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How much do the plates in Crossfit weigh?

How much do the plates in Crossfit weigh?

  • I've been a long time bodybuilder, but never tried Crossfit. I watched some videos of Crossfit athletes use large plates of the same size as the 45 pound plates I find in bodybuilding gyms. I am wondering if the Crossfit plates are also 45 lbs? From this knowledge, I would like to gauge my comparative strength as a bodybuilder.

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    The plates in the picture are more than likely 25s. This is a photo from the 2010 CrossFit Games which, according to http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=66212 thread, used http://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-full-color-competition-bumpers.php. They are known as "bumper plates" because they can be dropped on the ground. Watch Olympic weight lifting videos and you'll see them use similar large, colorful plates.

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They weigh as much as they weigh. Because they're bumper plates, the plate diameter remains constant, making it tougher to tell how much is on the bar. Sometimes the plates will be color-coded for how much they weigh, but sometimes they aren't. They could weigh 45 pounds or one pound or 10 pounds.

Dave Liepmann

The plates in the pictures are competition bumpers from http://www.roguefitness.com/weightlifting-bars-plates/bumpers/competition-bumpers?bumpertype[0]=competition. Women use http://www.roguefitness.com/weightlifting-bars-plates/bars?cat3=weightliftingbarsplates_bars_womens15kgbars_id_4673 and Men use http://www.roguefitness.com/weightlifting-bars-plates/bars?cat3=weightliftingbarsplates_bars_mens20kgbars_id_4671 bars, and again, everything for the Games is supplied by Rogue. If you want to compare yourself to Games athletes, here are the stats for the top 3 women and men from the 2014 Crossfit Games. http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/8404 http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/18588 http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/46243 http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/11435 http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/153604 http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/12485 EDIT : Ha! I just now realized this question was asked years ago. My bad.

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