Originally Posted by
Andrey.
In my new gym, 20 kg plates has 44 cm diameter, and for 25 kg plates it’s 46 cm. Inside diameter is 50 mm. The bars I use has sleeves with almost no slack (almost no “click” at the deadlift start position), and the bar is 28 mm thick. I also use flat-soled sneakers for deadlift
I guess it’s acceptable to use these plates, since weightlifting shoes are often used for deadlift, which affects foot-to-bar distance.
But which plates should I use (44 or 46 cm)? By the weightlifting shoes logic I should go with 44 cm since my shoes are flat, and if I’ll switch to weightlifting shoes it would be 46 cm? (there's also no mats available to compensate)