Barbell Plate Loader
“I want 82.5kg on the bar — what plates each side?”
What to put on each side to hit the number — checked against every combination of the plates you actually own, not just biggest-first. Grabbing the 20 kg plate is what gets you stuck two and a half kilos short.
- Every reachable total worked out properly, so if it can be made it finds it
- Set how many pairs of each plate you own — a garage set changes the answer completely
- Kilos or pounds, real bar weights, and collars counted in
- Tells you the nearest weights either side when the number can't be made
- And every weight you can reach next, with the smallest jump your plates allow
- This one is finished and tested — not on the build list
- It will be $9, same as every other tool
- One email when it goes up, no list, no spam
Three steps, then you're done
Kilos or pounds, whichever your gym uses.
Pairs of each. Be honest about the garage set.
Biggest first, with a picture of one side.
Questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. Each tool is a single file. Double-click it and it opens in Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox — whichever you already have. No account, no password, no software.
Does anything get uploaded?
No. Your numbers and files never leave your computer — the tools have no way to send them and no internet connection is needed to run them. You can switch your wi-fi off and they still work.
I'm not good with computers. Is this too hard?
The first thing every tool does is walk you through it in five short screens with pictures. Then there's a button that fills it with example numbers so you can watch it work before touching anything.
Will it work on my phone?
Yes. Email yourself the file and open the attachment, or drop the files in iCloud Drive, Dropbox or Google Drive and open them from there — then they're on every device you own.