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I got old school iron cookies for my plates, Standard brand from Jesup gym, our local wholesaler. Same with my iron hex dumbbells. I did weight each plate and everything is spot on +/- a few ounces on the 2.5 plates upto 35lb plates. I have the orginal 2- 45lb playes that came with original weight set and they are 47lb each. I bought 2 more 45lb plates a few months later, and one is 48lbs the other is 49lbs, so 225lb plate count wise is actually 236lbs throwing off everything if you are a stickler for weight percentage based programs.
now my daughter is splitting time between high school gym with modern bump weights and rubber DB’s. She came up the other night after doing the program her trainer printed out for her home WO’s and said “either our school weights are lighter or our are heavier because i couldnt do what i was supposed to do and had to drop down in weight.
DB’s ive never weighed, i just know from experience where im at per exercise so i dont give it any thought, barbell weights though since im running the 5/3/1 program i find myself taking into a count the additional weight of each 45lb plate and factoring it in to stay on course percentage wise. Over Christmas shutdown i have 4 new to me gyms im hitting with different buds to mix it up, and I expect weight feel to be different naturally be it the buddy push mentality/new environment....but just wondering how you guys deal with heavier bars, heavier/lighter plates you grab onto thats different than your tried and true typical weight your used to slinging?
now my daughter is splitting time between high school gym with modern bump weights and rubber DB’s. She came up the other night after doing the program her trainer printed out for her home WO’s and said “either our school weights are lighter or our are heavier because i couldnt do what i was supposed to do and had to drop down in weight.
DB’s ive never weighed, i just know from experience where im at per exercise so i dont give it any thought, barbell weights though since im running the 5/3/1 program i find myself taking into a count the additional weight of each 45lb plate and factoring it in to stay on course percentage wise. Over Christmas shutdown i have 4 new to me gyms im hitting with different buds to mix it up, and I expect weight feel to be different naturally be it the buddy push mentality/new environment....but just wondering how you guys deal with heavier bars, heavier/lighter plates you grab onto thats different than your tried and true typical weight your used to slinging?