Patent ID: 8128539

Claim:
A weightlifting apparatus that is usable to engage in exercise activities comprising: a bar weighing 20 kilograms; a technique plate comprising: a weight amount that is not greater than 2.5 kilograms; a circular configuration having a diameter of at least 17.5 inches; a portion that encircles a bar-receiving hole near a center of the circular configuration, wherein the portion includes a thickness that minimizes wobbling of the technique plate when the technique plate is positioned on the bar weighing 20 kilograms; and a single-piece construction including a compressed plastic-based composite, wherein the compressed plastic-based composite includes a density level, which causes the technique plate to possess a combination of characteristics that include the weight amount not greater than 2.5 kilograms, the diameter of 17.5 inches, and the thickness that minimizes wobbling, and wherein, when the technique plate is positioned on the bar weighing 20 kilograms and the bar is dropped from at least a shoulder-level height of a user, such that the technique plate strikes a floor, the technique plate is not damaged.