If you have an iron deficiency, definitely eat the iron plates and lift the steel ones. I have no idea what to do with the 45 lb. of feathers.
TNT
If the guy has polished steel plates get those. The smooth surface will glide through the air more easily, so a 45lb plate will actually feel like it’s only about 15lb. Net result: incredible hugeness.
It is believed some ancient native American tribes used stone 45 pound plates on an oak olympic bar. These were thought to actually be slightly heavier then standard iron plates and bar of the present day.
Petroglyphs found in the southwest portray unusually “jacked” natives in some scenes lending credence to this school of thought.
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The only real difference was already stated: steel won’t rust like iron, especially during the summer.
[quote]jwillow wrote:
You do know to line up with the earth’s magnetic field, right? That’s why you’ll see power racks in most gyms oriented so that the bar lies on a north-south axis.
If you line the bar up on the east-west axis, you’ll either be fighting the earth’s magnetic field on the concentric portion of your lifts (if you’re facing north), or on the eccentric portion (if you’re facing south). These are of course reversed if you’re lifting in the southern hemisphere.
If you wanted to get pedantic, you would take into account the difference between true north and magnetic north for your particular location. But this is generally not worth the trouble.
Stainless steel and non-ferromagnetic alloy weight sets are not affected by the earth’s magnetic field. Neither are those cheap cement-filled plastic weight sets that you cajoled your Dad into buying you when you were 13 years old.[/quote]
LOL!
45 pounds is 45 pounds.
unless the weights are made of precious metals (gold, silver) because they use a 12 ounce to a pound scare instead of 16 ounces to a pound.
[quote]bigscarymonster wrote:
The only real difference was already stated: steel won’t rust like iron, especially during the summer.[/quote]
Carbon steel rusts. Even stainless steels will rust in tough enough service.
I don’t know if anyone makes plates out of carbon steel and a have seen very few stainless steel plates in my life.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
fireplug52 wrote:
FSTYLE1 wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
Do you mean steel vs iron?? Most plates are made of iron.
This guy calls them metal. I have always referred to it as iron.
But I have heard of steel weights. Are they different from iron (metal(?)).
Both steel and iron plates are metal.
I am pretty sure 45lbs of steel and 45lbs of iron both weigh 45lbs. Don’t quote me on that though.
But they both weigh more than 45 pounds of feathers.[/quote]
Not if it’s British measurements. 45 british pounds of feathers wheigh more than 45 british pounds of steel.
This is in fact the best thread ever. Sad, but the best.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
I don’t know if anyone makes plates out of carbon steel and a have seen very few stainless steel plates in my life.[/quote]
I knew someone with a stainless steel dumbell set.
I’m really gettin it good for starting this thread. No problem I deserve it.
Its just very hard for me to spend my money. I always think of every way possible I could be ripped off.
Actually he is right, I have heard of new plates made of aluminum that are coming out. They are 4 times the size of the old iron plates, I cant wait to get my hands on them its the wave of the future.
I can’t lift those metal plates for shit. I bought some of those antique wood dumbbells and made some wood plates, painted them up, stamped “York” and 45 on them, they look just like the steel ones and now I can lift like a freak.
[quote]Shadowzz4 wrote:
Actually he is right, I have heard of new plates made of aluminum that are coming out. They are 4 times the size of the old iron plates, I cant wait to get my hands on them its the wave of the future.[/quote]
Sooooo, what’s heavier, 45 lb. of aluminium or 45 lb. of iron??
TNT
[quote]TNT-CDN wrote:
Shadowzz4 wrote:
Actually he is right, I have heard of new plates made of aluminum that are coming out. They are 4 times the size of the old iron plates, I cant wait to get my hands on them its the wave of the future.
Sooooo, what’s heavier, 45 lb. of aluminium or 45 lb. of iron??
TNT
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Clearly 45 lb. of Aluminum because it has more volume and will displace far more than 45 Lb. of water if submerged
Axel
[quote]DanErickson wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if poundage is a word.[/quote]
POUNDAGE is a wonderful verb.
Have you not seen some of the babes in the Powerful Images…
PS… uh… do Kettle Bells work so well because they are filled with boiling water? That would make your reps much faster. However, I’m sure the steam whistle gets annoying.
Why use metal or iron?
My grandma has a set of ceramic dinner plates. Supposedly its some real fine china.
I took a couple stacks of those plates when she wasn’t looking. I’m up to 5 plates a side…for reps.
“Light weiiiiiiiiiight, yaaaaay buddddy!!!”
If the 45lb iron plates were made in Ecuador and the 45lb steel plates were made in Sweden, then the steel plates would be heavier.
Buy metal if you want to be functional and iron if you want to be big.
Were you thinking of molten iron weights? Even though they don’t exhibit the properties of a metal, iron is still a metal. At any rate, I wouldn’t suggest molten iron plates.
[quote]FSTYLE1 wrote:
I’m really gettin it good for starting this thread. No problem I deserve it.
Its just very hard for me to spend my money. I always think of every way possible I could be ripped off.[/quote]
Let this be a lesson. Wait till you ask people to guess your body fat %.
TNT