4)
Olympic EZ Curl Bar 1
Olympic Tricep Bar 1
Commercial Preacher Curl Bench (Grey) 1
Olympic Weight Tree 1
Rubber Hex Ergo Dumbbells - 3Kg (x2)

Already have a utility bench and a fair range of dumbbells.
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looks like a really nice haul there, i have 2 of those mats and they are the best ones out there for the money, i wish i could afford to plaster the full space with them but they are expensive.

2 of them manages to cover my power rack and give me enough space for deadlifts, which is quite frankly enough, so i have cheaper thinner rubber matting instead for other work which is adequate.

only thing missing are these imo

https://www.strengthshop.co.uk/weight-plates/fractional-plates/fractional-plate-package.html

they are great when you hit plateau's or want to break a PB, etc. well worth the money even though they are so expensive for such little weight.

would love to see pictures of your setup
 
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