[quote]JohnnyBlaze wrote:
It’s weird how many guys prefer plates in. I always thought the right way was to have them facing out…[/quote]
Me too!
[quote]rsg wrote:
JohnnyBlaze wrote:
It’s weird how many guys prefer plates in. I always thought the right way was to have them facing out…
Same. Maybe it’s a Southern hemisphere thing.[/quote]
Which way do the toilets flush down there?
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
rsg wrote:
JohnnyBlaze wrote:
It’s weird how many guys prefer plates in. I always thought the right way was to have them facing out…
Same. Maybe it’s a Southern hemisphere thing.
Which way do the toilets flush down there?[/quote]
My toilet never had a circular direction, it went downwards.
[quote]Brazen T wrote:
Carnak wrote:
Plates always face in. And I hate having to match different brands or styles of plates on the same bar. If I do, I at least try to match them in pairs. Difference might be small, but it still bothers me.
Wicked avatar man…best commercials ever. I remember seriously busting a gut with co-workers when those first came out.
Plates in for me.
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haha, thanks! Terry Tate is my hero.
I have a question regarding plates out for powerlifting comps. If they do 1 in and the rest out so they can read the weight, do they have some kind of cool plates with the numbers on the outside? Because unless I’m mistaken you’d only be able to read the outer-most plate anyway, at least with any plates I’ve ever used. So that seems kinda silly to me.
What am I missing there?
This is a serious topic. Plates were clearly desinged to face in. However, back in 1969, as part of the counterculture’s rebellion against everything “establishment,” enlightened lifters began secretly lifting with plates facing outwards. Occassionally, to avoid heavy scrutiny by the MAN, the first plate was placed “properly,” and thus the origins of PL plate placement begun. The knowledge of the new outward placement order was never published, only spread by word of mouth from those few chosen ones from gym to gym.
I knew none of this until 1977. In a dark and chaulk-filled gym, after completing a one-handed deadlift of 500, injuring myself, an older, massive man approached me. He silently guided me to the back room of the gym. There he passed the secret code on to me, swearing me to silence and making me vow to only pass it on to one lifter I saw who I deemed worthy. He slapped me in the face as a gesture of bonding.
I may now be killed for sharing this sacred information, but on my gravestone I want it written-He Knew. Doc
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
This is a serious topic. Plates were clearly desinged to face in. However, back in 1969, as part of the counterculture’s rebellion against everything “establishment,” enlightened lifters began secretly lifting with plates facing outwards. Occassionally, to avoid heavy scrutiny by the MAN, the first plate was placed “properly,” and thus the origins of PL plate placement begun. The knowledge of the new outward placement order was never published, only spread by word of mouth from those few chosen ones from gym to gym.
I knew none of this until 1977. In a dark and chaulk-filled gym, after completing a one-handed deadlift of 500, injuring myself, an older, massive man approached me. He silently guided me to the back room of the gym. There he passed the secret code on to me, swearing me to silence and making me vow to only pass it on to one lifter I saw who I deemed worthy. He slapped me in the face as a gesture of bonding.
I may now be killed for sharing this sacred information, but on my gravestone I want it written-He Knew. Doc[/quote]
Bravo. End of thread.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
undeadlift wrote:
I can’t stand assymetrical ends. It makes me feel that the weights are different. Not that I’m OC, but one brand could have 44.98 lbs while the other has 45.02. Not much a difference, but enough to ruin my game.
And the same brand can have that much of a difference in weight. Only way to really tell is to take each plate to the scale and measure it.
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I’ve done this. You can end up with up to 2.5 lbs. over or under the marked wieght on a 45 lb. plate.
Unfortunately for me, knowing stuff like that is disasterous.
Seems that some of you should concentrate more on the actual lifting of the weights than the aesthetic value of which direction a plate faces.
But I could be wrong.
I face them out because that’s how I pull them off my weight tree. Always have. Always will.
[quote]will to power wrote:
I put them on first ones facing in, rest facing out like in competition.
undeadlift wrote:
I can’t stand assymetrical ends. It makes me feel that the weights are different. Not that I’m OC, but one brand could have 44.98 lbs while the other has 45.02. Not much a difference, but enough to ruin my game.
Never weighed plates myself but from what I’ve heard you’re being very optimistic. Apparently within a brand one might be 43 and the other 47.
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That’s why I take all my plates to a machinist and have them turned on a lathe until they are all perfectly round, same circumference and same weight to within .01 LBS.
DB
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
will to power wrote:
I put them on first ones facing in, rest facing out like in competition.
undeadlift wrote:
I can’t stand assymetrical ends. It makes me feel that the weights are different. Not that I’m OC, but one brand could have 44.98 lbs while the other has 45.02. Not much a difference, but enough to ruin my game.
Never weighed plates myself but from what I’ve heard you’re being very optimistic. Apparently within a brand one might be 43 and the other 47.
That’s why I take all my plates to a machinist and have them turned on a lathe until they are all perfectly round, same circumference and same weight to within .01 LBS.
DB[/quote]
But that .01 lbs will totally fuck up my ME percentages. I need accuracy to .00000001 to the -10th power.
[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
Laces out!!![/quote]
Yes! A movie reference!
[quote]malonetd wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
Laces out!!!
Yes! A movie reference![/quote]
It’s about time someone saw it.
[quote]will to power wrote:
I put them on first ones facing in, rest facing out like in competition.
undeadlift wrote:
I can’t stand assymetrical ends. It makes me feel that the weights are different. Not that I’m OC, but one brand could have 44.98 lbs while the other has 45.02. Not much a difference, but enough to ruin my game.
Never weighed plates myself but from what I’ve heard you’re being very optimistic. Apparently within a brand one might be 43 and the other 47.[/quote]
Really? That sucks. Well, it looks stupid having a hex plate on one side and a round plate on the other. It throws my game off balance at a psychological level.
[quote]Bujo wrote:
Flop Hat wrote:
They must face in. Any other way turns me into an obsessive compulsive.
Does it bother anyone else to mix brands of plates that are the same weight, but not quite the same size? That bothers me sometimes too.
Nope. In fact I prefer it when pulling from the floor for any exercise. I slide on the polyurethane coated 45lb plate first since they have the greatest diameter. Then warm up with 135lbs. Then I can slide on additional 45lb cast steel plates since they have a smaller diameter, thus eliminating the need to re-wrack or use a wedge between sets.[/quote]
Yup, I do these two. The assymetrical sides is the only thing that bothers me.
[quote]schultzie wrote:
left side : 45, 35, 25
right side: 45, 35, 10, 10, 5[/quote]
This kind of thing throws me off balance because the weights aren’t balanced. The 10+10+5 combo causes a bigger shift in center of gravity than a single 25.
[quote]HogLover wrote:
Is this thread serious? I’ve seen some goofy topics but this one is right up there towards the top.[/quote]
It’s borne out of curiousity. That’s all. I didn’t know people’s reactions could be so diverse though.
I face mine out. The reason being that when I’m lifting, I don’t want to see the numbers because when I’m under the bar the weight doesn’t matter, it’s all about form.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
I face mine out. The reason being that when I’m lifting, I don’t want to see the numbers because when I’m under the bar the weight doesn’t matter, it’s all about form.[/quote]
If you are in the act of lifting you should not be looking at the numbers.
[quote]lizard king wrote:
Uncle Gabby wrote:
I face mine out. The reason being that when I’m lifting, I don’t want to see the numbers because when I’m under the bar the weight doesn’t matter, it’s all about form.
If you are in the act of lifting you should not be looking at the numbers.
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The inside one say 45 and I can’t read the rest even if I was looking.