manually operated exercise equipment, namely, a weight exercise apparatus having an interlocking grip bar and rotationally removable weight plates, featuring a weight plate attached to a socket on the grip bar which can be interlocked with additional weight plates using a simple inset and twist motion and designed to limit rattle-type noise typical of loose weights on a barbell and featuring a latching mechanism to prevent a weight plate from being accidentally disconnected

Manually operated exercise equipment, namely a weight exercise apparatus having an interlocking grip bar and rotationally removable weight plates, featuring a weight plate attached to a socket on the grip bar which can be interlocked with additional weight plates using a simple inset and twist motion and designed to limit rattle-type noise typical of loose weights on a barbell and featuring a latching mechanism to prevent a weight plate from being accidentally disconnected