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olympic vs standard weights

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  1. hi,

    what's the diff. between olympic weights and bars and standard weights and
    bars?

    is one better than the other and if so why?

    thank you

  2. In article <[email hidden]>,

    mike said:

    hi,

    what's the diff. between olympic weights and bars and standard weights and
    bars?

    is one better than the other and if so why?

    thank you

    Weights are weights.

    Why would one be better than the other?

    The only difference is the size of the bars AFAIK?
    --
    Om.

    "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

  3. In article <[email hidden]>,

    mike said:

    hi,

    what's the diff. between olympic weights and bars and standard weights and
    bars?

    is one better than the other and if so why?

    thank you

    Weights are weights.

    Why would one be better than the other?

    The only difference is the size of the bars AFAIK?
    --
    Om.

    "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

  4. oops. i did a group search and found plenty of info. sorry to waste the
    bandwidth.

    "OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    mike said:

    hi,

    what's the diff. between olympic weights and bars and standard weights
    and
    bars?

    is one better than the other and if so why?

    thank you

    Weights are weights.

    Why would one be better than the other?

    The only difference is the size of the bars AFAIK?
    --
    Om.

    "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
    Nicholson

  5. oops. i did a group search and found plenty of info. sorry to waste the
    bandwidth.

    "OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    mike said:

    hi,

    what's the diff. between olympic weights and bars and standard weights
    and
    bars?

    is one better than the other and if so why?

    thank you

    Weights are weights.

    Why would one be better than the other?

    The only difference is the size of the bars AFAIK?
    --
    Om.

    "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
    Nicholson

  6. what means AFAIK?

    "mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    oops. i did a group search and found plenty of info. sorry to waste the
    bandwidth.

    "OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    mike said:

    hi,

    what's the diff. between olympic weights and bars and standard weights
    and
    bars?

    is one better than the other and if so why?

    thank you

    Weights are weights.

    Why would one be better than the other?

    The only difference is the size of the bars AFAIK?
    --
    Om.

    "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
    Nicholson

  7. once again i searched. 'as far as i know' - got it.

    "mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    what means AFAIK?

    "mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    oops. i did a group search and found plenty of info. sorry to waste the
    bandwidth.

    "OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,
    "mike" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    > hi,
    >
    > what's the diff. between olympic weights and bars and standard weights
    > and
    > bars?
    >
    > is one better than the other and if so why?
    >
    > thank you
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >

    Weights are weights.

    Why would one be better than the other?

    The only difference is the size of the bars AFAIK?
    --
    Om.

    "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
    Nicholson

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