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Not sure how to set barbell to 10 kg for a session #1263

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The software, by default, uses the most solid bar for the requested weight. The checkboxes state the available bars and discs.
It uses the least number of discs, and uses bumper plates when available. It uses clips instead of collars until the weight in the box
is reached (in actual practice, you could pretty much use clamps-style collars until red plates are loaded as they are much simpler
to use than the collars.

So in a children's competition with the big 2.5kg plates available, you should get the 10kg bar + 2 x 2.5 large plates.
But if you move to 20kg, owlcms will have switched to the 15kg bar because it is less fragile.
10kg bars nowadays are supposed to have the same diameter and k…

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