Abstract: A barred weight collar of hinged plates is provided to incrementally increase the weight characteristics of a bar weight. The collar includes a ring assembly of multiple, different plates formed from solid metal such as steel, which are hingedly coupled to one another and a frictional insert with an exterior shape matching an interior shape of the collar. A distal end of one of the plates is then coupled to a proximal end of an adjacent one of the plates with a latch. In this way, when the distal end of the one of the plates is coupled to the proximal end of the adjacent one of the plates with the latch, the different plates of the ring assembly form the collar which in turn collars a circumferential surface of one of two different weighted circumferential structures positioned oppositely along a bar of the bar weight, thereby incrementally increasing the weight characteristic of the bar weight.

Abstract: An adaptive weight belt retrofitting which incrementally increases a weight characteristic of a bar weight includes a fabric strap and multiple different metallic plates, each which slidably envelop a portion of the fabric strap so as to permit each of the plates to slide along the fabric strap so as to permit a reconfigurable distance on the fabric strap between each of the plates. Notably, at least one of the plates includes a patch of friction bearing material such that an interior portion of the fabric strap has a fastener adapted for coupling to the friction bearing material. In this way, the adaptive weight belt wraps a circumferential surface of one of two different weighted circumferential structures positioned oppositely along a bar of the bar weight, thereby incrementally increasing the weight characteristic of the bar weight.

Abstract: An adaptive weight belt retrofitting which incrementally increases a weight characteristic of a bar weight includes a fabric strap and multiple different metallic plates, each which slidably envelop a portion of the fabric strap so as to permit each of the plates to slide along the fabric strap so as to permit a reconfigurable distance on the fabric strap between each of the plates. Notably, at least one of the plates includes a patch of friction bearing material such that an interior portion of the fabric strap has a fastener adapted for coupling to the friction bearing material. In this way, the adaptive weight belt wraps a circumferential surface of one of two different weighted circumferential structures positioned oppositely along a bar of the bar weight, thereby incrementally increasing the weight characteristic of the bar weight.