Half lb. (fractional weight plate) or some other hack?

[Java Cafe]

A few weeks ago, while racking my barbell after a squat (on to a Valor squat stand that I use in home-gym), I missed the racking-rest on one side. The barbell crashed down on the safety stand, and got slightly bent. It's a 7-foot long, uniformly 1-inch diameter, standard bar (max weight capacity 300 lbs.).

Darn!

So, I mail-ordered another one that I thought would be identical. When I got it, it wasn't the same -- the ends were not threaded like my old bar. But, like my old bar, this bar weighs 19 lb. as well.

In the case of the old bar, I simply screw on a few extra nuts (that hold the weight plates) on either side until the bar is 20 lbs. But, the new bar is not threaded, and the one-inch dia nuts will not slide on to it.

So, what I need now are two half-pound plates with one-inch bores. Do such things even exist? My online searches have turned up nothing useful.

I definitely need some kind of a hack. Shaft collars (or washers) with 1-inch bore? The problem is that, while these things are available online, their weights are never mentioned in the specs.

Have any of you ideas that you could share with me?

Thanks, in advance.

 

[TallBill]

I don't understand the dilemma? You need the bar to weigh another pound? Who cares?

 

[Java Cafe]

I don't understand the dilemma? You need the bar to weigh another pound? Who cares?

I do.

I understand that such concerns are not important to you, and I respect that. But, to me, it is important. And, that is why I asked.

I have been logging (and charting) my progression for a long time. Being able to measure my weights in even, round numbers would help me much, especially, in the Excel spreadsheet in which my data lives.

But, of course, YMMV. My questions pertains only to my own mileage.

 

[imagoon]

Buy these:

http://www.amazon.com/removable-insp.../dp/B002632ZSY

tape them in place?

 

[TallBill]

You're using the 1 pound difference as a distraction when it should be a non-issue. The reason that you've seen successful so far has nothing to do with the fact that you're using rounded weights.

Look at competitive lifters, they use different racks, bars, weights, floors, etc and still perform. But that's just my 2 cents.

 

[surfsatwerk]

They sell fractional plates, some are magnetic to use with dumbells. A little google-fu should find them.

 

[iluvdeal]

Why exactly is it important? Sounds like the real issue here is your OCD.