Weight Plate Buyers Guide: Buy the RIGHT Plates For Your Home Gym!

What are the best weight plates for home gym owners? Let’s find out…

Inundated by the number of options for weight plates to add to your home gym? I’m not surprised. Today, we go through the various options for adding weight to barbells and give advice on the best weight plates.

Whether you’re a powerlifter looking for calibrated plates, an Olympic Weightlifter looking for competition bumpers, or simply a home gym owner concerned for your foundation and eyeing bumper plates, I’ll give you my take.

We cover calibrated plates, iron plates, urethane plates, bumper plates, crumb rubber plates, and others.

One thing you’ll realize in your search, however, is that weight is not just weight. Trust me.

Welcome - 00:00
What Is The Best Iron Plate? - 01:36
What Is The Best Calibrated Plate? - 03:51
What Is The Best Bumper Plate? - 04:58
What Is The Best High Temp Plate? - 06:04
What Is The Best Standard Bumper Plate? - 07:02
What is the Best Competition Bumper Plate? - 08:39
What Is The Best Urethane Bumper Plate? 09:10

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[garrt]

The plastic hollow ones are the best for me. I can bench 700 with the hollow plastic ones. I Highly recommend them!😁

[michael]

bumber plates tend to have a larger diameter than iron plates. As such, I have two sets of bumbers and the rest of my collection is iron. The bumbers hit the ground, and the iron doesn't. It is the perfect combination of economy and precaution. I highly recommend it.

[BasementBrandon]

Best weight plate? That's easy. 35lbs.

[motleyb]

Hey Coop, calibrated plates are guaranteed to be within 10g of the weight. I love your videos and appreciate your effort that you put in for the fitness industry! Keep up the motivation and great work!

[davidba]

Dude, I'm glad I've been following your channel as long as I have. You've helped me make some excellent decisions. I never expected my garage gym to turn into what it has. I've bought some things using my own experiences and then have used your reviews.

Just added a Rogue Ohio Power Bar (Black Zinc), Rogue Mil Spec Echo Bumper Set (260lbs), and Rogue Aluminum collars to my gym. My Wife and adult kids bought all that for my early Christmas present.

[joecowan]

For those of us with narrow space on either side of the rack, the Rep rubber coated metal plates with handles are a lifesaver for loading and unloading squat and bench. All weighed right over 45lbs too.

[boodybandit]

Perfect timing. I need all new plates. Just moved and left all my plates with the house because of mover cost. Now building a new gym in my home.

[nstrength]

I bought 6 crumb rubber plates from Sorinex, to deadlift with in my carport, and use 3/4” stall mats too. I figured once I have 315 in rubber on the bar, there’s plenty of cushion and still enough space on my Rogue Ohio bar to add a couple iron plates (which are ever so Slightly smaller in diameter, so I can just slide them right on without lifting each time. It works out great!)

[davidbrugger]

Titan T-3 rack, York milled plates from Rogue and a Rogue Echo bar. Perfect setup for me without breaking the bank.

[stealthassasinday]

Gotta have all the bases covered. Iron for regular lifts, Steel Calibrated for comp preps, Bumpers for drops, and fake plates for for the Social Media clout.

[tedlast]

I just found this channel not long ago after deciding on a home gym. It’s great! This guy is awesome!

[BluegillGreg]

I've been using Vulcan Alpha Bumpers based on your recommendation from a few years back. I like being able to lift outdoors on concrete and asphalt without risking damage to the plate. The Hi-Temps are good for that but are a non-standard smaller diameter. The Alphas are the correct diameter and bounce less, more like a competition bumper.

[j.hartle]

Hi temp, best price for longevity, and if you need more room on the bar for squat or deadlift just buy on set of 45lb iron plates. And if you lift enough that you need more than 405 for a clean you probably aren't even watching this 😂

[nathanielsmith]

wait the reality is “weight is not weight”

love it

from now on i’m going to space and lifting the gravitational pull of a black hole only

[MikePurisima]

Bought 260 set of Rogue mil spec echo bumpers and were the best priced out there with their hundo pricing.

Great info man!

[TheBcoolGuy]

I originally bought a lot of cheap iron plates from Nordic Fighter, and some various other small plates. These were all 25mm. I've gotten to an intermediate strength level with these, but I want to start a local powerlifting meet, and I saw one hell of a deal. I guess Eleiko was having a warehouse clearance sale, so I got 25 kg calibrated IPF powerlifting plates for $87/each, with one pair of 20 kgs for $74/each! That's incredible! It was like half price! I must have saved well over $1000. I bought 330 kg/727.5 lbs just in plates. Then I bought a Rogue Ohio Powerbar 20 kg.

[rodolfomedini]

I thumbs up and will watch the video through to support the channel.

[Sundevil]

Great review as always Coop. I went with Hi-Temps. They had a great BF sale, are the least likely to damage my flooring, can be taken outside and are Made in the USA (Rogue’s deep dish are USA made too, for an iron option for those looking for USA made).

[Samisdead]

For a homegym i would recommend something like REP Urethane Equalizer plates, unless you are a powerlifter or a weigtlifter..

[PracticalBibleStudies]

I suggest using the ones that motivate you to work out. Whether that be the cheapest, most colorful, or most accurate.