Troy Plates...

[jsteffen80]

...any good?

I'm getting my home weight room set up, and am exploring options for plates. A local dealer sells Troy plates and can get me 600 pounds worth of the nice grip plates (Troy GO) for about $900. It seems like a reasonable deal considering most places online it would be able the same (after shipping) for standard black iron plates.

Anyone have any other recommendations for buying plates?

[Meshuggah]

Grip Plates are Lame.

[mdeshaies]

craigslist- I don't pay more than 50 cents a pound. I've bought over 2000# pounds this way. I'm also not a fan of the grip plates.

[jsteffen80]

I've been watching craigslist for months, and there hasn't been much good in my area as far as weights go.

Please educate me on the problem with grip plates.

[Meshuggah]

Please educate me on the problem with grip plates.

If you have to ask, you would never understand.

[jsteffen80]

If you have to ask, you would never understand.

Is it some unfounded macho thing? Seems like it.

[morbidlyfat]

I agree that used plates are the way to go. Just make sure they're Olympic and you'll do fine.

[AdamW]

$1.50/lb is insane for iron plates. The local commercial fitness store here sells played brand new for $0.68 per pound, and none of the other stores I've visited sell for more than $1/lb.

Everyone says Alison Foreman at York is the best option when buying and shipping new plates, Google her contact info maybe.

[Meshuggah]

They are better than nothing. I'm glad I bought all my stuff when it was $0.39 a pound. I have around 1,800 pounds of Olympic plates (non grip of course)

[Dastardly]

Is it some unfounded macho thing? Seems like it.

Well they look like shit for a start. But also they are much more prone to breaking.