I have an irrational dislike for the 25 kilo plates. I only use them when bar space is going to be an issue, like on the trap bar or for rack pulls. Put another way, 25kg plates are the front squats of inclines presses.
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Nah! Everything that makes me move less. Iād actually really like to have some 40 or 50 kg plates. Would make yoke loading so much better.
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Yeah, but you strongmen canāt be trusted when it comes to ordinary common sense. On the one hand, everything needs to be heavier. On the other hand, you donāt want to have to move all the plates. On the other other hand, you engage in a sport that has you moving heavy stuff from one place to another.
Itās like, pick a lane, strongmen.
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Truer words have never been said.
I use a fucking hand truck to get the plates to my farmerās handles/ yoke. And thatās a distance of maybe 7 meters at the very most, from the plate tree.
I realize that itās the pinnacle of irony when I refuse to carry the plates there by hand ā¦ when the next thing I do is carry the loaded habdlesā¦ by hand. But I stand by it and frequently call my hand truck the mvp of my equipment.
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LOL and it never occurred to you to move the plate tree closer or something? Or conversely, and stay with me here, move your stuff closer to the plate tree?
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Not feasible because of the room layout. All of me bar and rsck stuff is in one corner and then the lane for carries is in the other one. Luxury spacing dilemma.
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Or suck it up and do loaded carries as part of your loaded carry session?
Iāve never been to a gym with lbs on plates, just donāt exist (that I know of) over here. Cable machines etc. All have both marked.
I confess to being the owner of a pair of 25kg plates, a decision I regret to this day. They arenāt shiny or red though, Iām not a total pervert.
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Exactly. Whenever I have to go put the plates back on the tree, I just think to myself āyay moar gainzā. Shoot, I even clean up after other people, just for that 1% extra pump. Sometimes while they are still using the equipment.
But yeah, I donāt know why we have a mix of kilo and pounds, but I daresay it has been like that at virtually every gym I have visited here (commercial types). I am a whiz at simple numbers calculations, so it doesnāt phase me.
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One of my old gyms (the only non-shitty commercial gym, Chris Eubank Jnr used to train there) had a sign saying āleaving your weight out doesnāt make you stronger, putting them away doesā, which had certainly influenced me to always clear up after myself.
You guys arenāt fat enough to have a word in this. Itās all about saving those calories!
I actually have a funny Big Z story for this.
The story was told to me by Martina Ollesch, wife of Heinz Ollesch (German strongman legend). I canāt remember what event they traveled to but they were traveling with a bunch of strongman including the legend that is Z.
What struck Martina as odd about Zydrunas was that he appeared to be absolutely absent of movement during the whole flight. He would just sit there and stare right in front of him, not moving a muscle.
When another member of the travel group approached him and asked if he wanted a chocolate bar, he didnāt turn his head, he just moved his eyes to the side to fixate the candy bar and then grabbed it with a very sudden and lightning fast move of his arm, like a lizard catching a fly with his tongue.
The next day at the breakfast table his behaviout r didnāt change. Apart from eating, he sat perfectly still. Martina eventually was weirded out enough that she asked āZydrunas, why donāt you ever move?ā
He replied: āHave to save calories.ā
So thatās the secret to success gents, @strongmanvinny2, @T3hPwnisher, @strongmanbrett, @mattjp
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50s aināt worth the extra effort it takes to lug me around. 2x 25s will do u
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All hail
Funny one lol I mean technically u save yourself the work/calories/fatigue but ur body recovers through movement keeps things circulating
He probably has an amazing response to your last post, but has calculated it would consume 1.3 calories to type it out.
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Nah that calculation would have cost too many calories.
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Even hamster brains consume at least 10% of a bodyās energy
1 calorie to do the math, 1.3 calories to do the typing. Thatās unhealthy when you gotta push press on the same day.
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I make up for it cuteness.
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How many calories do I gain if I consume a hamster brain?
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Brain is 40-50kcal/ounce. Given how little hamsters use brains, as evidenced by @guineapig , itās probably on the fattier side.
The average edible hamster weighs 4-5oz and probably has a small brain, so Iād imagine a hamster brain comes out to 1-2kcal raw 
*i probably burned 2-3x that formulating and typing out this response
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