vickg Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Got the ironmind 1' loading pin. Would it be safe to load Olympic plates on it? 1 Quote
vickg Posted November 28, 2015 Author Posted November 28, 2015 Rolling thunder , wrist roller hub lift etc. Quote
Cannon Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Safe? Probably. You could make a pvc adapter for like $4. Quote
climber511 Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 I use 1" loading pins with Olympic weights all the time. As long as the base is big enough the plates can't slide over (I don't own one personally) - they are plenty strong enough for anything you would ever do. 2 Quote When people used to ask him how it was he became so incredibly strong, it was always the same, "strengthen your mind, the rest will follow". The Mighty Atom Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. Being prepared for any random task is not the same thing as preparing randomly for any task. Greg Everett
bencrush Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 Got the ironmind 1' loading pin. Would it be safe to load Olympic plates on it? The IronMind 1" loading pin is very strong. I used to put a standard 2.5lb plate on the bottom of whatever weight I was loading with Olympic plates. The one I have was used for partial deadlifts with a ring handle, RT, and some other fixed handles. It was only loaded in the low 200s for RT. But 300-400lbs for the fixed handle deadlifts. And never had a problem with it during any of that. I still have the 1" loading pin and it could no doubt do all the workouts I've ever done with it all over again and be just fine. Another note about how strong the 1" loading pin is (IronMind, specifically). It is not recommended to load weight on the loading pin and then drop it. Duh, right? But sometimes that happens. About 8 years ago I was training 1" vbar for a USAWA contest. I won't go into detail about the rules here. But a shorter loading pin is required for the USAWA contests. Anyway, I had 325lbs on the 1" loading pin that I was using as a vbar. Pulled it to as much of a lockout as I could with the weight plates in the way. Then, before I could lower it under control, it popped out of my grip. Slammed to the ground from about a foot off the ground and hit the concrete floor in my garage. Put a chunk in the concrete, but barely scratched the loading pin base. 2 Quote
vickg Posted November 29, 2015 Author Posted November 29, 2015 Thank you for the response cannon. Quote
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