Here is a budget microloading solution adapted/updated from the MadCow site.
5/16" Zince Plated Chain Home Depot Product Code 163630- 6 Links $2/ft. This slides nicely onto an Olympic bar
In a nearby aisle Spring Link product code 071514150178.
6 Links + 1 Spring Link Clip =.525 lbs
8 of these is 4.2 lbs.
There you go, a cheap microloading solution for under $20.
its true
i saw this crazy guy at the CRC with little chains wrapped around the bars to deadlift
Yes that would work but couldnt you just use a weight and increase the number of reps before jumping 5 pounds??
If you can bench 200 or 500 yes 5 pounds is a smaller increment at 500 than it is at 200 but I think just staying with a weight until you can perform a higher number or reps before you add 5 pounds would also work … but I agree those chains would work.
[quote]OUToftheBOX wrote:
Yes that would work but couldnt you just use a weight and increase the number of reps before jumping 5 pounds??
If you can bench 200 or 500 yes 5 pounds is a smaller increment at 500 than it is at 200 but I think just staying with a weight until you can perform a higher number or reps before you add 5 pounds would also work … but I agree those chains would work.[/quote]
What’s your point?
[quote]pizzlemank wrote:
its true
i saw this crazy guy at the CRC with little chains wrapped around the bars to deadlift[/quote]
I lawled 
And you could make 16 and attach them to the dumbbell handle. Platemates only attach to metal dumbbells so if you use this you can use it on any kind of dumbbell.
my trick for small increments to a bar is to add extra clips - you know - the ones that keep the plates from coming off? They each weigh around a pound, so instead of one a side, I may end up with 2 or 3 before jumping to the next 5 pound plate.
[quote]aikigreg wrote:
my trick for small increments to a bar is to add extra clips - you know - the ones that keep the plates from coming off? They each weigh around a pound, so instead of one a side, I may end up with 2 or 3 before jumping to the next 5 pound plate. [/quote]
yea but only n00b3rs use those…
