Micro Plates

[Snatchy McClean]

I'm on the hunt for some small Olympic plates.

1.25 kgs is the smallest I currently own so anything smaller would be good obviously.

Couldn't find any in NZ via google or ringing around and I'm hoping one of you can point me to a source?

Any help would be awesome thanks

[Pseudonym]

Don't take this the wrong way, but what are you doing that requires such small weights? Do you know if they actually come smaller than 1.25kg?

(Some people I know refer to the 1.25kg plates as "biscuits" :pfft:)

[Snatchy McClean]

Haha, not taken the wrong way at all! I realise there is something inherently unmanly about asking where to source smaller weights. And yes my 1.25's look like cookies.

I'm coming back from a rotator cuff injury and have lost loads of strength in my overhead pressing, which also translates to lost strength at catching jerks and pushes. Have been building it back up slowly, generally adding 2.5kgs per week but now progress is slowing and I'm still a fair way off where I was before the shoulder went.

Research suggested micro-loading may help me with this. Found some .5kg plates overseas but hoped there would be some local source for them.

Maybe I just need to be more patient.

[Phedder]

If you can't find anything and really keen on the idea of making very small weight increases you could always weigh out some PlayDough or blue tack and mold it into tiny plates at 500g I doubt it'd matter if the weight distribution wasn't 100% even all around.

[AlBundy]

Make some out of wood?

[Snatchy McClean]

haha, those are actually pretty good suggestions.

I was stuck on the notion of buying them, but yeah I could probably just weigh up some chain links or something else that's lying around the cave. box>thinking outside>wasn't...

Cheers

[devil_911]

put a wet towel on each side that should do it