Re: Deadlift collar recommendations sought

"DanL" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Steve Freides" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

What's anyone like for DL collars? I'm tired of my spring clips and
the weights behind them creeping out towards the end of the bar.

I have a set of these that are real nice. Hold the weights snug and
easy to use.

http://www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_4324_A_CategoryID_E_242

I tried the plastic version of these and didn't like them - I think this
came up on mfw once. If I can find them and anyone would like them,
they're free to the first person to pay the postage . I got a chance to
use the metal versions at a meet in the warmup room and, while they were
OK, they took just a little too much concentration (that's not the right
word but...) to open, but maybe I just need to get used to them.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

Quoted message said:

Also the big spin lock ones are good when going heavy but you need to
make sure you cinch them up tight.

DanL said:

Steve Freides said:

What's anyone like for DL collars? I'm tired of my spring clips and the
weights behind them creeping out towards the end of the bar.

I have a set of these that are real nice. Hold the weights snug and easy to
use.

http://www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_4324_A_CategoryID_E_242

I agree. The more the plates push against them, the harder they lock
up. The downside is that, when you've dropped the bar after several
deadlifts and locked them up tight, it's a lot tougher to pop out the
flange that unlocks them.
--

JMW
http://www.rustyiron.net

"JMW" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

DanL said:

Steve Freides said:

What's anyone like for DL collars? I'm tired of my spring clips and
the
weights behind them creeping out towards the end of the bar.

I have a set of these that are real nice. Hold the weights snug and
easy to
use.

http://www.performbetter.com/detail.aspx_Q_ID_E_4324_A_CategoryID_E_242

I agree. The more the plates push against them, the harder they lock
up. The downside is that, when you've dropped the bar after several
deadlifts and locked them up tight, it's a lot tougher to pop out the
flange that unlocks them.

Right - that's what I remember from the meet warmups I mentioned. I
drop the bar pretty hard and they were a bit tough to get off - not as
hard as the plastic ones, mind you, but still harder than I generally
want to deal with.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

Quoted message said:

--

JMW
http://www.rustyiron.net

"Steve Freides" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Right - that's what I remember from the meet warmups I mentioned. I drop
the bar pretty hard and they were a bit tough to get off - not as hard as
the plastic ones, mind you, but still harder than I generally want to deal
with.

Yeah but they aint coming off when you squat! The reason I got these
(someone actually mailed me a pair for free) was because I'd dumped a squat
backwards and the plates went crashing all over because the spring clips
had no business holding big plates and change on each side. Bent my
favorite bar too.

They are actually pretty easy to deal with once you get used to them. I can
do them one handed.

"DanL" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Steve Freides" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Right - that's what I remember from the meet warmups I mentioned. I
drop the bar pretty hard and they were a bit tough to get off - not
as hard as the plastic ones, mind you, but still harder than I
generally want to deal with.

Yeah but they aint coming off when you squat! The reason I got these
(someone actually mailed me a pair for free) was because I'd dumped a
squat backwards and the plates went crashing all over because the
spring clips had no business holding big plates and change on each
side. Bent my favorite bar too.

They are actually pretty easy to deal with once you get used to them.
I can do them one handed.

Actually, I started using my plastic ones again a few days ago. No
problem w/ 300 lbs. for a few reps today, came right off. I'm going to
keep using them since I've already got them and see how it goes - and,
funny you should mention it, I got mine for free, too.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com