![]() ![]() Safer: Since, the "end state" of the Olympic lift is overhead or at the shoulder, the rubber construction allows a loaded bar to be dropped safely with no risk of damage to the floor, platform, bar, plates, bystanders or lifters themselves.Bounce: They must bounce just right, more like a bunny hop than a Jack-in-the-box popping in your face.Inferior quality plates will crack around the inner ring, which imbalances the bar while floor resting. Bumper plates get dropped constantly, becoming gluttons for punishment. Durability: Cracking poses the #1 threat to bumpers. ![]() A combination of poor rubber quality and excess slimness will bend the plates, resulting in an imbalanced load, that makes for a shaky pull off the ground. BEND: Ten-pound weights are notoriously thin and fragile. ![]() If not, the weights can slide if the rings are too wide.
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