rubber coated weights lighter?

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cenzo78

New member

• Oct 26, 2010

• #1

i know it can not be, but for some reason the rubber coated dumbells with the thicker handles feel lighter to me than the regular plated dumbells. Anyone else?

 

nuknuk

MuscleChemistry member

• Oct 26, 2010

• #2

ive noticed some plates feel lighter than others

 

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cenzo78

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• Oct 26, 2010

• #3

i feel like the plates with the handles feel lighter than the solid iron plates.. who knows

 

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Sammy421

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• Oct 27, 2010

• #4

yea i agree the rubber plated dumbells do feel lighter for me too unless its just a mental thing

 

MrPerfect

MuscleChemistry Guru

• Oct 27, 2010

• #5

ive actually put the dumbells on a scale and they weight what they say... and as for the plates feeling lighter, when you have steel plates we usually grab them with our fingers, and when they are rubber coated with holes we grab them with our hand (thumbs included) so maybe thats why

 

Massive-E

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• Oct 28, 2010

• #6

jonflex said:

and as for the plates feeling lighter, when you have steel plates we usually grab them with our fingers, and when they are rubber coated with holes we grab them with our hand (thumbs included) so maybe thats why

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This is most likely the answer, although ever since the doubt was put in my mind there is a little mental war going on to ...

One of the gyms i go to has steel and the other rubber coated .. the steel gym i just cant seem to squat the same amount as the other ... i know its a mind game ... just so weird