Why 45 pound plates?

[Chris]

Oh shit, thats a good point.

Chris

[Haz43]

I think it has to do with Kilos too. I used to Olympic Lift and the bar and the 45lb plates are 20 kg. Makes it easier to count for kilos cuz a bar and a 45 on both sides is a 60kg load.

[Skyefire]

Originally posted by Chris
Because it wouldn't boggle the mind if there was a specific order to it...:D Could it have to do with kilograms?

Chris

You gave them the answer and there still scratching their heads?

J/k

Most any international sport or event is going to be done in metric. Same for the weights. A 10k run is about 6miles but no one, not even Americans (nowadays) calls it that.

[golilla]

metric what the fuck is that kilos? glad you are the genius that you. Nice thinking outside the box without brains like yours we would be relegated to caves and crude wood tools. Thanks genius.