Standard Olympic Weight Sets

8 years ago, just a few months before I turned 51, I purchased the 300 lb set.

As a man with a full life: Job, 30 mile/week runner and three kids, I didn't have time for long, involved workouts. For the next few years, I did 4-6 clean and jerks about 3 times per week. I would warm-up low and incrementally add more weights until failure.

The upshot, is that these got dropped on my concrete basement floor a lot--probably a couple of thousand times by now. My biggest fear was that I would shatter a plate. This never happened. I did eventually bend the bar, quite a bit. Eventually, the set screw bolts that hold the bar together became stripped and I've finally had to replace the bar. Also, one of the spring clamps snapped from metal fatigue--this was NBD, since the part was inexpensively replaceable and a woodworking clamp worked in the interim.

I started to do powerlifting (squat and deadlift) and so I may be able to still use the old bar for that and reserve the new one for C&J.

All in all, I'm disappointed that the bar bent, bur pleased that the plates survived. Either way, the use I got out of the set far outweighed the cost--especially with all this Covid nonsense. Being able to lift at home has been invaluable to me.

We ordered the Standard Olympic Weight Sets for our home gym. These are high quality weights and the bar that came with it was top quality. Fitness Giant was excellent to work with. They shipped it out right away. It was sitting in my home gym within 2 weeks. I cant ask for better service or quality of equipment.

The Standard Olympic Weight Set arrived one time and the packing was exceptional.

Great deal !!!

Fast delivery, great product

This product is excellent and the service was extremely good as well. I am very happy with this high quality purchase and expect many years of service from it.

Dan C. Michigan

This is a great set of weights. The bar that I got with the set is heavy duty. I'm very happy with this purchase.

Have used the weight set and it is wonderful. Getting really good weight training with it

Great quality barbell set. Perfect for what I need in my home gym. Also good communication with Fitness Giant. Very happy with the purchase.

Amazing set for the price and delivery service was amazing

Perfect. The bar is real deal, pro style.

*Ordering/Customer Service:
I received my order on the 6th business day after my order was placed; quite happy with the turnaround time. After I placed my order, I emailed customer service to ask about adding an alternate contact number to schedule delivery in case I was at work. They replied within an hour and advised that the carrier would probably call to schedule delivery for the next Monday. The carrier later called and scheduled a delivery for the next Monday. I was very satisfied with the customer service provided by Fitness Giant and R&L Carriers.

*Product:
The weights were packaged in boxes of 2x45lbs (2), 2x35lbs (1), 2x25lbs (1), 10's, 5's, 2.5's and spring collars together in the remaining box. The bar was in a heavy cardboard shipping tube. All of this was delivered on a skid/pallet. There was no shipping damage. The plates look very nice (I ordered black). They are all very round and smoothe on the edges. The 2" holes are nicely bored and very smoothe, as well. When placed on my weight plate tree rack, they all line up very well.

The bonus I referred to has to do with the bar. The bar that I had been using previously was a generic chrome olympic bar. It got the job done, but when deadlifting, I felt like I had to use straps when I got up around 75%-80% or more of my 1RMP. I assumed it was a grip strength issue. As soon as I picked up this new bar (also black, looks awesome) I knew it was the sub-standard knurling on my first bar. This new bar has amazing knurling. I feel like I can deadlift 20-30 lbs more without straps.

This is the perfect weight set for families who want to work out at home. The weights are gym quality.

This weight set is awesome! I ordered the 400 lb set and I could not be happier! The bar is very strong and well made and the weights are perfect. This set was delivered on a 48 ft long 18 wheeler and the driver was great and called to let me know when he would be here so the whole process of ordering these weights until they were delivered was very smooth. I will be ordering from Fitness Giant again!

Everything I was looking for in a weight set. Delivery was quick. It shipped via freight truck on a 48' tractor trailer which would not make it into my neighborhood. The driver called me ahead of time and we set up a meeting time and place just outside of my subdivision. He even loaded it into my car. Very professional and accomading delivery.

The weight set was exactly as described. Great quality on the bar and plates and the price was very competitive.

We are very pleased with our weight set. Great quality and priced well.

Very satisfied

I love the customer service I received from Fitness Giant. I could have ordered the weights from another company and saved 20 dollars on the price. The customer service and no hassle return guarantee are well worth the 20 bucks. Plus you get free shipping. No nickle and dime scenario. One flat price. No hassle no surprises. You get exactly what you want. If you have questions, their customer service reps will be totally honest with you so you know what you are getting.

this weight set is perfect for your home gym, the sleeves on the bar rotate smoothly, with heavy weight the bar does not bend, weights can be changed quickly with the spring collars, knurling on the bar ensures a good grip.

Great quality, great customer service and great price. But the delivery system seems error prone. It arrived on time, but after my weight set arrived I discovered there was a package missing. But I had already signed the truck driver's delivery slip, so there was nothing I could do to retrieve the missing package.

This set is perfect for the home gym and is gym quality. Seems pointless to spend any more money on a different brand of free weights than "standard" weights. Good looking plates and a nice thick strong bar.

Great deal. I did a ton of research before buying. These guys have the best deals on the web.