creative microloading

[ban0001]

Rip-in an attempt to be like Macgyver-esque, what would you think about microloading with a role of duct tape? I believe one roll weighs 1.75 lbs.

[Mark Rippetoe]

That was a TV show, right? I like Battlestar Galactica.

[ben84]

I use velcro wrist weights. The pair weigh 1kg and slide nicely onto the ends of a barbell. Plus there's the added bonus of turning something otherwise useless into something useful.

[Polynomial]

I microload with pieces of meat, which I then consume after the workout.

[fullpen]

Crappy, old version or awesome, new version?

[Stevo]

Hopefully you're talking about the old Battlestar Galactica...when I was a fat little kid, I was mesmerizied by a hot blond named Casseopea & wanted to give her my thrusters real bad.

[Steve Hill]

That was a TV show, right? I like Battlestar Galactica.

Starbuck has very seizable assets.

[jeremyfirth]

I don't remember where I heard of it, but warm-up rings for baseball bats work GREAT for microloading. I got a couple of 16 oz. rings and a couple of 24 oz. rings. They're the perfect size to go on the bar. Here's a link in case you didn't grow up playing baseball: 24 oz. and 16 oz.

[butkus]

I took the advice from the Madcow geosites page and used 6 links of 5/16" chain closed with a spring link clip.

This amounts to a weight of 12 ounces (3/4 lbs) and it fits snugly over the end of an Olympic bar, and it's cheap.

I don't know about you but I ain't paying no $50 for no tiny plates.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Stevo is still a weird fucker.