mislabeled weights

[Hells Fire]

Yesterday I bought a beautiful new 300 lbs. weight set, plus an extra pair of 45 lb. plates. Well, today I weighed the equipment and here's what I found:
the olympic bar weighs 40 lbs. instead of 45 /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I have a pair of 43's
and I have a pair of 26's.
I'm pissed. I used the equipment yesterday and thought that I set a new PR with a 140 lb barbell, but apparently it was only 135 /forum/images/graemlins/mad.gif
I can understand the plates being a pound or two off, but I'll have to go to Dick's and complain about the bar.

[dave12345]

yea that's crap, make sure your scale is tared, and if it's still off, complain and get something extra haha.

[Coz]

Yah that does suck, when I bough mine I verified every single weight and they were all spot on. Like Dave said make sure your scale is functioning properly before you go raise hell.

[X-Factor]

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Yah that does suck, when I bough mine I verified every single weight and they were all spot on. Like Dave said make sure your scale is functioning properly before you go raise hell.

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Haha, Coz, so meticulous.

[Hells Fire]

I exchanged the set for a new one today. The plates are pretty exact, but no luck on the bar. I got another 40 pound olympic bar! I guess York Barbell just likes to rip off its customers and make people think they're stronger so they'll want to buy more.

[slackie911]

is it that big of a deal though? i mean, just put on as many plates as it takes u to fail at whatever rep range. i guess it's frustrating to think you PR at a certain weight, but in terms of muscle growth i dont see how it makes any difference/

[thevoice]

Did you weigh the York Barbell with the collars on it? I think York may class the 45lbs as bar+collars?

[soonerswoll]

just keep 5 extra pounds of plates on for everything, not too big a deal. atleast you know about it, im sure that prolly happens alot at gyms and screws up peoples' numbers

[Hells Fire]

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Did you weigh the York Barbell with the collars on it? I think York may class the 45lbs as bar+collars?

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I wondered about that, too. But the collars weight less than a pound.

Adding an extra 5 lbs. to the bar is no big deal. I'm just surprised that it's only 40 lbs. Isn't 45 a rather universal standard?

[Coz]

I would return it. Stuff like that drives me crazy. If I pay for something it has to be exactly what I thought it to be, any deviation and I will return to the store with fury and get what I want. It is a matter of principle, I don't care if it is easy to add 5 lbs, you shouldn't have to do that.

[Binks]

I am with Coz on this one... It would drive me crazy... especially as I normally train at home, but do also go to a gym at times... It would throw me out... Like Coz says, if you had got the stuff for free, well shut up and don't complain, but since you spent your hard earned cash on it you should get what you orderd.

Check your scales first though!

[JTiger]

If you have access to a calibrated lab scale at your local university, try checking it there.