Roark Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 Does anyone incorporate the pinching of wide bumper plates such as the York 35 or 45 that alone appear to be as wide as 3 regular 45 lb plates? The 'rough' rubber would help the grip but the width may offset that advantage. Anyone found this useful or not useful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotGrip Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 A gym I used to work out at had rubber coated plates, and they were wider than standard plates, but I'd say pinching the rubber 25's was easier than standard 25's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminator Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 I have mostly bumper plates at home so I do some pinching with these. I agree that if the width is the same, the rubber plates are easier because of the added friction of the rubber. The wider composition plates (I have Kraiburgs) do make an interesting challenge, mostly because I run out of fingers. Two 10kg Kraiburgs are over 4"wide. I have pinched these but I always risk hyperextending the thumb. I have pinched 3 Ivanko calibrated 10Kg bumper plates (slightly over 3" width) but I am still a ways off from doing what Clayton did with 3 metal 25's. Still useful to pinch the bumpers, but hard to compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerSteffens Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 Is there a technique for preventing the plates from splaying at the bottom and then sliding apart ? I did my 3 10kg metal plates yesterday but only with a PVC pipe threaded to prevent splaying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 last week, i did a farmers walk with with a 20kilo bumper in each hand. not the super wide "doughnuts" but still well over 2' wide. one thing that made it so fun was since they are rubber plated i didn't have to worry about dropping them on the floor. i walked untill each hand gave out two seperate times, and then had a #### of a time getting them back in the weight room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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