Weight Plate Accessories

[scm]

Does anyone know if there is some sort of accessory to make a weight plate for an olympic bar smaller to fit my Troy Lite bar? The hole is too big and I have so many weights for the olympic bar and would rather use those instead of purchasing more plates.

Susan C.M.

 

[Aquajock]

I'm not aware of any accessories like that, but maybe if you wrapped a folded bandanna around each of the ends of the bar and then wedge the plates over them?

A-Jock

 

[scm]

Your too much A-Jock!! Too much! hahahahaaaa
Susan C.M.

 

[Aquajock]

Actually, I was sorta meaning it on my suggestion, goofy though it is. It's what my husband calls "field expediency".

Before a friend of mine gave me a couple of 1.25-lb iron plates for my Troy Lite, I was tying two 1-lb handweights to the bar with leftover shoelaces. And before I actually uncorked it and bought weight lifting gloves, I wrapped old socks around the handles of my hex dumbbells so that the sweat from my hands would be absorbed.

Glad you got a laugh out of it, anyway -

A-Jock