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PlateMates (Pair) 1.25 lbs each | 
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| Brand: Platemate
Category: Sports
List Price: $49.90
Buy New: $26.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Size: 1.25 lbs each
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 4 x 2
MPN: 59899-NQ-HX
Model: FG347
UPC: 766580101109
EAN: 0766580101109
ASIN: B00078BOC8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Plate Mate Hex (Pair) at Power Systems, Inc.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 6
 Plate Mate Hex 1.25 lb pair August 14, 2009
JJ (Michigan USA)
Great product. My wife and I like the ability to change the weight of our dumbbells. Sometimes the 5 lb difference is to much. So by adding the Plate Mates to them only increases them by 2.5 lbs. Our dumbbells are all solid hex and the weights stuck to them with no problems. We have been using them for all kinds of exercises. We highly recommend.
Plate Mate Hex - 1.25 lb pair March 19, 2009
Leslie G. Mchenry (Mineral Wells, WV USA)
Love, love, love these! I'm a small woman attempting to build strength, but a weight increase increment of 5 lbs is too much for me in most cases. Being able to increase from a 25 to a 27-1/2 lb dumbbell before attempting 30 has been awesome! These little guys are easy to use and the magnets have just the right amount of strength ... enough that they affix securely, but not so much that they are difficult to remove.
 Plate Mates good enough, but not perfect September 1, 2008
Al-El (New York, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We need to microload in weighttraining, especially for advanced dumbbell training. Plate Mates are great for that, although in my gym the plates tend not to stick to the dumbbells perfectly. This may be due to the gym's dumbbells not being perfectly metallic, but covered with iron. That being the case, the plates fall off during the set if you stick them in the wrong position. Sometimes sticking them to the inside of the plate may be better. I still carry them usually every time I go to the gym.
"Little Gems" June 23, 2008
dumbbell (sunny So. Cal.)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was introduced to the concept of "microloading" through the writings of Stuart McRobert Build Muscle Lose Fat Look Great: Everything You Need to Know to Transform Your Body(which I highly recommend). Previously, when weight training, I would work up to my best lifting poundages and would remain there indefinately. I now cycle my training intensity to build a gaining monentum troughout the cycle. As I reach my previous best poundages I make use of these "little gems" to nudge myself beyond prior sticking points in weight. I own both sizes of the PlateMate hexagonal weights(2pr. ea. of the 1 1/4lb'ers & the 5/8lb'ers). I own a complete set of hexagonal dumbells from 5lbs. to 50lbs. in 5lb. increments. Sometimes that 5lb. jump (10lbs. between the 2 'bells) is quite substantial. For instance on strict DB curls I would master the 15lb. 'bells and move up to the 20lb'ers where my form would completely break down to "cheat" the weight up out of necessity. I had always wished that someone would make an 18lb. 'bell. Now I just slap on a pr. of 1 /14lb PlateMates on ea. of my 15lb'ers and voila, 17 1/2 pound dumbbells. I'll even add the 5/8lb PlateMates to the outside of the 1 1/4lb units. Now I have 18 3/4lb. 'bells. You can see how in this manner the Jump from 15lb to 20lb now becomes something achievable through manageable, small increments of progressive weights. My only negative observation would be the lack of a 1 7/8lb. PlateMate. When stacking the small one onto the big one it makes for a pretty wide overall package and care must be taken during certain lifts to avoid knocking off the little ones. (They have some type of coating, maybe rubber, that makes the magnets hold a little weaker when stacked in this manner.) Overall experience was very satisfying, and I highly recommend this product to anyone interested in gaining strength or muscle.
Plate Mates April 5, 2008
Tina Bertram
Love this product. Spent a lot of time searching the internet for plate mates. Surprisingly, there aren't too many available. I found some on Ebay, but they were way more expensive. These were cheap and just what I was looking for. Thanks much!!
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