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Weight plate

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, weight plate means: A flat, usually round piece of metal or other material added to a barbell or machine to increase resistance.

In Turkish: ağırlık plakası

How it is used

Used in gyms and strength training. People load, remove, rack, or carry weight plates during exercises like squats, deadlifts, and presses.

Example sentences

  1. Please return each weight plate to the rack after deadlifts so the next class can set up quickly and safely.

    Here, weight plate refers to the removable discs used on bars or in storage areas, emphasizing gym safety and organization.

  2. She added a small weight plate to each side of the barbell after her warm-up sets started to feel easy.

    In this sentence, the term shows how resistance is increased in small steps by adding plates to the bar.

Common collocations

  • add a weight plate
  • remove a weight plate
  • bumper weight plate
  • weight plate rack
  • barbellA long metal bar with weight plates added at each end, held with both hands for exercises such as squats, deadlifts and bench presses.
  • dumbbellA short bar with a weight at each end, held in one hand; used singly or in pairs for exercises such as curls, presses and rows.

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