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cathrobinson
cathrobinson
Jan 2020
8:50am, 4 Jan 2020
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IW, I keep trying to get my gym to buy a few 1.25kg plates to help the progression on bench press. I’m sure they’ll get some soon...
Mazlin
Mazlin
Jan 2020
9:07am, 4 Jan 2020
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My gym has 1.25 plates...I use them all the time! (Did yesterday’s WOD with just 2.5 plates on the bar and it was still too heavy!)
idle_wilder
idle_wilder
Jan 2020
9:14am, 4 Jan 2020
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They don't have 1.25s already, Cath?! Thought they were pretty standard! I bought my own sets of 0.5kg and 1kg plates when I was building bench up (think I also have 0.25kg plates as well).
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jan 2020
9:22am, 4 Jan 2020
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I use 1.25s and 2.5s a lot too. No shame!
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jan 2020
9:24am, 4 Jan 2020
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The only problem with the dinky weights is that they're often very small in diameter too. The gym I use at Lee Valley has BIG 2.5s (they're hollow plastic I think) which are useful for low/warm up weight deadlifts.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Jan 2020
10:21am, 4 Jan 2020
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We have plates down to 0.5kg at home, but we have skinny bars because for a lot of exercises I couldn't use a 20kg bar on its own, let alone with weights added.
cathrobinson
cathrobinson
Jan 2020
11:04am, 4 Jan 2020
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Ok, I’ll email them rather than mentioning it casually in passing to one of the PTs. Chances are they don’t remember the conversation.
early bird
early bird
Jan 2020
6:48pm, 4 Jan 2020
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We have several small plates at our gym I know for definite 2.5kg 2.0kg 1.25kg 1.0kg and 0.5kg. I want to say we have 0.25kg as well but I'm not 100% sure. They really come in handy if your looking for a pb when you're up at high weights 😉
What we don't have are 10kg dumbbells which is quite annoying when that's the ladies standard weight for competitions.
DoricQuine
DoricQuine
Jan 2020
8:06pm, 6 Jan 2020
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Had my review tonight after completing my 30 day trial at the gym. I have stayed the same weight but fat and muscle ratios have changed, having lost fat and gained muscle. I certainly feel trimmer round the middle so well pleased with that and have signed up for full membership 😊
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jan 2020
8:09pm, 6 Jan 2020
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That's rather fab, DQ!

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