What Strong People Think of 2.5 Pound Plates

Amateurs hate the two-and-a-half pound plates. Five pounds is easy to dismiss. It’s too small to celebrate. Too subtle to earn applause.

Which is exactly why it works.

For strong people, the two-and-a-half pound plate is king. The math is simple. For main lift working sets, adding five pounds to the bar from week to week isn’t too crazy of a concept. Most people doing most lifts can tolerate this week to week growth. 

The trouble is most people aren’t patient enough to stick with it. Others struggle to regulate their ego. Instead of adding just 2.5lbs to each side of the bar, they add five or ten pounds to the bar… because they can. 

Well they can this week? But, can they keep up twelve weeks from now? Almost no one can. 

If you can tolerate the mundanity of these week to week small jumps, the math speaks for itself. It’s 260 more pounds on the bar at the end of the year. 

Now are you interested?