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Black weight plates loaded on a silver barbell in a dark blue gym

Load your bar with confidence

Barbell Plate Calculator

Choose your target weight. See exactly what to load on each side.

Set Up Your Bar

Units
lb

Includes the bar and all plates.

Use the actual weight of your bar. Collars are excluded.

Available Plates

Gym preset starts with 10 pairs of each size. Adjust to match your gym.

Available plate pairs
PlatePairs

Your Barbell Setup

Exact match

Your setup starts here

Enter your target, bar weight and available plates.

A Balanced Setup, Every Time

Count both sides

Plate quantities are entered as pairs.

Use the correct bar

Check your bar’s actual weight.

Secure your plates

Load both sides evenly and use collars.

If an exact match isn’t possible, we show the closest weight using your available plates. Equal-distance matches favour the lighter setup.