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Buying an Olympic bar and bumper plates

Slobbery · 2015-02-21 07:06:27

I was hoping to buy an Olympic weightlifting set just to do some work at him on days I can't make it into the club, anyone know of a reasonably priced good quality set they could recommend? Will be just used for snatch, clean and jerk and variations

21-02-2015 7:06am

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Slobbery

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I was hoping to buy an Olympic weightlifting set just to do some work at him on days I can't make it into the club, anyone know of a reasonably priced good quality set they could recommend?
Will be just used for snatch, clean and jerk and variations

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#2 21-02-2015 10:40am

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D8 fitness for sure.

If you're getting a bar to snatch / clean / jerk / drop - get a good quality one. Most of the "olympic" bars you see are complete dog **** and arent' designed to be dropped from overhead.

Try to get a decent platform too to protect the weights and bar more.

2 sheets of plywood laid left to right, then a sheet in the middle laid front to back, and rubber on each side to fill in the remainder.

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#3 21-02-2015 2:43pm

Slobbery

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Thanks for the reply,

I was looking at the strength shop website and they have a package for ~€1250 delivered (Elite bar, 140kg bumper plates, technique plates), it is outside my budget but would be able to get them in a few months, will check out D8 fitness and see if they can give me a similar package with a nice price.

do you think I could get a decent set-up at the €750-1000 mark?

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#4 21-02-2015 4:45pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057383661

Hopefully this is of some use to you.

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