Color Bumper Plates Jaci Long at RVA Weightlifting Competition 2016 Firstly, we need to talk about the sport of weightlifting.  Bumper plates would probably not have been invented if not for athletes dropping huge amounts of weight from overhead.  Weightlifting has existed as an Olympic sport since 1896.  The first Olympic Weightlifting events featured both one-handed and two-handed lifts, although the one-handed lifts were later phased out during modern weightlifting competi

Vulcan Bumper Plates Care and Maintenance Vulcan Bumper Plates  are a high quality and durable product. We have included some information below that will help you to prolong the life of your equipment so that you receive years of service and high performance. Vulcan Bumper plates are made from a process called Vulcanization. No, seriously they are, we didn't make that up. Vulcanization is a chemical process of converting natural rubber or related polymers into more durable ma

Keep Your Hands on the Bar  by Coach Dan Bell Anatoli Pisarenko (photo credit unknown)   A detail of weightlifting technique not often...