the weight of weights

ive literally weighed several bars and plates on the same scale.........and i ended up with some bars at:
40.3
43.6
and a buddy had one at 51lbs.....

as far as 45lb plates

44.2
45 even

isnt there some LAW or REG that makes companies use a standard scale to make weights and bars?

For the bars, I don't think there's anything wrong with different companies making bars that weigh different amounts. I always weigh any bar I'm going to be using just to make sure I know what I'm dealing with.
The weights, on the other hand- That's just screwed up. There might be a class action lawsuit waiting to happen there... I mean, people could get injured by trying to lift the wrong amount of weight. The numbers are built right into the plate, sounds like false advertising to me- I wonder if there's any sort of small print legal disclaimer the manufacturers print somewhere to protect themselves...

thats a very interesting comment cpl...i know that all the plates have the 45lbs stamped on them....even if the scale was wrong, that means there is still one too heavy and one too light! and ur right ive felt the difference when lifting, one could get hurt!!!

I think it's almost impossible to get an exact weight that the plate says it is. Obviously, a tenth of a lb isn't worth getting riled up. BUT, off by 2+ pounds might be grounds for at least questioning the quality of the plates. Grounds for lawsuit, not really unless they grossly misslabel a 25lb as 10lb or something like that. Just my 2 cents....

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I don't know man, we live in an age where we can have a phone conversation through satellites, type things on our computers for the world to see almost instantaneously, grow ears on mice and clone sheep- But we somehow can't get something to weigh forty five pounds with consistency? Sure, a small amount of difference might not seem like much- Per plate. What if by chance you happened to load all the lighter plates on one side of the bar and all the heavier ones on the other side- Depending on the differences in weight and how many of those unmatched plates you're using, the difference between the two sides could get scary.
On the other hand, let's not forget that some of the difference could be attributed to everyday wear and tear on the weights, and not manufacturer's defects.

What if by chance you happened to load all the lighter plates on one side of the bar and all the heavier ones on the other side- Depending on the differences in weight and how many of those unmatched plates you're using, the difference between the two sides could get scary.

now why would I wanna go and do a thing like that? LOL j/k

Yeah...that is pretty darn scary. Hey, if fat people can sue McDonald's for making them fat, I suppose you could sue the company for the differences in weight if you got injured from it. Hell, I'm lucky I don't get sued at work for half the crap that goes on. Especially sexual harassment. Let's just say that when there aren't any customers around, I get rowdy, like my natural self.

Yeah, I have a potty mouth!

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