I own more than a 1,000 lbs. of The Strength Co. plates and they fit perfectly on all 10 of my barbells which are from multiple high quality companies, e.g. Rogue, Texas Power Bar, Kabuki, EliteFTS, and The Strength Co. I would imagine if you stay away from the cheap stuff you will be just fine. I'm personally not aware of anyone who has had an issue with them when paired with a high quality barbell. American Barbell makes great equipment and there plates are no exception. I find that most opinions regarding strength equipment is somewhat subjective anyway. I dont regret my purchase one bit and would purchase them again if given the choice. Love the chanel and appreciate your opinion on the matter.
Ya this was one shocked me but it's true and also what makes the Strength Co plates so great! They are made the tightest tolerance of any plate out there making them one of the best performance plates you can buy. However as video's have proven the slightest extra amount of Cerakote on a Rogue bar for example will make them a real pain to slide on and off or machined lip on sleeve that's higher than normal. The point of my channel is to give honest reviews which we all can appreciate. I have no doubt your feedback is solid and really appreciate comments like yours to discuss it. I've been wrong in the past and like the accountability.
I'm the same, I love my rubber coated plates. They're really quiet when you stack them side by side and thats a huge plus for me with 2 kids. Great video! thank you!
Great video and great plates. American barbell makes top tier equipment. Just received a new barbell from them and the build quality is much better than rogue and Kabuki. One note however, the standard diameter of Olympic plates are 17.72"/450mm for 45s
That's awesome! Everyone that uses these plates always comments how much they love them. Great feel in hand and quality is unmatched. Love to hear feedback like that. cheers!
Setting all those plates up for the video must have been a decent workout in itself! Urethane plates with the steel inserts are awesome for easy handling and quietness. I prefer bare steel plates for my home gym cause I like the sound, old school feeling, etc. I have a lot of the deep dish Rogue plates and their coatings are holding up very well after a year plus, but I'm not pushing them across asphalt or rough concrete. For commercial gyms, I always preferred the urethane plates for sound and handling and I agree those are the best style for the gym atmosphere you are creating. My gym atmosphere is more like Dante's inferno - just missing the sign that says "abandon all hope ye who enter here."
Yes setting up for this video pretty much did me for the rest of the day.😂 I’m eventually going to get some deep dish I’m sure because they are so dam nice looking and I can’t fill a bar to save my life anyway!😂 cheers!!!
Sorry just saw this, their holding up great. Lots if heavy use, bought them summer of 2020. Oh yeah their a pleasure to use and handle plus they won’t chip or rust out in my garage.
This was an awesome review and these plates look great. I would say the Rogue Urethane Six Shooters are a great option too. I have the Ivanko version of those but they’re rubber. To be honest, you were one of my favorite reviewers but I stopped watching you for a few months since it seemed you were shilling hard for Rep (more so on IG than here) but it was really refreshing seeing you talk about American Barbell so I’m looking forward to seeing them featured more. The Rep love is understandable since they make good products and have a lot of new ones coming, but it felt like it was getting shoved down my throat a bit by you. Hope you don’t mind this criticism!
I love your honesty brother!! Here’s something to think about “the other popular” channels take free equipment and get paid to do reviews. All my reviews are stuff I bought which happens to be a lot of REP gear! I totally get it and with all the new rep gear coming out this year (which I ordered) had me really pumped and probably posted too much on REP stuff! Guilty.
@@MacStrengthCo thanks for the reply and understanding! I definitely can see your genuine approach to reviewing which is why I love your content. It’s great to see honest, detailed and approachable reviews so keep it up. It’s as important to be as true to yourself as it is to your audience and I know you cover both bases. I’m actually talking more about the reposting and hyping up of everything Rep posts on IG and not actual reviews you do. It was a little overwhelming for me personally, but I know it comes from a good place for you so I can’t really be that critical about it. I’m not even hating on Rep either since I have a lot of their equipment and have the same opinions as you do for a lot of them. Regardless, you for sure are one of the good ones. You’re truthful. You know your audience. You have a great gym and setup. And you’re actually strong! Keep it up man.
Great analysis on weights. I personally have rogue deep dish and really like them. (Space on bar isn’t a problem I’m not strong enough to worry about that haha). But the plates you have are great and am sure will last forever. Just a lot to expensive for me.
I get it. You can't go wrong with any of the plates I mentioned and they are probably the 3 best plate options on the market! Deep Dish, Strength Co etc.. The deep dish sure look the best! cheers
Great vid. I own the same plates and couldn’t agree with you more. I love the fact that they have stainless steel inserts and wont chew up my barbell sleeves when loading. Had mine for about two years now and they haven’t shown any signs of wear. In my opinion, they are the beat rubber grip plates on the market. Aloha from Hawaii
I have a mix of these and York barbell deep dish. I love both but. I really like being able to do hammer curls with the 35s and 25s becauseof the grip. It hits my forearms perfectly.
Agreed. I forgot to mention REPS are urethane but I don’t see or feel a difference. In a commercial setting I’ve noticed urethane wear out worse than rubber as it chips off
I understand and agree with your reasons for getting coated plates with grip holes, but why American Barbell Rubber grip plates specifically compared to the direct competitors you showed in the video like Rogue urethane 6 shooters, Rep urethane equalizers, Troy rubber grip, etc?
Reps would be my recommendation but they were sold out. Rogues are nice also. American barbell plates have a long lasting reputation for quality where they others are somewhat new. Troy’s design just not as nice but that’s just me.
You can put 7 deep dish 45lb plates on each end of a power bar with 2 inches left for ccollars (about 675 lbs). But if you're like me, that will only work for high rep days 🤪
I have the American Barbell weight plates and they are nice but the black color faded pretty quickly and they turned almost white. I had to spray them with armor all to try and get their color back.
Sorry to hear that. Just a note Armor all turns rubber white over time so that’s not surprising. Only use natural oils like olive oil or just plain water and soap. Thanks for watching!👍🏻
YOURE WRONG RA RA RA…..jk you were accurate about the deep dishes coming from someone who has 635lb of them and deadlifts regularly with 6 45’s per side. Space can be an issue on the bar if you are not a casual. They do chip pretty regularly too. These plates look beautiful man. They are awesome.
I used both and you can't tell the difference. One is urethane and the other is rubber but in all practical uses I can't tell the difference. One isn't any better than the other. The urethane has colors which is cool!
@@vahidbehravan I find them both have some texture I have urethane and rubber in my gym now and you can't tell the difference by looking or feeling them. AB's urethane might have more texture but im sure it's similar. American barbell actually invented the rubber coating process so they have the best.
@@vahidbehravan urethane tends to be slightly easier to clean. The colors are a nice bonus but I wouldn't stress about it. The rubber ones will last a lifetime too.
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I own more than a 1,000 lbs. of The Strength Co. plates and they fit perfectly on all 10 of my barbells which are from multiple high quality companies, e.g. Rogue, Texas Power Bar, Kabuki, EliteFTS, and The Strength Co. I would imagine if you stay away from the cheap stuff you will be just fine. I'm personally not aware of anyone who has had an issue with them when paired with a high quality barbell. American Barbell makes great equipment and there plates are no exception. I find that most opinions regarding strength equipment is somewhat subjective anyway. I dont regret my purchase one bit and would purchase them again if given the choice. Love the chanel and appreciate your opinion on the matter.
Ya this was one shocked me but it's true and also what makes the Strength Co plates so great! They are made the tightest tolerance of any plate out there making them one of the best performance plates you can buy. However as video's have proven the slightest extra amount of Cerakote on a Rogue bar for example will make them a real pain to slide on and off or machined lip on sleeve that's higher than normal. The point of my channel is to give honest reviews which we all can appreciate. I have no doubt your feedback is solid and really appreciate comments like yours to discuss it. I've been wrong in the past and like the accountability.
Welcome back
Thanks buddy. I need to hire your "show writer's" to add some humor to my videos. ha ha..
Finally a guy who speaks truth and honesty
Thanks Mike. best feedback I could get and the whole point of the channel.
I'm the same, I love my rubber coated plates. They're really quiet when you stack them side by side and thats a huge plus for me with 2 kids. Great video! thank you!
Once you have them it's hard to go back. Cheers!
Great video and great plates. American barbell makes top tier equipment. Just received a new barbell from them and the build quality is much better than rogue and Kabuki.
One note however, the standard diameter of Olympic plates are 17.72"/450mm for 45s
Thanks for the feedback! I made a mistake on that size for sure. I need to figure out how to fix it. Thanks for pointing it out. cheers!
I ended up getting these back in April. I painted the letters white and numbers red. I definitely love these plates
I think I saw a picture of plates painted like that. Looked awesome.
I've had the same plates like 5 years, they still look like new. Love them. Good quality stuff from American Barbell.
That's awesome! Everyone that uses these plates always comments how much they love them. Great feel in hand and quality is unmatched. Love to hear feedback like that. cheers!
Can they handle deadlifts, hip thrusts?
@@thesummoning14 I wouldn't go around doing some big olympic lifts with them. leave that for bumpers for but for everyday training should be no issue.
Setting all those plates up for the video must have been a decent workout in itself! Urethane plates with the steel inserts are awesome for easy handling and quietness. I prefer bare steel plates for my home gym cause I like the sound, old school feeling, etc. I have a lot of the deep dish Rogue plates and their coatings are holding up very well after a year plus, but I'm not pushing them across asphalt or rough concrete. For commercial gyms, I always preferred the urethane plates for sound and handling and I agree those are the best style for the gym atmosphere you are creating.
My gym atmosphere is more like Dante's inferno - just missing the sign that says "abandon all hope ye who enter here."
Yes setting up for this video pretty much did me for the rest of the day.😂
I’m eventually going to get some deep dish I’m sure because they are so dam nice looking and I can’t fill a bar to save my life anyway!😂 cheers!!!
I have a full set of Rep Fitness urethane coated equalizer plates, not cheap! Had them for over two years now, I love them.
I've had a ton of people interested in them lately. How do you like them?
Sorry just saw this, their holding up great. Lots if heavy use, bought them summer of 2020. Oh yeah their a pleasure to use and handle plus they won’t chip or rust out in my garage.
This was an awesome review and these plates look great. I would say the Rogue Urethane Six Shooters are a great option too. I have the Ivanko version of those but they’re rubber.
To be honest, you were one of my favorite reviewers but I stopped watching you for a few months since it seemed you were shilling hard for Rep (more so on IG than here) but it was really refreshing seeing you talk about American Barbell so I’m looking forward to seeing them featured more. The Rep love is understandable since they make good products and have a lot of new ones coming, but it felt like it was getting shoved down my throat a bit by you. Hope you don’t mind this criticism!
I love your honesty brother!! Here’s something to think about “the other popular” channels take free equipment and get paid to do reviews. All my reviews are stuff I bought which happens to be a lot of REP gear! I totally get it and with all the new rep gear coming out this year (which I ordered) had me really pumped and probably posted too much on REP stuff! Guilty.
@@MacStrengthCo thanks for the reply and understanding! I definitely can see your genuine approach to reviewing which is why I love your content. It’s great to see honest, detailed and approachable reviews so keep it up. It’s as important to be as true to yourself as it is to your audience and I know you cover both bases.
I’m actually talking more about the reposting and hyping up of everything Rep posts on IG and not actual reviews you do. It was a little overwhelming for me personally, but I know it comes from a good place for you so I can’t really be that critical about it. I’m not even hating on Rep either since I have a lot of their equipment and have the same opinions as you do for a lot of them.
Regardless, you for sure are one of the good ones. You’re truthful. You know your audience. You have a great gym and setup. And you’re actually strong! Keep it up man.
Great analysis on weights. I personally have rogue deep dish and really like them. (Space on bar isn’t a problem I’m not strong enough to worry about that haha). But the plates you have are great and am sure will last forever. Just a lot to expensive for me.
I get it. You can't go wrong with any of the plates I mentioned and they are probably the 3 best plate options on the market! Deep Dish, Strength Co etc.. The deep dish sure look the best! cheers
Great vid. I own the same plates and couldn’t agree with you more. I love the fact that they have stainless steel inserts and wont chew up my barbell sleeves when loading. Had mine for about two years now and they haven’t shown any signs of wear. In my opinion, they are the beat rubber grip plates on the market. Aloha from Hawaii
I agree and doubled down on them after having them for a year or so. Just awesome plates.
Cheers from NorCal! Been to Maui/O'ahu! Beautiful place one of my favorites in the world.
Happy wife, happy life. Love those style of plates.
Everyone that uses them says the same thing. cheers!
I feel you man when everyone was clamoring for those deep dish plates I was like nah. I'm good with my hampton hog plates.
I’d your after looks “deep dish” if you want to train everything else! 😂jk. I call them the instagram plates.
It made me laugh when you said it's not about looking good but getting stronger. True but damn you got a good looking gym! 🤣🤣🤣
Dude I was making fun of myself there. 😂. Guilty!
I have a set of Rep Urethane Plates. I am very happy with them. They just feel premium. Those look nice though.
REP's are basically identical but different design and a different type of coating one could say might even be better. cheers!
Those are a thing of beauty!!
Thanks buddy!
Nice. Love my AB plates. Look forward to seeing future AB products.
Thanks! The barbells have to be on my list. Cheers🤙🏼
@@MacStrengthCo Great. I've got the mammoth, CA, and Jr. Interested to hear another's perspective. We love them.
I have a mix of these and York barbell deep dish.
I love both but. I really like being able to do hammer curls with the 35s and 25s becauseof the grip. It hits my forearms perfectly.
Perfect. If I could fit more in the gym I would get a set of iron plates next. It's a space and budget issue now. Get those gains buddy!
Great review, those plates look extremely nice. Saw on Instagram American Barbell is coming out with a Urethane version of those.
Agreed. I forgot to mention REPS are urethane but I don’t see or feel a difference. In a commercial setting I’ve noticed urethane wear out worse than rubber as it chips off
I was leaning toward urethane and didnt need to hear that 😊@@MacStrengthCo
I understand and agree with your reasons for getting coated plates with grip holes, but why American Barbell Rubber grip plates specifically compared to the direct competitors you showed in the video like Rogue urethane 6 shooters, Rep urethane equalizers, Troy rubber grip, etc?
Reps would be my recommendation but they were sold out. Rogues are nice also. American barbell plates have a long lasting reputation for quality where they others are somewhat new. Troy’s design just not as nice but that’s just me.
American Barbell are the official plate used in all the Planet Fitness gyms so they must be the best!
hands down my favorite still.
You can put 7 deep dish 45lb plates on each end of a power bar with 2 inches left for ccollars (about 675 lbs). But if you're like me, that will only work for high rep days 🤪
Home gym problems!!😂
I have the American Barbell weight plates and they are nice but the black color faded pretty quickly and they turned almost white. I had to spray them with armor all to try and get their color back.
Sorry to hear that. Just a note Armor all turns rubber white over time so that’s not surprising. Only use natural oils like olive oil or just plain water and soap. Thanks for watching!👍🏻
YOURE WRONG RA RA RA…..jk you were accurate about the deep dishes coming from someone who has 635lb of them and deadlifts regularly with 6 45’s per side. Space can be an issue on the bar if you are not a casual. They do chip pretty regularly too. These plates look beautiful man. They are awesome.
Dude that's funny! lol Don't get me wrong I'm still probably going to buy some Rogue Deep Dish and Strength Co Plates!! Just wait. ha ha
@@MacStrengthCo hey man I ABSOLUTELY LOVE mine don’t get me wrong. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts, man!
What do you think about the Iron grip 12 sided hex plates They are seen in a lot of gyms today Do you think they're better or the same in quality
I've used them a lot in commercial gyms. Nothing wrong with them.
Todays workout is rack those plates back to the weight horns😂
yup! that was fun.
can you compare their new Urethane Grip plates (2023) with their rubber ones? thank you!
I used both and you can't tell the difference. One is urethane and the other is rubber but in all practical uses I can't tell the difference. One isn't any better than the other. The urethane has colors which is cool!
@@MacStrengthCo I haven’t seen them upclose but in pictures the urethane appears to have some grain/texture? If true it will be really cool.
@@vahidbehravan I find them both have some texture I have urethane and rubber in my gym now and you can't tell the difference by looking or feeling them. AB's urethane might have more texture but im sure it's similar.
American barbell actually invented the rubber coating process so they have the best.
@@MacStrengthCo so in your opinion there is no point on spending more on the urethanes?
@@vahidbehravan urethane tends to be slightly easier to clean. The colors are a nice bonus but I wouldn't stress about it. The rubber ones will last a lifetime too.
I’ve been trying to buy their angled t bar since 2020, its been out of stock for over a year now
It's crazy isn't it.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!!
Thanks!
Off topic, can you do seated chest press or incline press on Rep Functional Trainer? Or is it to wide. Thanks in advance 💪
I really can’t answer that as I have never done either on it. I’ll check it out when I get some time off work. Cheers!🤙🏼
I like Troy Polyurethane
very similar
Hows the plate tolerances? Would you get these or the rep urethane equalizers?
+/- 2% which is fine for what I'm doing. I really like the equalizers too. I think the AB plates might be a little easier to grab.