Anyone know someone looking to sell any Olympic style weights at a fair price? My son powerlifts for his high school and hasn’t been able to lift in a month. He’s going to lose his gains. We were going to buy a set for the house but they’re sold out everywhere now. I guess we snoozed too long on the weight purchase.
So, my son is a Junior in HS and plays football. He's a the starting center and one of the biggest and strongest on the team. He loves to lift and he loves football. Couple of things you can do. Our coaches allowed many of the players to come to the weight room and check out equipment and bring to their homes to work out. Bars, plates, benches, etc. Check if that is possible.
The other thing I would recommend is that if your son is serious about lifting you can always buy him a complete setup. Check with Rogue Fitness. THey are an industry leader and make great stuff. They are sold out of a lot of gear but I would check their website, write down what you would want and call them direct to check what they may have in stock if your exact items are not. May be other similar products available. Shipping to OK can be cheap and somewhat fast. Even if the wait is several weeks he many not be back in the scill weight room for months. We did that for my son about 1.5 years ago as a supplement to, what was at the time, a chitty and dilapidated weight room and equipment. It got used occasionally by him and some friends but I used it a lot. Ended up spending about $2K on the everything. Turns out since he has been out of school for a month now and are distance learning until mid June when school is out the equipment is absolutely worth every penny I spent on it. It was his birthday present at the time and once he gets out of college he can put it at his place or whatever. I use it a lot too.
I got him the Rogue Bravo CrossFit Package along with an S-1 squat stand, adjustable bench, Wood plyo box, full set of dumbells, plate tree, curl bar and I bought for me a Concept 2 rower. Since he is so big now we had to get an additional 145#s in bumper plates from the school on loan until summer football starts back up.
This is the basic package and then I added to it.
https://www.roguefitness.com/bravo-crossfit-package
Me and my 16 year old. I still have him sort of mostly convinced I can take him if need be.
Him and his boys doing some work in the garage gym. Its crowed in there but he gets in a great workout. Saw a great quote on twitter from the Idaho Vandals football program. "The 2020 football season will be a true indicator of what you did when nobody was watching"