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		<title>List of USA-Made Olympic Weight Plates</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/13074/list-of-usa-made-olympic-weight-plates/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2025 Updates: Added Weight It Out iron plates, F and F Steel change plates, Micro Gainz steel change plates, Rogue USA Olympic Plates, Ivanko urethane plates, USA-Iron plates, Le Master deep dish plates. Removed Kabuki plates (Kabuki stopped selling almost everything). Fixed other links. These plates all meet the FTC requirements for the "made in  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Olympic 45 lb Plate Dimensions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 23:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rewritten in 2023 with better examples and current info. What is the diameter, hole size, and thickness of 45lb plates, and what are the reasons for it? 45lb Olympic Plate Diameter A 45 lb plate diameter measurement is supposed to be 450mm (17.72″). This is the IPF (International Powerlifting Federation) and IWF (International Weightlifting Federation) regulation  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>GIVEAWAY: New 45lb Clear-Coated Cast Iron Plates</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/18079/giveaway-45lb-clear-coated-cast-iron-plates/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weight It Out just released their new clear-coated iron plates, and we're giving a pair of 45s away to one lucky winner! iron clear coated plates No other company that I'm aware of is making clear coated weight plates. These unique plates hold the clear coating well and will be a standout in your gym.  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Barbell Micro Weight Plate Solutions</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/17105/barbell-micro-weight-plate-solutions/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[See the dumbbell microloading article also. I split this article off to focus on better solutions for barbell microloading with fractional plates and rewrote the dumbbell one while I was at it. The Problem Microloading is using small weights - usually 1lb or less - to load your barbell in small enough increments that you  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Machined Weight Plates Comparison 2022</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/13034/machined-weight-plates-comparison/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Troy Barbell]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Updated in 2023 with Bells of Steel's new ductile iron plates, and to update prices and do other edits. Intro: Why Machined Weight Plates are Awesome For looks, nothing beats the old-school appeal of deep dish iron plates. A rubber or urethane coating is admittedly more user-friendly. Doesn't matter. There's something about the look and  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to Get the Stink Off New Rubber Weights</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Stinky Weights Problem Any brand new rubber dumbbells, rubber coated weight plates, or crumb rubber bumper plates might stink when you first get them.  The reason is they're recycled rubber, which is prone to off-gassing for a while. Even if they were sitting a while in the warehouse, they probably spent most of their time  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bells of Steel Machined Plates Review</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/13590/bells-of-steel-machined-plates-review/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 19:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You have several brands of high-quality machined iron plates to choose from today. Among them is Bells of Steel. Here's the situation. I ran out of room on my bar deadlifting with bumpers, and I needed some thinner iron plates to get me to 400 lbs (eventually). As luck would have it, I had just  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unique USA-Made Bare Steel Plates</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/12723/unique-usa-made-bare-steel-plates/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out these plates I got! What you see is bare steel, with a glassy-smooth clear coat. Looks wicked, right? The imperfect look of the bare steel is what's cool about them. Instead of going the obvious route of painting them in standard colors like every other steel powerlifting disc on the market, they left  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Garage Gym Chatter, June 2019</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/9307/garage-gym-chatter-june-2019/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Basement Brandon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Picking Bumpers Brandon's latest videos go over plates. Great, we love plates! Amazing how much can be said about these things you stick on the barbell to weigh it down. One thing I never thought of: Urethane competition-style bumpers are crazy hard to pick up flat off the floor. They're so slippery smooth, and like  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Accurate are Gym Weights?</title>
		<link>https://www.tworepcave.com/4663/how-accurate-are-gym-weights/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Kiesling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 01:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Thrall]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[So how accurate in weight are all those freeweights and machines you use at the gym?  Let's examine all the different types... Olympic Weight Plates  A Hampton 45lb plate weighing 47.2 lbs. Source: bodybuilding.com forum  An owner of a set of old Hampton plates weighed his whole set and found the majority to  [...]]]></description>
		
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