Micro Loading 5/8 Pound Hex Weight Plate - 1 Pair

I wish I had thought of this! These PlateMates (and their 1.25-lb big brothers) enable me to progress in weight in most of my exercises nearly every workout (even if it is only 5/8 or 1.25 lbs). I started out rehabilitating a shoulder injury. Micro-loading makes it a LOT easier to do that for rehab work, but these are also useful for pure strength or bodybuilding exercises, too. Read Rippetoe's book "Starting Strength" for a good discussion on linear progression and micro-loading.These are pricey, but they are so convenient that you will not regret the purchase. For bi-lateral dumbbell exercises you will need (at a minimum) 2 pairs of the 1-1/4 lb plates, and 2 pairs of the 5/8 lb plates. This will enable you to go up in 1-1/4 lb increments. And if you want to go up in 5/8-lb increments, you will actually need 3 pairs of the 5/8-lb PlateMates. If you have two pairs of 1.25-lb PlateMates and a two pairs of 5/8-lb PlateMates you have the ability to do bi-lateral work starting from 5/8 lb up to 3-3/4 lb using only the plate-mates. Which means you don't need to purchase 3-lb, 8-lb, or 12-lb dumbbells.These will not work with rubber-covered dumbbells. Good Luck and Happy Lifting!

I'm very disappointed because I can't use these at all because they just don't have enough sticking power. The issue is my gym has a rubber coating on their weights and the magnets aren't strong enough to stick to the weights over this coating. So, they are completely useless to me.

Great for microloading. Easy on. Easy off. My beef is that you're paying a lot of money for some magnets.

Very useful.

These have been really helpful along the way as I try to increase my weights. For certain lifts (like legs) it's easy to add on five lbs at a time, however with my arms sometimes I can only go up a pound or two and these make it easy to do that.

I've used PlateMate weight plates in the past, but it looks as though they have changed the product design some. The new weight caps are made with thinner rubber and a much larger end cap, which significantly protrudes over the end of smaller dumbbells . I will say that the customer service from the vendor was superb. They were very helpful in allowing me to exchange my order when I ordered the wrong size.

I've used platemates before, and need to add another size to provide incremental additional weight to my dumb bells. They work great and are a very useful tool.

Highly recommended. I have Platemates in the 5/8, 1.25, and 2.5 pound sizes. All work perfectly. The magnets are super strong and the Platemates do not fall off of the weight plates or dumbbells (I use them on both). Very well made. They will last you for life.