Micro Gainz Olympic Fractional Weight Plate Set of .25lb, .50lb, .75lb, 1lb Plates - 8 Plate Set - Designed for Olympic Barbells, Used for Strength Training and Micro Loading

I’ve been to dozens of gyms, and basically none have had barbell plates less than 2.5lbs. As you get closer to the edge of your performance envelope, it gets harder and harder to consistently add 5lbs and make all your reps. For some lifts like overhead pressing and barbell curls, you’ll hit this limit pretty quickly...and while you can just work over time to increase reps, I much prefer a slower progression of weight increases while making all reps with each set.Having used these weights for a couple months now, I can confidently credit them with the best squat, bench press and row performance I’ve ever had in over 10 years of weightlifting. Being able to increment sets by as little as half a pound is quite amazing and useful, and I even bought a set for my wife who is really loving hers as well. The plates are very high quality and the seller makes them here in the US, and he even has some other awesome products in the pipeline to help with dumbbell work. Highly, highly recommend you grab a set of these and throw them in your gym bag. Happy lifting!!!

Love these weights. So nicely machined with no sharp edges anywhere. These incremental weights make possible my going up in weight in dead lifts. No big body builder me; so I appreciate the ability to baby step my way with weights. Putting a load on the muscles builds the bones and these lighter weights don’t intimidate, but they do facilitate. Thanks, Micro Gainz, for a good product.

Work great on an olympic set for 5x5 or whatever program you are on. Micro loading lets you feel like you are progressing and make small incremental increases rather than jumping a full 5 lb each session. I checked the weights on my food scale and they are all pretty accurate. Great product.

These have been a great addition to my lifting routine. I was starting to reach my limits of being able to add 5lbs every workout to some exercises (like OH press). These work perfectly to go more incremental. Fit perfectly on the olympic barbell at my gym and help me continue to increase my weight every workout and still add the challenge to progress forward.

Perfect for small changes to overhead lifts. I am a 125 pound, small frame woman. I can add 5 pounds to deadlifts without too much trouble, but going up 5 pounds all at once on an overhead press is a bit much. This set lets me go up a more reasonable 3 pounds and still progress.

All weighed to specifications, bag is embroidered which is a nice touch. Excellent price. Shipping was three days to the Midwest, in a prepaid USPS box and was protected well enough.

I am pretty happy with these plates. I have a Rogue Ohio Power Bar and all of the plates slide easily on the bar. I am also using them to incrementally load my adjustable dumbbells (with some difficulty). I guess the only thing I don't like about them is that weight is printed on a sticker which is a really minor inconvenience.

All within specs. Work great. Not crazy about the stickers as they will fall off in time but not a big deal. I too did not receive the bag mentioned. Still a great deal.