I would have to describe these plates as stout. They’re much thicker and shorter than any other 1” plates I have. They’re also milled, who else would mill a 1.5lb plate back in the day? No kilogram conversion to be seen on them anywhere so older than 55 years if they’ve resided in Canada their entire life.

Used by my ultra marathon running wife for calf stretches. She also uses it for incline and decline unilateral lunges, probably some weird running exercise to get better at running up and down hills.

It’s not just for power rack accessories, it also works very well as a homemade tsunami bar collar when combined with a piece of plywood. I used a 5/8 pin, I was afraid of putting a 1” hole in the pvc.

Another score from the local F45 that was shutting down. It’s clearly a knock off of Rep’s sled. The removable weight horn makes it great for loading sandbags on, then dragging it back. It’s clearly designed for indoor use though, the first try on the driveway resulted in some pretty big gouges in the metal. It’s only used in the park now.

A 16*16 piece of 3/4” plywood over anything makes a DIY deadlift block. 2” block is a bumper plate, 3” is a 45 or a mountain bike tire, 6” is a car tire and 8” is a stolen tire from a Porsche. Sometimes I’ll put a 2.5 behind the weights to stop them from rolling around if it gets too heavy. Putting a mark on top to denote the centre also helps.

The most basic deadlift jack is a 2.5lb plate. Simply place the plate infront of the 45 closest to the collar and roll the weights onto the 2.5. It raises them all off the ground high enough that you can take all the other plates off.

Got a different version of these in a pandemic special from a local business. Mine atleast have a spot to put plates to help stabilize it a bit. Knowing what I know now, these things are so unsafe for squatting or benching. Not to mention you look like a jackass benching in them. They’re currently in storage but I will be using them in the summer for pressing a log outside.

I bought this at the start of the pandy when stuff was still cheap. I used it almost everyday for at home work outs and it has taken a beating. It’s a little louder than some other companies, maybe due to a cheaper casing? Now that it’s kind of fallen out of favour with my training it works real well as a warm up for bag tosses.