Bumpers = waste of cash unless doing oly lifts.
Bumpers are too thick, not as durable and expensive.
depends on quality, like all plates the better quality the thinner they get, worked out you can fit 7 20kg bumpers a side and still fit eleiko WL collars, so 305kg all up, that is heaps for a home gym.Bumpers = waste of cash unless doing oly lifts.
Bumpers are too thick, not as durable and expensive.
depends on quality, like all plates the better quality the thinner they get, worked out you can fit 7 20kg bumpers a side and still fit eleiko WL collars, so 305kg all up, that is heaps for a home gym.
like 99.99% of things it will come down to personal preference id always go bumpers over plates for a home gym, easier to pick up, no rubber mats needed, im assuming they wont make a mess of the concrete in the garage if you dont have something covering it, my mum and step dad put carpet over the garage floor so i cant actually see.
see Ivanko are discontinuing their chrome PL plate line?
makes me sad
Leoko ftw from now on
true, eleiko bumpers v pl plates are about 2.5 times more expensive or some shitThin bumpers are expensive as hell. Why pay more for bumpers when you don't even Olympic lift.
305kg I'm not even strong and almost deadlift that already and can rack pull and power shrug way over that. What if you want an odd weight were you need, 2.5s, 5s and 10s to make up the weight you can fit much less on.
leoko? go eleiko grah hahahasee Ivanko are discontinuing their chrome PL plate line?
makes me sad
Leoko ftw from now on
true, could of just got them in pl plates fuck never thought of thatI have to query why you got 10s and 15s in bumpers, unless you start your warm ups with 40kg lol.
15s in general are a bit of a waste anyway.
I leave my 15 bumpers on the bar i use for deadlifting, but only because they won't fit on my rack plate storage
if you can, why wouldnt you haha
when you need to you can sub in a few pl plates,Because I plan on lifting more than 305kg.
when you need to you can sub in a few pl plates,
take off 1 20 each side, put on 2 25 pl plates, 365kg
Get the bumpers for floor work, there is less jarring and it's much kinder on the floor and the body.
I like metal plates with a rim on them for non floor work as they are easier to load up onto the bar and make a nice sound clanging together when repping. It takes too much grip strength and wasted energy to load bumpers onto a squat bar.