Weight Plate Calculator

The Weight Plate Calculator turns a target barbell total into a practical plate plan for each side of the bar. It supports kilograms and pounds and reports both the achievable total and any small remainder when the target cannot be represented by the built-in common plate denominations.

The bar weight is subtracted from the target and the remaining load is divided equally between the two sleeves. The calculator then uses the largest available common plate denomination first and continues downward until no more listed plates fit.

NIST — Guide to SI conversion factors: https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811