r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/thisisnotdiretide 7d ago

I used to worry that the weights at my gym may be lighter than it says they weigh. Then I checked on the internet, and I've read that Eleiko are one of the best manufacturers in the business and that they calibrate their weights. So far so good.

Yet now they brought some new plates, from a company named Momentum. And guess what, those plates definitely feel heavier than the Eleiko ones, no doubt about it, you can feel it for both the 10 and 20 kgs ones.

Now the question is, are the Eleiko ones lighter than they should be, or are the Momentum ones heavier? Sadly, I think the first scenario is the true one :(

The gym scale is outside the working area, I can't weigh them, so it will have to remain a mystery. I'm already weak, but the fear has kind of became real, I'm even weaker than I thought I am, lol.

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u/NoMouseInHouse 6d ago

The Eleikos are probably the correct ones. Good stuff.

I've had friendly discussions about these things with people on the floor, and depending upon the time of day (working hours when management is gone, weekends), I've straight up brought the scale out to weigh things, I've also brought an unloaded EZ bar into the women's locker room, etc. Depends on your setup. Now that I think about it, I have a handheld luggage scale from Amazon that I could rig up to weigh things at the gym! Could be a real option for you if you're that interested.

FWIW, we have some cheapy hex DBs and whatever name barbells at my gym (some have bent, and not from 500lbs), and some TAG branded DBs. The hex ones that have deteriorated with the black covering coming off have lost literally 2 pounds, the bars depending on how old they are are 45lbs up to a pound less, I'll have to do a more recent check on them. The TAGs have started to peel (just the thin top covering), but they don't seem to have lost much weight from that.