0.5 and 1kg plates

[TomoUK]

does anyone know where or if i can get plates these sizes that will fit an olympic bar?

 

[anotherbutters]

does anyone know where or if i can get plates these sizes that will fit an olympic bar?

Pullum sports do them. I think they were 4 quid when I bought mine. The problem I found with the smaller plates is that you don't get consistent weight increases when you combine them on the bar because of the sloppy manufacturing tolerances - they don't weigh what they say.

I ended up weighing my 2.5kg plates (which were about 2.85kg) and dividing that by 5. I then made up 8 loops of chains weighing that amount (approx 0.5kg). I can now add 1kg-4kg to the bar in chains before going to the 2.5kg plates and I know the increments are consistent, even if they aren't exactly 1kg.

 

[TomoUK]

thanks for the advice, it never occurred to me that the weights would be inaccurate, especially not by that much! Maybe ill give the chains idea a go instead.

 

[anotherbutters]

Bear in mind the chains weren't as cheap as I expected. I probably spent as much on chains as I would have on the same amount of plates. The plates I had were 2 x 0.5kg, 2 x 1.25kg and 2 x 2.5kg, so consistently small increases were impossible for me anyway.

The chain was from B&Q. I think it's the 6mm one. The links are 2" in length. 20 links weigh 538g.