The jordan ignite rubber plates are some excellent and strong plates which are perfect for bench press and squats these plates have been designed to be easy to put on the bar and take off using them for bench and squats allows you to make the most of this feature if you are wanting plates for dead lifts and other lifts from the floor then bumper plates would be better as they make less a noise when they hit the floor and are made to bounce slightly to protect the plates and the floor in the g