Buying some weights. Plastic plate, rubber... What to get

[manymovements]

Decided to buy some weights for my room, I cant really afford to stay at my gym so have to leave for a while.

Presumed I was just gonna go get plate weights but then seen all these variations and much cheaper plastic ones.

Is the more expensive plate/chrome worth the extra money?

Whats wrong with the plastic weight bar them being cheaper to make (im presuming).

[Rob T]

An Olympic bar is 20kg and thicker so when you start lifting heavy it can take the weight. I think a normal Oly bar will take at least 300kg, possibly more, but worth checking.

The thinner bars like those you get in Argos etc won't be able to take anywhere near the same amount of weight.

As for the plates, the only thing which really matters is weight but avoid the plastic ones because they can crack and break. Cheaper metal ones may also break if dropped (especially on each other) but if you take even a slight bit of care of them they should be fine.

[pauljono1120]

20kg?! fucking hell lmao.

I could just curl the bar.

[JeffMcFluffy]

20kg?! fucking hell lmao.

I could just curl the bar.

You won't get guns at that rate :flexestoself:

[Wiegieboard]

A basic Oly set doesn't cost as much as it used to. It's not quite as good as a powerbar but you could get a 150kg Oly set for as much as you'd pay for a powerbar lol. You can drop a loaded olympic bar from head hight to the floor if you have a platform that can take the shock, you couldn't do that with the concrete and plastic ones though. They'd disintegrate.

[pauljono1120]

LOl, this reminds mee of when I lost the clips off my old bar, and replaced them with screw ones, was benching and weights slidd off and i fell over the bench . :')

Good times.

[Rob T]

20kg?! fucking hell lmao.

I could just curl the bar.

Some advice for you...

Eat more,
Lift more.

[MikeyL]

Some advice for you...

Eat more,
Lift more.

Dont bother you are wasting your time telling him.

[manymovements]

Thanks for the advice guys, I got a few plates from a charity shop for really cheap and just scouting about for a good deal on a bar atm and some more plates.

[Hassan]

Thanks for the advice guys, I got a few plates from a charity shop for really cheap and just scouting about for a good deal on a bar atm and some more plates.
Ive got some metal plates (40kg in total) and a barbell and two dumbell bars, il take £45 for them plus the shipping unless you would want to pick em up.
Almost identical to this, bars and collers are Golds Gym and plates are Marcy

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EKYv8zd7L._SS500_.jpg

[jimmy_bullard]

Some advice for you...

Eat more,
Lift more.

Time to double up on those cheese and onion crisp sandwhiches methinks.