100 Pound Plate Test

by Atomic Athletic on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 5:28pm

Have you ever really thought about 100 Pound Plates?

I did a test, just about a year ago.  I loaded a pair on a shrug bar, with a pair of collars.  Total weight was about 275 pounds.  I let it sit on this open spot of concrete, where it would be easy to lift it.  Then I watched to see what happened over the next few months.

Here are the results of my observations:

1. No one ever took those 100s off the bar. They did, periodically, add weight.
2. Gradually, shrug bar deadlifting became a staple of the gym.
3. Power Cleans, Cleans, Clean Pulls, Power Snatches and Snatch Pulls became a more regular part of everyone's gym training. Previously, most deadlifting started with 135 pounds and moved up slowly from there.
4. Conventional Deadlifts hardly ever started with a weight less than that of the shrug bar.
5. Even on a non-deadlift type day, almost everyone put in a set or two with that shrug bar that had the 100s on it.

Here is a link to my favorite 100 Pound Plates for deadlifting.

http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=YORK100

Here is a link to the best grip style 100 pound plates, if you want to try the same thing with benching or machines.

http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=IGI100

Here is the shrug bar we sell and will be using at the our USAWA sanctioned Meet on August 20th.

http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=BSOTB50

Live Strong,

Roger LaPointe