DC Blocks

DC Blocks

My weightlifting blocks started out at the Belleville Weightlifting Club in 1985 as a series of stacked, unstable wooden 2" x 6"s nailed together to fit my dimensions. Those blocks were lightweight but not interlocking; spectacular crashes happened when I missed a big lift; the blocks, bar, and weights came tumbling down all over the place in a heap.

 

Today, my weightlifting DC Blocks start out as your scrap plastic. Patented technology uses previously deemed “un-recyclable” plastics in a blending process that grinds the scrap into 1/4" size particulates. The material is processed with patented recycling equipment and ejected in loaves of malleable, warm plastic. These l...

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