Why are plates so goddamn expensive? Where can I find decent cheap ones...

Why are plates so goddamn expensive? Where can I find decent cheap ones? Was thinking about taking some from my shitty gym

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Before I left college I decided to assemble home gym equipment because it would be cheaper long-term. At first I honestly contemplated loading a plate here and a plate there into my gym back every workout in order to save on costs. Didn't go through with it because it's theft, because it's logistically lulzy, and because there are cameras everywhere. The thing is you can get plates for fairly cheap if you search through craigslist and find people trying to off-load old gym equipment. And the thing is it literally does not matter what condition they're in because they're just hunks of iron.

Some of the plates I bought are straight-up rusted brown. Doesn't fucking matter. Maybe at some point in the far future I'll replace everything with legit olympic bumper plates, but for now my rusty iron plates are fine and they've worked for me for a while now.

Craigslist

Plates are expensive for 2 reasons;

> They need to weight the stated amount perfectly, be made to an exact size and individually measured and checked to make sure they're correct, this takes time.

>There isn't that much of a demand for them, so there isnt that many producers

Supply and demand brah

>There isn't that much of a demand for them, so there isnt that many producers

lol

>They need to weight the stated amount perfectly, be made to an exact size and individually measured and checked to make sure they're correct, this takes time.
lolno, there is a ton of variation in individual plate weight. Your average 45 will actually be anywhere from like 42 to 48.

>There isn't that much of a demand for them, so there isnt that many producers
lel, that's just plain false.

>proper Olympic weight plates have a variation.

Lol fuck no what would you ever think this? Even the collars used in Olympic weightlifting have to weigh an exact amount each or they're not used. Same for the bars

>lots of demand for them

Nope not at all

Who said anything about calibrated olympic-level plates? Stop being a retarded sperg. We're talking about normal fucking plates here, not the highest quality ones used in the actual olympics. Fuck, nobody even said anything about bumper plates at all, faggot.

As we all know, moving heavy objects requires more fuel. They cost more fuel to ship from manufacturers and that cost is passed to you.

Don’t steal user that shits gay and will curse your gains

Craiglist and garage sales

50 cents a pound is a good buy for rusty plates. Craigslist

I honestly wasn't planning on it but I thought about it


Tried Craigslist, didn't really find much on there

I just picked up 2 cap 45lb plates for 60 bucks, op. Just get good

a 20kg plate is like 20 dollars, what the fuck?

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kijiji or craigslist. there is no shortage of people getting in and out of lifting so there is a never ending stream of people offloading their shit. depending on how cheap you are you will need to camp for the right ad longer

Where can you get 20kg weights for $20?

Found an ad via Kijiji. Still waiting for a reply.

this... $5-45lb type deals all over

>Where can you get 20kg weights for $20?
At your local blacksmith. Where the fuck do you live?

in australia my kmart has cheap as weights they are up to 20kg but are a bit weird in shape

I didn't see any 45lbs plates for $5

In Canada

What do they look like?

>$0.99 a lb.....
>expensive

Might just buy sandbags. I just need them for weighted pushups to put in a backpack.

>working out at home

What are you, an antisocial pleb?

Or go get some rocks.

Fpbp

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>a fucking leaf
but seriously, is $1/lb too much for you for brand new plates? i have basic coated ones that cost just under that, and i swear i've seen bumpers go for slightly over $1/lb

That's what I did when I was a teenager. Just put some rocks in a old book bag and lift. It's not perfect, but it's cheap.

Real talk all you need to do for rusty plates is spray them with one coat of a hammered spray paint, and then a second coat of a clear coat spray paint. No one can ever tell the difference.

>not working out in the comfort of your own home

What are you a homeless millennial paying $50 for avocado toast?

>can’t afford $50 for food

What are you, some poorfag?

>not having an avocado tree

What are you homeless?

>not living in a condo

What are you, some country boi?

The issue with this is that there are also reseller jews who snatch up all the cheap equipment and then sell it off their craigslist "store". Still possible to get stuff from actual people who no longer have need of it, but goddamn is it frustrating when you're looking for equipment and its all getting sucked up by these kikes with their fake businesses

But do you count the weight of the paint?

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>not having a garden

What are you, some city cuck?

That is fairly expensive though. if you're paying a dollar per lb and you deadlift lmao5plate, then that means needing to pay $460 just for the plates. That's over half the cost of a typical barbell home gym setup in total. Getting cheaper per-pound deals on plates makes a huge difference in terms of cost savings

>living in the outskirts of a major metropolitan area

What are you, some poorfag antisocial farmer?

>gardening

What are you some stay-at-home mom?

>$460
>for weights that last forever
Oh man.... That's caarrazyyy.....

Concrete. Just add more to the bar once it starts to feel light

>he counts the rust on his pl8s for his lifts

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nice sour grapes. Home gym is GOAT because you don't have to prep for the gym, don't need to worry about commute, don't need to worry about avoiding "peak hours", or holidays, or pop music blasting from the speakers, or any of that shit. I can roll out of bed and start brewing my coffee while warming up. I can choose to take as long as I want between sets to shitpost on my computer. I can work out naked. I can blast music or youtube videos through my speaker setup. I can workout every day and not have to deal with added commute. I can do squats in the morning and deadlifts in the evening after work. It's so fucking flexible.

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>not having a garden full of flowers and fruits

What are you, some cyberpunk fag?

>tfw had a home gym
>tfw had to move for work
>tfw had to sell the equipment
Nothing lasts forever

>using cyber punk to insult people

What are you, some pimple faced videogamer?

So you usually have to balance out your bar with 2.5lb plates? Yeah ok, you haven't lifted a weight in your life.

>not being insulted by being called cyberpunk

What are you, some fag cyber goth?

Do yourself a favor and go autistically weigh all the plates in your commercial gym. Protip: they're not exact. They have a large margin of error.

>calling someone a fag

What are you, a misogynist?

Misogyny is the future.

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I used to work for a recreational center. They had 2 gyms. On my last days of work. I acquired lmao2pl!, a ez bar, a few 10's and 2 25's.

Helped me with gains but i soon plateaud again.

My homejim is much bettur now

This. Used is the best option.

just got everything I need for home gym. and have been shopping around for plates. I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and buy new. its bullshit that theyre 1$+ per lb