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Barbell Plate Load Calculator

Calculate a symmetric per-side plate setup for a target barbell weight, with kg/lb support and custom inventory

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/barbell-plate-load-calculator' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"targetWeight":100,"unit":"kg","barbellType":"olympic-20kg","customBarWeight":20,"customInventoryJson":"[{\"weight\":25,\"count\":2},{\"weight\":20,\"count\":4},{\"weight\":10,\"count\":2}]"}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/barbell-plate-load-calculator

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
targetWeight	number	Yes	—
unit	select	Yes	—
barbellType	select	Yes	—
customBarWeight	number	No	—
customInventoryJson	textarea	No	—

Response format

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-barbell-plate-load-calculator": {
      "name": "barbell-plate-load-calculator",
      "description": "Calculate a symmetric per-side plate setup for a target barbell weight, with kg/lb support and custom inventory",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=barbell-plate-load-calculator",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "barbell-plate-load-calculator",
    "arguments": {
  "targetWeight": 100,
  "unit": "kg",
  "barbellType": "olympic-20kg",
  "customBarWeight": 20,
  "customInventoryJson": "[{\"weight\":25,\"count\":2},{\"weight\":20,\"count\":4},{\"weight\":10,\"count\":2}]"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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