PlateMates (Pair) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was introduced to the concept of "microloading" through the writings of Stuart McRobert Build Muscle Lose Fat Look Great: Everything You Need to Know to Transform Your Body(which I highly recommend). Previously, when weight training, I would work up to my best lifting poundages and would remain there indefinately. I now cycle my training intensity to build a gaining monentum troughout the cycle. As I reach my previous best poundages I make use of these "little gems" to nudge myself beyond prior sticking points in weight. I own both sizes of the PlateMate hexagonal weights(2pr. ea. of the 1 1/4lb'ers & the 5/8lb'ers). I own a complete set of hexagonal dumbells from 5lbs. to 50lbs. in 5lb. increments. Sometimes that 5lb. jump (10lbs. between the 2 'bells) is quite substantial. For instance on strict DB curls I would master the 15lb. 'bells and move up to the 20lb'ers where my form would completely break down to "cheat" the weight up out of necessity. I had always wished that someone would make an 18lb. 'bell. Now I just slap on a pr. of 1 /14lb PlateMates on ea. of my 15lb'ers and voila, 17 1/2 pound dumbbells. I'll even add the 5/8lb PlateMates to the outside of the 1 1/4lb units. Now I have 18 3/4lb. 'bells. You can see how in this manner the Jump from 15lb to 20lb now becomes something achievable through manageable, small increments of progressive weights. My only negative observation would be the lack of a 1 7/8lb. PlateMate. When stacking the small one onto the big one it makes for a pretty wide overall package and care must be taken during certain lifts to avoid knocking off the little ones. (They have some type of coating, maybe rubber, that makes the magnets hold a little weaker when stacked in this manner.) Overall experience was very satisfying, and I highly recommend this product to anyone interested in gaining strength or muscle.

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Plate Mate Hex (Pair) at Power Systems, Inc.

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1.25 Lb. Gray Cast Iron Olympic Plates (Pair) Review

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(More customer reviews)As a weightlifter who is nearing the end of the novice stage, these are just what I need to wring the last drops of progress from my program.The plates spin easily on the Olympic barbell, and appear to be of good quality.The only odd thing was that I received GREEN plates.They are a very pleasant grey-green, though, and now I have both size and color on my side to indicate that these are my own plates and I'm not actually stealing from the gym, so I'm happy with the color as well as the plates themselves.Weightlifter's Warehouse also is an excellent seller.

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Grey cast iron plates with raised numbers and letters in silver for easyidentification.

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