How To: DIY Concrete Weight Plates That Don't Break

The secret is to over pour the concrete then take a concrete grinding blade and grind it down to exactly 45lbs, it will also make the backside smooth then spray it with truck bed liner

Pro tip: mix concrete with milk instead of water for extra protein!

The 6 strands of fiberglass you put in there will surely help.

Your muscles don't know if you're lifting shiny weights or concrete ones, weight is weight!

My dad worked road construction and used concrete for everything. When I asked him for a set of weights he made me a set using buckets and coffee cans. This was 40 years ago. The set was awesome.

Ordered my mold 2 weeks ago... Made 6 plates already. I also added wire lathe inside it, and painted them heavily with rubberized paint. Work great. Also long as you're not that tool that throws or drops the weight after every set, and use them for what they are intended for... Cheapest alternative yet!

You're tripping me out with wearing gloves when you grab the cement but when you are packing it in the mould, no gloves!

Coop’s glove game in this video is pretty epic. His ability to take off and put on his gloves within seconds between video clips were amazing.

I'm surprised with some of the negative reviews. I was so impressed with the youtube.com/post/UgkxMwYg0MOXR4M-oGeyBsNSYe1aPOUoR… cage that I got the lat pulldown attachment that goes with it. It is equally outstanding. I don't have one complaint other than putting it together is a job. The instructions and packaging of the parts are very well designed and organized. Also, I stripped and damaged the pull down cable the first day, admitting it was my stupid fault, and they quickly replaced it at no charge. I'm 6'5, 280lbs and fit in the cage just fine. Glenn B

Additional tips: •water weight in the concrete evaporates out •overcast and use angle grinder to grind down to weight/smoother finish (read last tip for what overcasting would be) •if you get a super rough finish, use some concrete repair mix to smoothen it out •if you're gonna spend money on fiberglass reinforcements, use more than that tiny amount •use sch 40 PVC and coat the outside in rubber (either spray on or tape or a rubber sleeve) •spray on truck bed liner to coat the entire plate. The large plates come with a 17.5" diameter which puts the surface area of the plate right around 8sqft. Truck bed liner is supposed to be 0.7lb/sqft at 1/8" thickness. This extra thickness also bumps that 17.5" diameter closer to true size of an oly plage diameter. This means you're getting about 6lbs of spray on rubber into the plate so only pour about 40-42lbs > grind off about a pound or two > lose some water weight from evaporation > spray truck bed liner evenly until 45lbs

The Martha Stewart of the concrete game.

"About half the size of me, so you can just imagine how massive he is in person" 💀💀💀

$115? for this mold? I mean I know regular plates get expensive but common. That's expensive considering the whole point of this is to save money.

I believe give concrete 20-28 days to fully cure and reach max strength. Also I've seen folks spray bed liner on them to make them even more durable as well as give them the look of actual iron plates.

For those that own a random orbital sander, take off the sand paper and use the base against the edge of the mold in several place, pressing kinda hard. This will vibrate all air bubbles to the surface and make a much nicer result.

By the time all my plates cure I'll be ready for Covid-20

Damn coop start wearing green clothes and you could be Luigi.

When we were kids in the 1960s my Dad rented an aluminum canoe for a week. Put it in the cellar on saw horses upside down , coated it with petroleum jelly from the drug store than put fiberglass cloth over and covered it with fiberglass gel. Let it harden and cleaned it up Took back the rental and from the mold we made 3 fiber glass canoes They were heavy but lasted for years Watching this video I’m surprised no one decided to make these molds earlier !!! Guess we needed a pandemic

I think he should have just kept dropping UNTIL THEY BROKE, as an idea of how long they might last.

“Money in tha bank shawty wat u thank” my favorite quote from coop so far 😂😂😂