Should I do this?

[BiggT]

Great rotation, diameter is just perfect. It just gives you the ideal conditions to lift under. Depending on the bars/plates you use now, just lifting on one will probably add 20lbs or so to both lifts.

Another plus to having your own stuff is it is accurate progression, in a commercial gym, you could weigh every 45-pound plates they have and get a different number, and you have no way of knowing which plate you used last.

I go to a commercial gym, just joined a new one a couple weeks ago privately owned though, it is really a powerlifting gym (so, much fewer moron stories, lol), I actually train most of my olympic lifts on a Texas Powerbar. A great bar by all means, but not ideal for olympic lifting, does rotate fairly well. There is a little make-shift gym about an hour from me and the guy who runs it has an Eleiko set and it is like Christmas day lifting on that thing, lol. I feel like the jolly green giant with a pint sized bar in my hands from being used to yanking on a TX Powerbar all the time.

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

You're a New Yorker? Never woulda guessed.

Dynamic Eleiko is in Michigan at least their contact is. I guess it's technically Midwest, but over on the West Coast you know how it is

I'm a Long Islander. I say shit like "that RAWKS" and "Aww, that's HAWT".

Why wouldn't you have guessed? What do I act like?*

* - Aside from totally awesome

 

[Jim Ouini]

Dammit I gotta get this Eleiko stuff now. I think I'll give IM and Dynamic Eleiko a call tomorrow and go with whoever has cheaper shipping.

Speaking of progression, the sets include the metal disc set from 5 to 0.5 kg, and the Husker collars. How sweet is that.

 

[Jim Ouini]

I'm a Long Islander. I say shit like "that RAWKS" and "Aww, that's HAWT".

Why wouldn't you have guessed? What do I act like?*

* - Aside from totally awesome

Just funnin' ya AI.

 

[BiggT]

It really would be a worthwhile, life-long investment, just so long as it is an investment you can afford to make, I can't see you having any regrets.

 

[anotherbutters]

Are you planning on doing a lot more oly work then, Jim? I can't see the better rotation and snugly fitting plates having much of an effect on the non-oly exercises. I know it's partly (mainly? ) an indulgence thing, but I'm just curious.

 

[Jim Ouini]

To quote one of my favorite movies: 'Just because you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you have to do porn'

Anyway, I'll dabble here and there and I'd love to get better at them but I doubt they'll be my main thing.

 

[bignate73]

To quote one of my favorite movies: 'Just because you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you have to do porn'

Anyway, I'll dabble here and there and I'd love to get better at them but I doubt they'll be my main thing.

you know I've been told that...or was it hung like a squirrel doesn't mean you can fly? anyways...

OLY lifts are just plain fun, and great conditioning too. I saw that link for the gill plates and seriously wanted to jump on it because yes! its is a pain in the ass to lift and have to gingerly set the weights down because they are metal.

enjoy whatever your purchase is. OLY lifts are fun!

 

[Jim Ouini]

you know I've been told that...or was it hung like a squirrel doesn't mean you can fly? anyways...

lol

OLY lifts are just plain fun, and great conditioning too. I saw that link for the gill plates and seriously wanted to jump on it because yes! its is a pain in the ass to lift and have to gingerly set the weights down because they are metal.

enjoy whatever your purchase is. OLY lifts are fun!

Yep I find them fun as well, even if I suck at them. And I was gassed just doing hang cleans with 95lbs

 

[Jim Ouini]

Shipping from Dynamic Eleiko for the 182kg set is $312, not too bad. Waiting on IM now