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Gym doesn't have 2.5 lb plates!!!

__freckles__
__freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
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What the!? The smallest plates they have are 5 lbs. There's NO WAY I'm going to be able to jump 10 lbs on some of these lifts. So I'm going to have to buy my own and maybe some fractional plates as well. Did any of you ladies have to do this? Where did you buy the fractional plates from? I see them on Amazon - any where in a real store I can go to? Tried Big 5 and they didn't have them.

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  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    Walmart dot com is where I bought my 2.5s. I also got 1.25 lb plates on Amazon. You can try looking for 2" washers in a hardware store and weigh them. I hear they have baseball bat weights also that can be used on a barbell--they are about the right diameter. But this exhausts my knowledge of baseball so I won't say any more than that.
  • catfive1
    catfive1 Posts: 529 Member
    I bought 2" washers. Two washers on each side = 2.5 lbs
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
    I bought spare 2.5 lb plates at our local Play It Again Sports and 2-inch diameter Fastenal washers at our local Fastenal store for fractionals (4 should do you, 6 are ideal if you ever want to take lifts up in 1.25 lb increments rather than 2.5).

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