Weight plate racking calculator

7 years ago • updated by 6 years ago • 6

I've noticed the app uses odd weights, example bench press: 152.5. A cool feature would be for you to list the available weight plates you have on hand and have the app tell you exactly which plates to use. I even have .25, .5, .75, and 1lb weight plates that would go perfectly with these odd little weight fractions the app throws at you, so that would be cool to be able to use those in addition to the traditional weight plates. Anyway, this website gave me the idea: http://exrx.net/Calculators/WeightPlate.html ...I think it would be a super useful feature myself.

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6 years ago

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6 years ago

Agree with that: "A cool feature would be for you to list the available weight plates you have on hand and have the app tell you exactly which plates to use".

On my case my smallest plate weight is 1kg so can't increase weight less than 2kg, It would be nice the app knows it to suggest me weights according to that.

6 years ago

Is there an easier way to how what sort of weights need to be put onto a free weight machine? One thing I struggle with all the time is what plates do I put on my bench press bar or other free weight excercise. WIth the machines, it is easy, use the weight closest to what is recommended by the app. WIth free weights, I sit and calculate if I need a 45 lbs plant or a 35 lbs plate. Is there something that can be added to the app for an easy visual of the amount of weight we use when first startign a work out?

[Edit: My vote would be for this photo.]