Where do you get 5 lb bumpers?

Eugene R. Allen · 09-30-2006, 07:52 PM

I want some of the nylon bumpers like the ones at CF Santa Cruz. I can't find them. They are the full sized yellow plates the same size as the other bumper plates. Anybody know where I can get some?

Pierre Auge · 09-30-2006, 08:54 PM

Eugene,
Glen Pendlay sells very nice lexan plates that you can drop and drop and drop. He has 2.5kg and 5kg plates, I remember seeing these exact plates at RBV highschool at the burgener seminar.

I've used them and will attest to their greatness. Better than the crappy plates at CF Santa Cruz that will break if you drop them!

Eugene R. Allen · 09-30-2006, 10:12 PM

Pierre - the plates I'm talking about at CFSC are the yellow/orange, rubbery ones you see so often in the pics of Nicole doing the OHS or FS or whatever. Those plates were not brittle and did not seem fragile at all to me.

Carrie Klumpar · 09-30-2006, 11:14 PM

Yeah, a bunch of us wish those were still available. Everyone seems to love em but they haven't been manufactured for a while, AFAIK. Alas.

I think you're SOL on getting these, Eugene. (Unless you happen to stumble across some used, but I've never seen such a thing.)

Roger Smith · 10-01-2006, 06:07 AM

Back when I had a home gym, I was going to make a pair out of clear lexan. That way you could see threw exactly where the bar is. Though it would be cool. They have a pair that they used for pics in the NSCA training book. Scrap lexan shows up on ebay every so often. Just a thought....

Eugene R. Allen · 10-01-2006, 07:56 AM

I was afraid of that Carrie. It says BFS on the CFSC bumpers but I don't see them on their website and last time I called them they said they don't make them any more. Maybe I'll make some out of plywood.

Grady McDonald · 10-01-2006, 08:48 AM

http://www.werksanusa.com/onlinecart...=8897679.30188
*Hu5PX1&xm=on&product=2_TRAINING

Tha above link takes you to the Werksan Plates that are at Burgs High School.

http://store.wfwclub.com/2trplp.html
Above takes you to the pendlay plates.

BFS stopped making the yellow plates about 3 years ago, they are not cost beneficial to mass produce according to the rep I spoke to a while back. The 10lb yellow plates are the best I've seen to train w/.

A friend of mine cut his trainers out of plywood. They work great and have lasted over a year.

Rene Renteria · 10-01-2006, 08:39 PM

I talked to Hi-Temp of Tuscumbia, AL about getting some bumpers. The lady said they have a 5 lb. bumper at $0.92/lb, like all their bumpers. But when I asked about their being 17.7" diameter, she seemed to think so but didn't seem sure. Anyway, you may consider calling and finding out about the diameter. Number is: 800-239-5066, M-Th 7:30a-4:15p CST.

Pierre Auge · 10-01-2006, 09:20 PM

Rene,
all of the Hi-Temp bumpers bellow 25lbs are of a small diameter, the 5's are about 8 inches. The 10's and 15's about 14 inches.

Eugene,
sorry about the missunderstanding, I thought you were talking on the black plastic 5# BFS plates they've got. Although returning to the point, though they are lexan the plates I refered too above from Glenn Pendlay are awesome and I think will do exactly what you need them to do!

I'm going to be buying some myself for exactly this purpose whenever I get unbroke. Soon I hope.

Rene Renteria · 10-01-2006, 09:33 PM

Whoa! Pierre, thanks for that. I was told the 10s and 15s were of proper diameter. Back to the gym drawing board...

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09-30-2006, 07:52 PM	#1
Eugene R. Allen Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma Washington Posts: 1,715	I want some of the nylon bumpers like the ones at CF Santa Cruz. I can't find them. They are the full sized yellow plates the same size as the other bumper plates. Anybody know where I can get some?

09-30-2006, 08:54 PM	#2
Pierre Auge Member Profile: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ottawa Ontario Posts: 735	Eugene, Glen Pendlay sells very nice lexan plates that you can drop and drop and drop. He has 2.5kg and 5kg plates, I remember seeing these exact plates at RBV highschool at the burgener seminar. I've used them and will attest to their greatness. Better than the crappy plates at CF Santa Cruz that will break if you drop them!

09-30-2006, 10:12 PM	#3
Eugene R. Allen Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma Washington Posts: 1,715	Pierre - the plates I'm talking about at CFSC are the yellow/orange, rubbery ones you see so often in the pics of Nicole doing the OHS or FS or whatever. Those plates were not brittle and did not seem fragile at all to me.

09-30-2006, 11:14 PM	#4
Carrie Klumpar Member Profile: Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Seattle/Redmond WA Posts: 461	Yeah, a bunch of us wish those were still available. Everyone seems to love em but they haven't been manufactured for a while, AFAIK. Alas. I think you're SOL on getting these, Eugene. (Unless you happen to stumble across some used, but I've never seen such a thing.)

10-01-2006, 06:07 AM	#5
Roger Smith Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Calgary AB Posts: 392	Back when I had a home gym, I was going to make a pair out of clear lexan. That way you could see threw exactly where the bar is. Though it would be cool. They have a pair that they used for pics in the NSCA training book. Scrap lexan shows up on ebay every so often. Just a thought....

10-01-2006, 07:56 AM	#6
Eugene R. Allen Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma Washington Posts: 1,715	I was afraid of that Carrie. It says BFS on the CFSC bumpers but I don't see them on their website and last time I called them they said they don't make them any more. Maybe I'll make some out of plywood.

10-01-2006, 08:48 AM	#7
Grady McDonald Member Profile: Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 138	http://www.werksanusa.com/onlinecart...=8897679.30188 *Hu5PX1&xm=on&product=2_TRAINING Tha above link takes you to the Werksan Plates that are at Burgs High School. http://store.wfwclub.com/2trplp.html Above takes you to the pendlay plates. BFS stopped making the yellow plates about 3 years ago, they are not cost beneficial to mass produce according to the rep I spoke to a while back. The 10lb yellow plates are the best I've seen to train w/. A friend of mine cut his trainers out of plywood. They work great and have lasted over a year.

10-01-2006, 08:39 PM	#8
Rene Renteria Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 364	I talked to Hi-Temp of Tuscumbia, AL about getting some bumpers. The lady said they have a 5 lb. bumper at $0.92/lb, like all their bumpers. But when I asked about their being 17.7" diameter, she seemed to think so but didn't seem sure. Anyway, you may consider calling and finding out about the diameter. Number is: 800-239-5066, M-Th 7:30a-4:15p CST.

10-01-2006, 09:20 PM	#9
Pierre Auge Member Profile: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ottawa Ontario Posts: 735	Rene, all of the Hi-Temp bumpers bellow 25lbs are of a small diameter, the 5's are about 8 inches. The 10's and 15's about 14 inches. Eugene, sorry about the missunderstanding, I thought you were talking on the black plastic 5# BFS plates they've got. Although returning to the point, though they are lexan the plates I refered too above from Glenn Pendlay are awesome and I think will do exactly what you need them to do! I'm going to be buying some myself for exactly this purpose whenever I get unbroke. Soon I hope.

10-01-2006, 09:33 PM	#10
Rene Renteria Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 364	Whoa! Pierre, thanks for that. I was told the 10s and 15s were of proper diameter. Back to the gym drawing board...