5/8-lb Washer Plates

[franklie]

Where can one get inexpensive 5/8-lb plates for use with an Olympic barbell (2-in OD bar)?

Thanks beforehand for any help with this.

[Adam Skillin]

Where can one get inexpensive 5/8-lb plates for use with an Olympic barbell (2-in OD bar)?

Thanks beforehand for any help with this.

McMaster-Carr

[hollismb]

Depending on your definition of 'inexpensive', Dan Miller's microplates set comes with 5/8 lb plates.

[blandrick]

Depending on your definition of 'inexpensive', Dan Miller's microplates set comes with 5/8 lb plates.

And they are amazing. Mine were waiting on me when I came home from our trip to the inlaws for Christmas. Worth the money.

[David Clark]

And they are amazing. Mine were waiting on me when I came home from our trip to the inlaws for Christmas. Worth the money.

Absolutely

[John Watson]

Get the Dan Miller plates.

I have both. Problem with the washers is they are slightly less than 5/8 lb, so going 1.25, 2.5, and 3.75 is fine, except that 3.75 is actually a bit less than that, and when you jump to the next 5lb increment it's a bigger jump.

Dan's plates will even up the increments and also give you more options.

[skid]

I'm not a big fan of microloading, and yes I do have micro plates. I find my strength can vary quite a bit from day to day and just go with how I feel. If the bar is too light I'll do an extra rep or two, or if the bar is too heavy I'll go to failure. If I'm feeling really strong I'll put an extra 5 - 10 pounds on.

[sbhikes]

I'm not a big fan of microloading, and yes I do have micro plates. I find my strength can vary quite a bit from day to day and just go with how I feel. If the bar is too light I'll do an extra rep or two, or if the bar is too heavy I'll go to failure. If I'm feeling really strong I'll put an extra 5 - 10 pounds on.

I agree with you that it's not important to have a high level of precision at such low weights but I still need to microload.

[melody]

I have dan millers plates and they're great. You can also get baseball bat weights.

[Tim Lofton]

I'm not a big fan of microloading, and yes I do have micro plates. I find my strength can vary quite a bit from day to day and just go with how I feel. If the bar is too light I'll do an extra rep or two, or if the bar is too heavy I'll go to failure. If I'm feeling really strong I'll put an extra 5 - 10 pounds on.

Almost a "lite" version of RPE/PowerliftingToWin method.