York Barbell Club

[ProtienandIron]

I tried making you green but I'm guessing you pissed off a high repper.

[twodog]

I tried making you green but I'm guessing you pissed off a high repper.

Nice set up. I also tried repping you to green, but you must have some bad mojo.

[rthawker]

Nice set up. I also tried repping you to green, but you must have some bad mojo.

I threw some green his way as well.

[Cleveland33]

I threw some green his way as well.

you sure about that?

[ProtienandIron]

He must have had a fallout with zyzz or something.

[rthawker]

you sure about that?

lol. Yes I am sure. For some reason the whole site was acting up on me that day. You just happened to be the only casualty.

[AttyGuy]

Nice find... I'll upload some of my pics... (Jackson, York, Bur, Good, Ivanko, Milo, etc)..

Good to see you here! Sent you some chiclets.

[Cleveland33]

Alright, who can identify these:



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I found several 25's and 35's in this style, and if it helps, they are blue and not milled.

[Cleveland33]

In other news, I picked up another vintage York olympic bar today for $75 figuring I could make a couple bucks off it this week.

I stopped short at a short yellow light, bar slid forward and destroyed the screen of the stereo.

[animalfan]

Sounds like the bar was pissed that you want to flip it. Guess you should keep it now to make up for the bad karma it gave you?

[ProtienandIron]

In other news, I picked up another vintage York olympic bar today for $75 figuring I could make a couple bucks off it this week.

I stopped short at a short yellow light, bar slid forward and destroyed the screen of the stereo.

That sucks man. I had a similar story with a laptop screen if that makes you feel better.

[animalfan]

Good to see you here! Sent you some chiclets.

I gave him some too, he must be pretty deep into the red.

[Cleveland33]

What am I gonna do with four bars?

[animalfan]

What am I gonna do with four bars?

Lol, I don't know. I've got 4 myself, mainly because I can't make myself get rid of one. I've got a York, Rogue, Ivanko, and some unknown brand that I love deadlifting with. Then I have a safety squat bar, 2 trap bars, a cambered squat bar, a bent cap bar that I do rack pulls with, a fat bar, and swiss bar.

[Cleveland33]

But mine are all the same, well three York Oly's and one York power.

I envision one day having the power bar stay in the rack for squats and bench. One dedicated to deads with bumpers on it, and one outside the rack for OHP.

What to do with the fourth.

[pumping4life]

What to do with the fourth.

Seems obvious..................................
















curl bar!

[ProtienandIron]

But mine are all the same, well three York Oly's and one York power.

I envision one day having the power bar stay in the rack for squats and bench. One dedicated to deads with bumpers on it, and one outside the rack for OHP.

What to do with the fourth.

Do what I have. Leave your squat bar loaded at the back of the rack. On the inside of the front of the rack have your multi use bench,row, curl bar. I then have one on the floor for deads. Works well, and saves you haveing to switch the levels of your pins all the time- going from squat to bench with the same bar and pins is a PITA.

[AttyGuy]

Alright, who can identify these:



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I found several 25's and 35's in this style, and if it helps, they are blue and not milled.

The blue York plates and dumbbells were made by York for sale in sporting goods stores. Champion's and/or Chammp's (sp?) are the names that most often come up when people recall buying them or seeing them for sale. The blue paint is supposedly more resistant to wear and tear than the black on the weights that York sold directly.

The plate has similar markings to today's unmilled version. These may have been made in the US, or they may have been made overseas. In the 1990's York was selling unmilled plates for the "commoditized" segment of the market and US-made and milled plates for the customer who wanted quality plate. Problem is, few want quality plates with minimal variation of weight between plates.

[AttyGuy]

I gave him some too, he must be pretty deep into the red.

DHartnet is a serious guy, and he's over at the other site. I'm guessing he spoke plainly and honestly and someone couldn't handle it.

[OSUDimond]

Finally got a couple York plates to add to my DB set and Bar. Any time frame or info on these? Bought them from an old Powerlifter out of Dayton Ohio.



This bar isn't a York bar is it? The collars have a similar feel to my other York bar.

[AttyGuy]

70's to 90's on the plates. The bar does not appear to be a York bar.

[Northernmoris]

What's the current market value on deep dish 45's? And 35's?

[AttyGuy]

What's the current market value on deep dish 45's? And 35's?

Depending on condition, $400 and up for 45s. Deep dish 35s are rarer. They'll go for more a pound. . . .

[Northernmoris]

So I picked these up today, Along with 290# of oly plates. Its a good story.. Took a 2hr drive to upstate NY for a machine and 400# of plates for cheap. He then tells me he had 2 sets of his dads plates out in the woods. He just didn't know where and said if we found them I could have them. The 45's were next to a big rock glowing like a leprechauns pot of gold. Low and behold a pair of York deep dish 45's. . The 35's were/are MIA.. He said he is moving and if they turn up he will meet me somewhere.

[Northernmoris]

Looks like a York rack and bench:

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/spo/3054692786.html

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/spo/3054688038.html

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/spo/3054718094.html

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/spo/3054672409.html

[Vermonter]

Those deep dish 45s are coooooool!

Are they milled?

What are you plans for them? Are you going to clean them up?

[Northernmoris]

Going to clean them up. I think I'm going to sell them. Though I do like them.

[twodog]

Going to clean them up. I think I'm going to sell them. Though I do like them.

Lol, I truly thought that you were an Ivanko man. Old Yorks really can be magical, can't they ? Nice pick up, I'm a York guy, but I'd sell them for the right price.

[Northernmoris]

Lol, I truly thought that you were an Ivanko man. Old Yorks really can be magical, can't they ? Nice pick up, I'm a York guy, but I'd sell them for the right price.

I am.. I wouldn't have paid market value or close. I will flip everything else too. But those dishes speak to you... I don't know ATM what speaks louder, history or green paper..

[ffrink]

I am.. I wouldn't have paid market value or close. I will flip everything else too. But those dishes speak to you... I don't know ATM what speaks louder, history or green paper..

Try some two-handed front raises with a 45lb deep dish and follow with some behind-the-head tricep extensions. You will hear them loud and clear......

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