Picking Plates - The Best Weights For Most People 

What about ceramic plates? I find it hard to eat on these plates cause my food keeps falling through the middle

Ahhh yesss. The times when we were able to choose. A time when stock was available 😂

Nobody: Brandon: I like to spend money

Man, I recently began to watch a lot of your videos as I'm trying to build my home/apartment gym. Your videos have been very helpful and I love the sense of humor you're using! Thank you and hopefully, your channel will be more successful than as already is!

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more plates, more dates

Good info. This is a really educational series. Thanks!

Had no idea all the finer details when it came to plates. Thanks for the info!

I like how he didn’t care that he didn’t hit 10 min. He was just worried about making a video for the viewers.

Quite informative. I have some of those exact Rogue machined plates in the silver/gray color. Love them! Accurate. Fit the bar well with very little slop. And they look great.

9:58!!!!!!! Respect homie.

Thanks for your input.

...liking the gear. friend of a friend, was a S&C coach there for a minute (he worked w/ football primarily).. great content as always

My garage gym isn't tall enough to overhead press 45LB plates without banging into the ceiling. 35's fit with my OHP perfectly. There's your use case if you need one.

I agree completely. I know, I know, you've been waiting patiently for my approval... ;)

These new vids you are putting out are superb! (that's no foul on your always great content) Great info, and thanks for all you do!

Digging the WVU shirt. Let's go Mountaineers!!!

The Campbell Line of Plates: Aggressive knurl everywhere!

It’s nice hearing a review on the best plates you can buy. I did get four 35s which made me laugh in your vid because I’m lazy. I keep one pair by the bench and another on the squat rack.

What!?! WVU represent! Hi from Seattle! (WV native and WVU trained lawyer and physical therapist)

For Rogue: The 6 shooters look like classic Ivanko. The four spoke look like classic York.

I need multiple pairs because I always do supersets so I would sometimes need 35's on a bar to do rows while also needing them on a bar for presses.

I obtained four Ivanko M-Series 35lb plates the other day - 35lb plate supporter here!

1:15 is killing me, lol

Highly recommend Troy interlocking plates there expensive but work very well :)

I like the dunbellbuddy ivanko deep dish sets ..Las Vegas not to far from me for shipping 457.5 lb set👍🏻... I’m never going to lift more than that in DL or SQT at my age ... so works for me 👌

Very informative never knew this :D

To each is own I have been using the standard iron plates for 38 years.They work just fine for me.

Just bought 4 pairs of 45 pounds, 2 pairs of 35 pounds and 2.5 pairs of 25 pounds for $0.56/pound. I plan on selling the extra pair of 35 lbs and 1.5 pair of 25 lbs. I know exactly what you mean when you wish they would all offer one pair, additional to a 10 plate pair with n count of 45 lbs but it's kinda like buying hot dogs and buns. You'll never have the same amount of buns then hot dogs so you always gotta one up the other the next trip in the grocery store. I wanna say that your channel has helped me out immensely. I bought the x-3 rack flat foot because of your recommendation a while back and it looks amazing aesthetically, the rogue ohio power bar and the repfitness fb 5000 bench because of your channel. I hope content like this keeps on coming more for us garage gym owners. Question: Do you ever plan on maybe opening up your own gym for the more hardcore, competitive powerlifters / weightlifters / strongmen out there some day?

This is actually the first plate video, of yours, that I've seen. I think a cool video on the subject of plates would be a visit to a manufacturing center/ factory. i.e. bumpers, machined, calibrated and otherwise

York Legacy plates. Calibrated, but old school milled 👍

I been thinking for a long time about selling all my 45’s I’ve gotten over the years for 5-6 sets of deep dish!! Damn their my favorite please stop this series before I spend more money on plates!(this been one of my favorite series btw)

I have had these in my Rogue cart for months. The shipping prevents me from pulling the trigger but I’ll justify it eventually 😂

I can’t believe I just voluntarily just watched another man just sit there and speak for almost ten minutes... and about fitting his bar into holes no less. (These innuendos are killing me man.) Just goes to show, you don’t need a gimmick. Just some good content. Thanks for the advice on weights... and holes. Can’t wait for things to be in stock again

You should make a video on today's covid19 market on plates and gym equipment what the best to buy at this covid prices etc etc

Sick video

Awesome video Brandon. I was hoping you would discuss the 'machining' process. With Rogue Matte Black Friday shipping and Hundo Pricing, there's no better bang for your buck. Functionally, I'm very happy I went with the Rogue Machined plates. That said, they're clearly still subject to Chinese quality control standards. The "machining" or "milling" on my plates are very apparent as many of the center hole profiles were cut down (not protrude as high) to ensure weight is within tolerance. Additionally, no two plates have the same color consistency. Some plates look flat grey while other plates (and even within the same plate) have a different looking hammertone finish. Do you have similar quality control issues with your 6 shooters? I have the 'deep dish' standard plates.

Rip, in Australia I haven’t been able to find machined plates. It’s either cast iron, calibrated, or bumpers.

Noticed the same thing to about sets of plates

Pro tip: Order plates on black friday. Both Rogue and Adamant barbell (Troy machined plates) have deals on plates

I love going thru play it again sports if you have one local. They sell a 300lb (including a cheap bar) for 255$, Troy Set. I find I can resell extra barbells or change plate, but overall save money at just $1/lb for the whole plate set.

Hey I’m a machinist!!! I’m machining right now 🤙👍💪

Awesome shirt

These are the coolest looking plates ever made.

Milled plates begin with a rough casting of a plate, and is finished with Machining Machined plates begin with a solid billet of stock material, and is fully machined from start to finish. Machining typically has more individual steps to get from billet, to finished product than Milling. Since in Milling, you already have a rough plate, you're just going over pre-established dimensions. Fully Machined plates are more expensive, because they take more time on the machines doing the cutting, and needs more experienced programmers and operators, versus milled where you can hire a less experienced "button pusher" operator. At the end of the day, the only real diff is what you start with, and how much you have to pay the person operating the machines that make the plates

Dig the shirt WV

@Brandon Campbell Diamond....I see you have IronMaster Quick-Lock Adjustable Dumbbell System in the background. Worth the price...or no?

You really do make great, very informative videos, but I used to wonder if you would ever smile. It was nice to see you cracking some jokes in this video.

What are your thoughts on rubber-coated and urethane-coated iron plates? From what I've read, they're quieter, less likely to corrode, and durable (even more so with urethane coating)... but are they worth the additional cost, especially for a home gym application?

Have you ever seen the watson pro plates? Just wondering if they are even possible to beat, they really seem to be a cut above the rest

I got fat bumper plates from rogue. They're ok outside of being too big on the bar.

Please recommend me one of your videos on reducing lower-back pain when squatting and deadlifting. I just got back in the gym after being out of it for a year.

Brandon, what are your thoughts on using machined/milled plates for dead lifting specifically. I am really just trying to purchase one set of weights and using them for all my workout needs. I was leaning towards REP’s rubber coated plates, but after watching this video I am leaning more towards a machined plate. One thing to note, I have 1/2” rubber gym flooring in my garage. That is all I have to cushion a deadlift.

I'm confident that the sets with, 4x35, 8x25, etc are for people with Olympic Dumbbells. Those maniacs.

I had to subscribe to your channel because you share my sons first name and your sarcastic. Thanks for the info on steel plates. Like most people I’ve decided that going to the gym is no longer an option and I have a cheap backup weight set and oddly enough I just broke the collar on my bar the other day so I’m trying to get a rack set for my garage gym. Holy crap though everyone is selling out of there rack systems..crazy! Thanks again brother I’m a subscriber.

I love 35s... makes loading deadlifts so ez.

I see you have ironmaster dumbbell (background pic ) why don't you have the ironmaster 2000 self spotting machine I'm thinking to get it?.

I find this so weird yet cool this video exists

The ivankos, rogue, troy are "lathed" the old usa yorks are milled (some York's where lathed though)

One year later, and thanks to the lockdown, the best plates are the ones you can get. All of my home gym Olympic plates are bumper because that is what is available.

It's kind of funny. ROGUE makes plates "similar" to IVANKO. And then they complain about TITAN "copying" them!

To me, the Black Friday deal on rogue calibrated plates is the way to go if you’re into powerlifting style workouts. Love mine

Hey Brandon how about iron grip iron plates plates ??? I'm thinking about buying on the 2 hand market hope to see ur response thanks

So I bought a cheap bar and some cheap plates to get me started. These weights were all that was available at the time. I recently was able to get a PRX performance profile rack. I am very happy with the rack and the customer service from this company. In the end when things calm down I may want to replace my bar and weights. Do you have any experience with the PRX bars and weights?

Would it be worth getting strongarm calibrated plates if they’re the same cost as machined plates from rogue/ivanko/York machined plates when accounting for shipping and the weaker Canadian dollar?

Rep's plate price is pretty good, a pair for $80. Less than $1/lb is my price point. You used to be able to get plates on Amazon for well below $90 a pair but the last time I got them they were a lot closer to $90. I was wondering if the price for iron was going up because everyone's plate prices were increasing.

Rogue now lets you choose how do you want these plates, however i still find that it makes more sense for me to buy some extra (like if i buy the 500lbs set, I still need some 35's and 25's and maybe a pair of 10's, because 5 plates, that's basically 450lbs already. and then 1000ls set is a bit too much for my home gym as I don't think i will ever go above 700 on DL.

Which plates are the best to buy for a garage home gym

I had a few Ivankos that weren't within the 2% parameters they said were suppose to. Major respect to the company who can give a guarantee such as "Within 2% or you get a full refund" lol

A gym I trained at had the Rogue 6-shooters. The edges were sharp! That alone made me not consider them when I purchased plates for my home gym.

I prefer the vernacular Rusty Wagonwheel. I believe Mark Bell invented something along those lines.

I am thinking of buying the York Deep Dish plates(as they are the only ones available). Do you know how accurate they are?

Love your shirt

Always have been and always will be in the school of thought that - weight is weight. Is there a difference in quality? Yes. But it all boils down to is the extra cost truly worth it? Law of diminishing returns I believe is what it is called. And IMO for weight plates it starts to diminish - FAST pretty much once you go past the cheapest plates you can find. Now you don't want anything that's going to shatter upon impact if you drop the plate onto the floor, say on a deadlift or if you're doing one of those painful looking Oly lifts like a clean and jerk, haha. But as long as you buy from at least a fairly reputable manufacturer - I'm in the mindset of buy whatever the cheapest option is. If you fret over a plate being 1-2.... 3 lbs off what's painted on the plate itself. I'd rather invest in a simple paint marker. Odds are you already have a scale. Weigh each plate and use said paint marker to write the true weight of the plate on said plate. Then pair off plates that fall closest to each other in weight and make sure you put each one on either side of the bar. Voila..... your bar is evenly weighted and you know EXACTLY how much weight is on the bar. Or..... you can be a sane person and just use the plates as is and know you're in the ballpark of what weight you're lifting that's said on the plates. Rogue seems the place most people go for everything, so the cheapest option there is their cast iron plates..... which I use. I haven't felt the need to weigh each one, but let's say, on average of the eight 45 lb cast iron plates I own the average amount they're off by is 1.5 lbs. Fuck it.... 2 lbs. If I'm deadlifting 405 lbs with just those plates (I also have 4 - 55 lb bumpers I use.... to help save my floor, in addition to 2- 45lb bumpers..... for the same reason) I can actually be deadlifting "only" 390ish lbs..... or..... 420ish pounds in the most extreme cases. Odds are, between the 8 plates though, they'll likely all average out to be..... 45 lbs, give or take a few tenths of a pound. Meaning - I'll be lifting about 405 lbs. Now will that be an even steven 202.5 lbs on each half of the bar? Probably not. If that makes you freak out because you're OCD.... do one set. Step over the bar to face the other way..... and do your next set on that side. Do 4 sets and the "unevenness" has been felt by both sides of your body twice. Bottom line...... it's not that big of a deal. At most, if you want to make it into a deal, just buy the paint marker for like $3 and weigh each cast iron plate you have and write down the EXACT weight each plate is and just evenly distribute that weight on the bar. I only say this to this extent and length, because the Rogue cast iron plates are $105 for a PAIR of 45 lb plates. The machined variety for the same pair of 45s..... $160. A $55 premium, and those machined plates aren't necessarily going to be 100% spot on either. They market it as having only a +2% weight tolerance. meaning they will never be under 45 lbs, but could weigh as much as..... 45.9 lbs. Or.... you can just buy the $3 paint marker, save the other $52 and buy the cast iron plates instead. As for calibrated plates. While pretty as fuck - complete waste of money IMO. Unless you are going to hold your own competition I fail to see the point. If anything I'd want plates way off in weight, ideally on the high side if I was training for a competition. If you're deadlifting 650 lbs with your junk weights, but the true weight is more like 655-660, when you go to the competition and they put 650 on the bar it's going to fly off the ground. Those calibrated 45s from rogue..... $185/pair. $80 more than the cast iron option, but only $25 more than the machined option. So if I wanted to piss money away on weight..... I'd probably just shell out the extra $25 and go all the way and get the calibrated plates. I mean if you're about to piss away a truckload of money on machined weight plates what's another few hundred bucks? I mean 4 pairs of machined 45 lb plates will run you $640. Calibrated variety - $740. Why not just spend the extra $100 at that point. Shipping will be the same because...... weight. is. weight.

At some point I think you'll end up buying more calibrated plates.

StrongArm Sport offers that option. Pick your # of 45s and they give you 2x35 lbs, 2x 25 lbs, 4x 10 lbs, 2x 5 lbs, and 2x 2.5 lbs!

I think when they say machined they might be simplifying the drilling and lathe turning process. But it's all machining.

I trained at a gym today that had the Rogue Machined plates. Holy crap are they sexy.

These companies assuming you have are running a gym including all those small plates :( I got all my plates on craigslist. I'm waiting for black friday to see if there are any good deals on plates and maybe a bar. Thanks for the info.

Do you got a video on dumbells??

Hey Can you talk about diameter for doing classic olympic lifts with 25lb machined plates? For someone who can't snatch a 135 yet, how should he get his form right using machined plates? The benefit of bumpers is they're all the same diameter. So you can snatch using a pair of 15s with the exact same form as using a pair of 45s? What's the solution for that with machined plates?

I like a little slop on my bar but no scratches

How do you tell if a Olympic iron plate is machined or not? I’m talking about used. New is easier to tell but when there’s surface rust it’s harder to tell.

Love the shirt. Remember where u got it from?

Hey Brandon, do you know any good places to get machined plates in the UK? Hopefully you're still reading these comments, and thank you for the great video!

Metal plates are the way to go

Can you review the new deep dish plates by Rogue?

Yesss... WVU

Dat York doe! 🔥 😘 ♥

8:02 been shopping for plates and this is frustrating. once saw a set with 3 sets of 35's and no 45's

Hey Brandon! As far as I can tell, the only machined plates you can get in Europe are the SQMIZE Olympic Legacy Plates. I believe they are the exact same plates as the Rogue Olympic Machined Plates - just in KG. The appearance and width are exactly the same, for example. However, SQMIZE plates have two small drawbacks: the 20 kg plates have a diameter of 445 mm, and the center hole has a diameter of 51 mm (2"). Would that be a dealbreaker for you, or do you think other than them being loud, it shouldn't be too bad? They are reasonably priced, and they have a weight tolerance of just +/- 1%. Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks! I'll get my entire home gym setup from SQMIZE (rack, bars and flooring), so it would be cool have a one stop shop.

I too like the look of slapping a 35lb plate on the bar as opposed to a 25 and 10.. But yeah you don’t need a lot of them just one pair #AllPlatesMatter

Brandon, what do you think of rubber coated Olympic plates with steel insert. I found some rep rubber v2s and like them a lot, fit well...not many reviews. Do you like these plates for home use?

I thought that the six shooter plates were machined but when I asked Rogue this is what they had to say For the 6 shooter plates, molten iron is poured into a mold and subsequently pressed to create the shape. There will be no machining done on these plate)

Do u find any difference in how heavy the plates feel compared to calibrated plates? I have the strongarm sport calibrated plates. I also go to 2 different gyms. The gym plates feel so much easier I actually brought my scale to the gym just to make sure they're 45lbs.

Does anyone know when Schisler first made plates? I tried Google no luck.

Does the hole loosen as the plate gets older?

I wish York had sets that was just plates only.

Can anyone explain whats wrong with 35s? I have even noticed that some commercial gyms don't have them and I have never heard why.

Do you know the hole tolerances or specifics from brand to brand? Getting a 50mm hole vs a 2 inch hole is going to decide which plate I choose! I'm considering rogue/york. I have looked, hole tolerance info is hard to find for some reason