Weight Lifting In The GymA great advantage of Okie Grips is their ability to "buckle around" plates when loading or unloading a bar. You can slip a plate on the end of the bar, unbuckle the collar, slide the plate up and rebuckle the collar in one smooth movement. This is much faster than loosening traditional collars, sliding them off the end of the bar, sitting them down, picking up a plate, sliding it on, bending over and picking up the collar (sometimes after you have looked around for it for a while), then sliding it back on the end of the bar, pushing it up to the plates, and tightening it. Okie Grips are also much faster when removing plates, just unbuckle the collar, pull the plates you want to take off back toward the end of the bar, rebuckle the collar, then pull the plates off the end of the bar and put them down. Buckling over the side of the bar is a tremendous aid when loading 45 pound plates on and off a power rack for squatting. It makes life much easier. One of the major powerlifting meet producers has used them for many years to speed up their power lifting meets (plus their loaders really appreciate them at the end of the day). Okie Grips significantly speed up workouts! Reducing collar change time really benefits crowded facilities, especially college athletic weight training facilities trying to run several groups of people through in a day. They have more time for workouts or can run another group through at the end of the day in the time they save. Or even close up and go home early once in a while! Okie Grips are not approved for doing "dumbbell pull overs" with olympic dumbbells. They are not recommended for deadlifts, snatches or jerks. The lever may unlatch when the plates hit the ground at higher velocities, especially if the lever happen to be on the "down" side when the plates hit. Several college athletic facilities use them very successfully for power cleans. Their athletes are instructed not to "drop" the bar. Okie Grips are not recommended for power cleans if the bar will be "dropped" or lowered at high velocities.
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