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I just bought some 10# and 25# olympic pla tes. the 10# is 1in. thick and the 25# is 1 7/16in. thick. when people pinch plates,are they of different thickness or are the plates i have the standard thickness?Just wondering re: pinch pr's and feats.

Richie Citron "You gotta do what you gotta do"

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It sounds like the plates you got are standard thickness.

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I just bought some 10# and 25# olympic pla tes. the 10# is 1in. thick and the 25# is 1 7/16in. thick. when people pinch plates,are they of different thickness or are the plates i have the standard thickness?Just wondering re: pinch pr's and feats.

25#'er sounds spot on, but all the tens I own and most I have handled are more like 3/4".

Tim Myrick

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I just bought some 10# and 25# olympic pla tes. the 10# is 1in. thick and the 25# is 1 7/16in. thick. when people pinch plates,are they of different thickness or are the plates i have the standard thickness?Just wondering re: pinch pr's and feats.

25#'er sounds spot on, but all the tens I own and most I have handled are more like 3/4".

So pinching 4 of my 10's (which are Cap w/sports authority name)would be the equivalent of pinching 5 of 3/4in. 10's. When 10's are pinched or any plates,i guess the combined width is also taken into acct? ERROR!forget what i just said because there is a weight diff :blink How do you standardize plate pinching?

Edited by RICHIEC.

Richie Citron "You gotta do what you gotta do"

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I just bought some 10# and 25# olympic pla tes. the 10# is 1in. thick and the 25# is 1 7/16in. thick. when people pinch plates,are they of different thickness or are the plates i have the standard thickness?Just wondering re: pinch pr's and feats.

25#'er sounds spot on, but all the tens I own and most I have handled are more like 3/4".

So pinching 4 of my 10's (which are Cap w/sports authority name)would be the equivalent of pinching 5 of 3/4in. 10's. When 10's are pinched or any plates,i guess the combined width is also taken into acct? ERROR!forget what i just said because there is a weight diff :blink How do you standardize plate pinching?

I wouldn't worry about standardizing plate pinching, if I were you, I'd just focus on what I could be doing. The stuff where there is the least variance (dual plates, such as two 25's, 35's or 45's) is the best for comparison stuff. Some people will never be that good at thin pinch, I know I myself am not that strong at it, but if you want to compare yourself to people, that's what you have to do.

Tim Myrick

"Mr. Lahey, is this you, or the liquor talking?"

'Randy...' *SWIG-SWIG-SWIG* *GULP* '...I am the liquor.'

He who fights monsters...

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Not sure how thick mine are at home but the damn paint on the 10's is so slick I'm lucky to get 3 10s. I've got 2 35s before that were just as thick. I'm wondering if I should put some chalk between the plates since they are so new and slick, or maybe just drag them behind my truck for a mile or 2.

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in just about every video i have saw the 5 tens being lifted are standard plates and are 3/4 of an inch thickness each plate and if you watch the videos over and over like i have did almost all are coated with chalk almost all plates now are powder coated with paint and thats like slick car paint :whacked as for the 25s some people like thick plates and some like thin try both and see what is easer

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in just about every video i have saw the 5 tens being lifted are standard plates and are 3/4 of an inch thickness each plate and if you watch the videos over and over like i have did almost all are coated with chalk almost all plates now are powder coated with paint and thats like slick car paint :whacked as for the 25s some people like thick plates and some like thin try both and see what is easer

Thanks for the clarification re: the 10's are standard not olympic n the 25's could be either standard or olympic.

Richie Citron "You gotta do what you gotta do"

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in just about every video i have saw the 5 tens being lifted are standard plates and are 3/4 of an inch thickness each plate and if you watch the videos over and over like i have did almost all are coated with chalk almost all plates now are powder coated with paint and thats like slick car paint :whacked as for the 25s some people like thick plates and some like thin try both and see what is easer

Thanks for the clarification re: the 10's are standard not olympic n the 25's could be either standard or olympic.

No, the brand is Standard. Olympic plates are what you want for pinching.

Tim Myrick

"Mr. Lahey, is this you, or the liquor talking?"

'Randy...' *SWIG-SWIG-SWIG* *GULP* '...I am the liquor.'

He who fights monsters...

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Tim,thanks for the clarification of the clarification :upsidedwn

Richie Citron "You gotta do what you gotta do"

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