Is there a safe bumper to non-bumper ratio?

Is there a safe bumper to non-bumper ratio?I'm thinking about saving my pennies and buying stuff to start a home gym. Just a bar, a bench, a rack, plates and the heavy duty rubber mat. Thing is, I live in Brazil, olympic lifting equipment is sold as "Crossfit equipment", and ridiculously overpriced. The cheapest bumpers I found are R$ 30 per kilo (R$ 600 for a single 45 lb/20 kg bumper, for reference the minimun monthly wage is R$ 880). Iron plates are considerably cheaper, at R$ 5 a kilo. So, a bumper can safely "bump" to compensate for how much weight in iron ones? Does it matter if the iron plates never touch the ground (no iron 20s, making the bumpers the largest ones and the only ones to touch the ground)? Is it a good idea to buy one, AT MOST two pairs of bumper 20s and fill up with iron 10s and 5s? submitted by /u/LuisGelati [link] [comments]

Read More about this post