Picking Plates - Cheap Weights

In today's video we take a look at cheap plates and why I prefer to avoid them. I understand many people think "weight is weight," but you'll soon see this often isn't the case.

Make sure you check out the other videos in this series!

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[tremerefury]

When buying weights at walmart, grab a scale from the bathroom department and bring it to the weights. Save yourself the trip. Lol

[erickheera]

Me: is content with home gym, total is 1200$
Brandon: I'd rather spend a little money more long term
Me: ok, ur right
Also Me: total after new purchases, 10, 000$

[MarkReadsReddit]

Bro, the cast iron plates don’t come seasoned. You just gotta break em in a bit, follow these steps:

Scrub plate well in hot soapy water.
Dry thoroughly.
Spread a thin layer of melted shortening or vegetable oil over the plate.
Place it upside down on a middle oven rack at 375°. (Place foil on a lower rack to catch drips.)
Bake 1 hour; let cool in the oven.

[A.kennedad]

You definitely gotta do the bumper plate video now🤷🏽‍♂️

[JoelP]

The old cast iron plates from the 70's are more accurate. I bought a pair of Cap plates, poor quality to say the least. My 40 year old Weider kilo set is surprisingly accurate.

[bobmash]

I am shocked at how many comments Brandon reads and replied to. It’s impressive. I don’t know how you have time for all of them.

[kolecarterbenches]

I have weighed a bunch of metal plates at the gym I go to. I just weighed them on the scales and wrote on them what they actually are. The diameter is all the same for most 45 pounds plates but They vary from 41 pounds to 47 pounds. When you are benching in the 500-700 pound range a few pounds can really throw you off.

[fedguy]

My York new standard plates are pretty good. All my 45’s are within 2% based on my digital scale. York rep told me me they switched foundries recently and the standard plates are molded very accurately and they will be moving the milled plates to that facility too. The Rep recommended them over their milled for the price savings. I’m very happy with them.

[skeggoxoverland]

Please teach us about bumber plates. q: Are they as or even more variable than iron?

[tomk]

Yeah, count me into the bumper plate video-wanting camp.

Not that I haven't already bought bumper plates, but, well...

[johnh]

Rogue echo bumpers, 1% weight difference and I believe $129 for a pair of 45s. Cheap af

[BrendanTietz]

Great vid! I’ve weighed so many cast irons and they’re always off! I explain that to my clients all the time! Same with the dumbbells.

[robertspence]

Yes, please do a bumper plate video. Cost vs quality comparison like this one, as well as the different materials used and their benefits. Love your videos and thank you for letting the world know about Strong Arm bars.

[rossMIE]

Do one about dinner plates? Plain or patented, floral or abstract, China or earthenware, these are the question we need answers to.

Nice video. I think the morale of the story is you get what you pay for.

[skepticalroot]

Last month, I bought 12 45lb cast iron plates from Titan Fitness. They were on sale, and had (and still have) free shipping and arrived in a couple of days. They are stated spec'd within 2% weight, "448 mm" in diameter and with a 50.5mm center hole. I found all of this to be true once they arrived. I weighed each plate and found them within 1% if I'm not mistaken. Center holes I measured with a caliper and found them all to be 50.55 to 50.7 mm, and the 2 mm difference in the plate diameter seemed to be just to say they aren't 450 (compared to the two old standard 45's I had - they seemed to match up exactly). I had a couple of small chips in the finish, and one of the center holes seemed a little rough (turned out to just be a finish imperfections). I still can't tell if I lucked out or if they are really that good, but I was impressed with the purchase. The boxes called them "calibrated" plates, but they seem like they mean they were machined after casting. I was going to get the York G-2 cast iron grip plates (which were\are also on sale) but weren't spec'd to a percentage and would have run an extra $125 in shipping. However the price with shipping is currently less than the non-sale price of the Titans.


Not that you are looking for them, nor do I still think you'd seriously look at them now, but I thought the info was relevant to the video topic.

[keepitkg]

I got pretty lucky with the CAP plates I bought, they're all within a couple of lbs of each other. The price was hard to pass up, so I bit the bullet on them.

[FyrFytr]

Great video. I found the best bang for the buck is if you can find used old York American cast steel plates. Milled ones are a bonus. Actually cobbled a set together at my firehouse gym from all the weights at the different stations in town. Especially when they have a nice patina to them. Pretty much all cast plates come out of China nowadays. I think Iron Grip is the last American company casting general usage plates.

[fs]

I have collected a 600 plus lb set of 12 sided Marcy grip plates I restored in hammertone gray. Very proud of these even if slightly heavier than stamped weight.

[justtraining]

This gonna lead us eventually to what you decided to go with? I learned something new realize that cast & milled were actually different.

[dakotaplatz]

Please do a video on bumpers from Rogue 🤞👍