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2. Weight plate - Wikipedia

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   The weight used is selected by inserting a pin in the stack that causes each plate above the pin to be pulled by the cable. This arrangement is known as a "selectorized" weight machine. [35] Some weight machines, such as the sled-type leg press, or the Smith machine, are designed to be loaded with Olympic plates instead of using a cable-driven ...

3. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   An Olympic lifter, Jang Mi-ran, holding a barbell loaded with red 25 kg bumper plates, held in place with a collar. Note the lifter's taped wrists and thumbs, her weightlifting shoes, and her weightlifting belt. Weight plates are secured to the bar using collars on each side that weigh exactly 2.5 kg each.

4. York Barbell - Wikipedia

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   York Barbell is an American-based international manufacturer of fitness equipment. Its roots date back to when Bob Hoffman, who was named "Father of World Weightlifting" by the International Weightlifting Federation, bought Alan Calvert's 1902 Milo Barbell Company and founded York Barbell in 1932. [1]

5. Bench (weight training) - Wikipedia

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   Olympic benches are not simple benches rather they have several additional equipment added to them such as squat rack, weight plates, rod, dumbbells and more. It is a complete workout machine that allows you to do some advance exercises such as squats, quad exercises, bench press and more.

6. BUR Barbell Company - Wikipedia

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   BUR did not manufacture Olympic bars or Olympic-sized plates. The original BUR-BEL plates had a center hole diameter of 1-1/4" and were designed to fit a 1-1/16" bar. Sometime in the 1950s, the bar diameter was reduced to 1" and the plates were drilled with a 1-1/16" hole.

7. Barbell - Wikipedia

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   Presently, Olympic plates of 10 kilograms (22 lb) or more are 450 millimetres (18 in) in diameter. 450 millimetres (18 in) versions also exist of the lighter 5 kilograms (11 lb) and 2.5 kilograms (5.5 lb) plates to accommodate the proper starting position for beginner athletes.