Rogue Technique plates vs Fractional plates
This is a comparison between the Rogue Technique plate and the fractional plates including pros, cons and alternatives. Follow the links for more details
Overview and review of Rogue fractional plates
The Rogue fractional plates will set you back about $33 dollars. These plates are especially good to use for lifters who want to microload. This overview has originally been published in the article "Which rogue plates to buy" which you can find on this blog.
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Overview of the fractional plates
Rogue Fractional plates come in pairs of 0.125kg and 0.250kg. They are a helpful tool for the most advanced athletes to steadily increase the weight being lifted. They can also be used on beginning athletes or anyone who is facing a plateau. These plates allow you to increase the weight on the bar in increments which are smaller than 2.5kg and therefore provide more options for your training.
Pros of the fractional plates
Fractional plates are a great tool when you know how to use them. For programs like Jim Wendler, you want to use them as they break down the weight increments very finely.
Cons of the fractional plates
These plates get easily lost or stolen. Also most people in your gym will not know how to use them probably and scatter them all over the place as they are so small.
Overview and review of the Rogue Technique plates
The Rogue technique plates will set you back about $125 - $160 dollars. These plates are especially good to use for beginning weightlifters. This overview has originally been published in the article "Which rogue plates to buy" which you can find on this blog.
Overview of the technique plates
Technique plates are special plates which have the same diameter of 450mm than regular competition plates but at a much lower weight. This is achieved by using high-density polyethylene Plastic (HDPE). These are the right plates to teach beginners, juniors or getting rehabbing athletes back to lifting. These plates combined with a technique bar can lower the weight of the bar for a beginner to 15kg to enter the sport of Olympic weightlifting. If you work a lot with children or very unfit beginners, this is a good plate to add to your arsenal.
The technique plates are available in red and white in 2.5kg, 5kg, 5lb, and 10lb versions. They have the following specs:
- 450mm Diameter
- 50.2mm Center Hole Diameter
- Grooved edge for easier handling
Pros of the technique plates
Technique plates help to ease into the sport and to hone your lifts to perfection. If your gym or yourself are serious about Olympic weightlifting they will be a great addition to your arsenal to grind on technique without wreaking your body.
Cons of the technique plates
These plates have a very narrow and specialized use case. If you do not enter the realm of Olympic weightlifting you will probably only get very little use out of them.
Alternatives to the technique plates
Alternatives to technique plates are:
Fractional plates and change plates help you to work with lower denominations in work and to microload . In most cases you will get more use out of these for everyday training than out of technique plates.