Full Size Technique Plate 5kg

When 2.5 kg a side has become too little

Training plates solve a simple problem: you want to practise the movement, not shift the weight. The barbell should still sit where it sits in a heavy set. This plate measures a full 45 cm – the same as the heavy rubber plates next to it – but weighs 5 kg. Break from the floor, bar path, timing at the knee: everything stays the same, only the resistance is small enough for a lot of clean rounds. For young lifters, for anyone coming back after a break and for everyone who wants the technique dialled in before the bumper plates go on, this is the weight where the real work happens.

White, tough, honestly placed

It is made of plastic, white with black lettering, and with its 50 mm bore it fits every Olympic barbell. Two things you should know before you order: technique plates belong on the barbell on their own – combined with metal or bumper plates they take the full impact when you set the bar down. And overhead drops are not their job, that is what rubber is for. Set the bar down under control instead of dropping it and you are doing nothing wrong. We would rather say that up front than have you find a cracked plate on the shelf three months from now.