Reddit reviews Body-Solid 2.5 lb. Olympic Plate
We found 3 Reddit comments about Body-Solid 2.5 lb. Olympic Plate. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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I bought my own plates from amazon 2.5 1.25 Like others have suggested though you can buy chain and just find a way to afix it to the bars think wrapping it around then using bands to keep it on.
$12 for two on Amazon
...im going to have to disagree with Arthur on this one. Get yourself some fractionals, their available on amazon.com.
As a novice, your goal is to gain strength. Now for the first few workout sessions, you could just increase the weight by 2.5kg. However, this will cause you to platuea very quickly. Monkooli seems to have hit this point already, so its time to introduce smaller increments to advance his progress.
Source: Every beginners strength program in existence.
Frac plate:
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