Bumper Plates vs Competition Plates

What’s the difference between Bumper Plates vs Competition Plates? The greatest difference you’ll discover visibly right away is the big, metal insert in the center. These plates are particularly designed for snatching and also clean and jerks. When we claim “competition bumpers,” we imply that these plates are designed for usage in weightlifting competitions.

Why use competition plates for weightlifting?

First, competition plates provide a very dead bounce, are incredibly sturdy, and the weight tolerance. Due to the sturdy steel inserts, competition plates will likely last you a lifetime in your house gym. (For actual!) But, for competition weightlifting, these bumpers take a lot of drops in both training as well as in meets.

The durometer of these plates are 90 to 95 sHA, so when you drop it from expenses, the weight will certainly drop dead and also not roll away from you or recover up actually high.

The competition plate tends to be much thinner than a routine bumper plate. As a result, you can get a great deal more of the competition layers on a barbell than you can with regular bumpers.

The weight tolearance needs to be super rigorous with competition bumper plates since they’re utilized for simply that. The tolerance is going to be as high as +.1% all the way down to -.05%. So when stamped with 45lbs, these bumpers are mosting likely to likely be right there at 45lbs, whereas normal bumper plates are going to have a larger weight tolerance.

Generally, you’ll get competition bumpers for your garage gym as a single financial investment. You can use them primarily for clean & jerks and snatching. However, they can actually be utilized for anything.

Let’s Talking about Standard Bumper Plate

Take 45lb plates for instance, you’re visiting a distinction in thickness: 2.9 inches (regular bumper plate) vs. 2.15 inches( competition plate). So you’re not going to be able to obtain as many regular bumper plates on your barbell as you might when utilizing competition plates.

Regarding durability goes, sturdiness is still mosting likely to be high with a standard bumper plate. However, it’s not as high as a competition plate. The durometer on the normal bumper is about 85, so it’s still an extremely hard rubber. However, it’s not as hard of a rubber utilized in a competition plate. Our Milspec plates likewise include around the same durometer: the 10s and also 15s are 90 sHA; the 25, 35, 45 and also 55 extra pound bumpers are 85 sHA. Bumper plates are an awesome choice for durable, durable and also dead bounce bumper plates for your garage gym.

The weight tolerance in regular bumper plates is various as well. We’ve spoken about exactly how the competition bumper plate is mosting likely to be around +/ -.1%, resting really close to 45lbs, as well as a routine bumper plate is going to resolve about +/- 1%. Still super precise, but not as exact as a competition plate due to the fact that the competition plates need to meet IWF requirements.