Do you own standard weights or olympic weights?

[coldblue1955]

Which works best for you?

 

[coldblue1955]

??? anyone?

 

[Pamela]

I have Both.

But I think most guys would say the olympic set?

 

[coldblue1955]

I have Both.

But I think most guys would say the olympic set?

i just bought my olympic set. it's the best thing i bought in a long time.

 

[Pamela]

i just bought my olympic set. it's the best thing i bought in a long time.

That's great.

You will get many, many years out of that.

Where do you have it set up?

 

[GoldenDelicious]

both, but mainly normal weights, as i dont squat at home

 

[RADAR]

My first set of weights was from sears, i broke em after a few months, my next set was Weider Iron sadly i bent the bar after a few months, now i have 3 405lbs olympic sets with about 2000 lbs of plates!
Several machines and squat rack!

RADAR

 

[jerkbox]

My first set of weights was from sears, i broke em after a few months, my next set was Weider Iron sadly i bent the bar after a few months, now i have 3 405lbs olympic sets with about 2000 lbs of plates!
Several machines and squat rack!

RADAR

the set i have at the parent's house i s weider too......an olympic set, except it was in kilos......so instead of 45's they were 44's, 33's, 22's, 11's, etc......

friggin geigh

 

[TheProject]

the set i have at the parent's house i s weider too......an olympic set, except it was in kilos......so instead of 45's they were 44's, 33's, 22's, 11's, etc......

friggin geigh

Olympic, but we have both lb and kilo plates, so we gotta make sure we don't mix.

We call the kilo plates the Hasselhoff set.

 

[gonelifting]

Both. I mostly use the Olympic weights for everything except for leg curl ext machine and lat pulldown/tricep machine for standard plates.

Oh and EZ curl bar gets standard plates as well.

 

[SuperShredder]

I workout at home and all i have is standard weights. They work great for me.i have 50lbs plates,25s,10s,5s,2.5s,1 1/4's.

 

[coldblue1955]

My first set of weights was from sears, i broke em after a few months, my next set was Weider Iron sadly i bent the bar after a few months, now i have 3 405lbs olympic sets with about 2000 lbs of plates!
Several machines and squat rack!

RADAR

Wow 2000lbs. you really look like the hulk I bet!

 

[Lumberg]

I workout at home and all i have is standard weights. They work great for me.i have 50lbs plates,25s,10s,5s,2.5s,1 1/4's.

They make a 50# standard plate? Weird

Olympic allt eh way bro down to the olympic DB handles.

 

[gonelifting]

They make a 50# standard plate? Weird

Olympic allt eh way bro down to the olympic DB handles.

Yeah I have a couple of those I use on the pulldown machine. They are pretty much always on there for a base weight for pulldowns and triceps movements. They never really come off.

I still wish I would have opted for the selectorized stack machine.

 

[Testosterone boy]

My first set of weights was from sears, i broke em after a few months, my next set was Weider Iron sadly i bent the bar after a few months, now i have 3 405lbs olympic sets with about 2000 lbs of plates!
Several machines and squat rack!

RADAR

And you are afraid of a spider?

I don't know why but lifting makes me more emotional and less fearless.

It was prolly the clomid I used to do.

I bought an Olympic set TODAY. My back and neck cause a lot of pain unless I keep my strenght up. Old auto accident.

 

[Lumberg]

Yeah I have a couple of those I use on the pulldown machine. They are pretty much always on there for a base weight for pulldowns and triceps movements. They never really come off.

I still wish I would have opted for the selectorized stack machine.

Ok but it's not liek you would ever put that on the end of a bar right?

 

[gonelifting]

Ok but it's not liek you would ever put that on the end of a bar right?

The only standard bars I have is an EZ curl bar and some shorter straight bars I bought for curls on preachers or something. I would hate to use an olympic bar for preacher curls, so I bought a shorter standard bar for that. I do use those plates for curls and lying tricep extensions with the Curl bar and the machines I talked about..leg and pulldown...

Everything else is olympic. I have 4 sets of 330 pound Olympic weights and several hundred pounds of other Olympic plates. Only real complaint is the bars bend from being cheapo.

 

[wootoom]

i love the standard weights

 

[RADAR]

And you are afraid of a spider?

.

I'm not afraid of spiders, actually i have managed to catch a rattlesnake and handle him bare handed, this spider was an exotic pet about the size of my hand and it completely caught me unaware.


RADAR

 

[Lumberg]

Hey you know what you guys would get a kick out of? Taking a trip to the York barbell factory store in York, PA. Smurfy and I are going next weekend. That's where I got all my olympic stuff.

 

[gonelifting]

Hey you know what you guys would get a kick out of? Taking a trip to the York barbell factory store in York, PA. Smurfy and I are going next weekend. That's where I got all my olympic stuff.

Damn I would love that. I get excited looking through their website. lol I got a couple of things from there. Lat machine and couple of other things.

I would go nuts in there.

 

[jerseyart]

What are these "weights" you people are talking about

Cmon, let me in on the secret

 

[Carmen]

there's the powerlifting hall of fame there. a friend/client of mine is in it. i have a pic of him and his dog standing beneath his plaque.

 

[RADAR]

Wow 2000lbs. you really look like the hulk I bet!

Naw! Man! I weigh about 150lbs wet.



RADAR

 

[jerseyart]

Naw! Man! I weigh about 150lbs wet.



RADAR

LMAO

How was that bee sting on your bicep

 

[RADAR]

LMAO

How was that bee sting on your bicep

You mean ,you can still see it??? Rats!



RADAR

 

[Carmen]

Naw! Man! I weigh about 150lbs wet.



RADAR

liar liar pants on fire.
you should take em off in fact.
then take pics
and send em to all the wimmin folk.

 

[RADAR]

liar liar pants on fire.
you should take em off in fact.
then take pics
and send em to all the wimmin folk.

Sleep with me...............



RADAR

 

[Testosterone boy]

I'm not afraid of spiders, actually i have managed to catch a rattlesnake and handle him bare handed, this spider was an exotic pet about the size of my hand and it completely caught me unaware.


RADAR

I handle rattlers with my feet.