Don’t Crush Your Skull

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🤑Highlighted Sale: Strength Depot Bumper Plates (GGE10 to save even more).

🤓#1 Insight: The specific height of 45 lb plates was created in order to avoid people crushing their skulls on the platform.

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🤑What’s on Sale?

• The award for best-priced bumpers goes to these Nexo ones from Strength Depot. I can confirm that these are solid. You can also use promo code GGE10 to save 10%. Strength Depot has additional plates, barbells, home gym packages, and much more on sale as well.

More Strength Depot Labor Day Sales

• The top-of-the-line benches from REP are all on sale (certain colors) – AB-5000, AB-5100, and AB-5200.

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• Use Code GGE5 to save even more on the Giant Labor Day Sales
• Freedom Fitness Equipment Labor Day Sales start tomorrow.
• Bells of Steel Belt Squat Machine is on sale.
• The Surplus Strength Labor Day Sale includes free shipping on orders over $250. We do not have a specific promo code, but you can use code KURTLOCKER to save 10%.
• All of the REP J-Cups are on Sale

More to ✅ Out

• Gluck gives a thumbs up to the Preacher Pad in his review for those wanting a preacher pad option without taking up too much space.
• REP has added a DROP-IN DIP ATTACHMENT to their New Products page (coming soon).

🎙️Why Are Weight Plates the Way they Are?

In episode #3, @VintageWeightsPGH explains why weight plates look the way they do, how bumper plates came about, and more.

Highlights from the episode include:

• (6:51) Size: The specific height of 45 lb plates was created in order to avoid people crushing their skulls on the platform. It is now the accepted norm for starting positions of many lifts.
• (9:48) Bumper Plates: These were created as the next evolution in making it easier to drop.

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🎙️It’s Jake from Straydog

Jake Purdy, Brand Manager at Straydog, stopped by to chat about (4:24) The History of Straydog, (11:15) How Does Straydog Differ, (22:00) Straydog in 5 Years, and MORE.

Find the episode wherever you listen to podcasts or Garage Gym Radio.

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