[quote]cap’nsalty wrote:
I don’t think it matters whether the hollow part faces in or out, as long as they all face the same way.
My personal thing, which I’m sure a million people have: when squatting, I unrack the weight, step back, step out, then do this weird little shuffle thing with my feet till it feels right.[/quote]
Agreed.
Insight on the direction of the plates: Most PL meets have the first place w/ the hollow side facing in and the rest of the plates w/ the hollow side facing out. I was told this distributes the weight of each individual plate further toward the canter of the bar. It also gets smaller plates closer to the larger plate inside of it. The differences are probably very small.
I just re-read my post and I’m not sure if it makes a lot of sense.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
All sets must end in an even number of reps. I don’t think I have ended on an odd number in ten years.[/quote]
what if you were aiming for 6 reps and your having a bad day? you stop at 4?
I have to make EVERYTHING aligned and square with the ceiling, wall etc before i lift. Not only the bench but the squat rack, or the barbell when deadlifting. even if i am doing some kind of standing or seated dumbbell movement i have to be square with the wall or it just isnt right.
[quote]redsox348984 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
All sets must end in an even number of reps. I don’t think I have ended on an odd number in ten years.
what if you were aiming for 6 reps and your having a bad day? you stop at 4?[/quote]
No, I would stop at six.
[quote]MarkWatts wrote:
Insight on the direction of the plates: Most PL meets have the first place w/ the hollow side facing in and the rest of the plates w/ the hollow side facing out. I was told this distributes the weight of each individual plate further toward the canter of the bar. It also gets smaller plates closer to the larger plate inside of it. The differences are probably very small.
I just re-read my post and I’m not sure if it makes a lot of sense.
[/quote]
Nope, but hey, you posted it anyway and we’re proud of you!
My plates have to match (there are 2 different brands in my gym). They are the same on both sides, so I don’t have to worry whether they face in or out.
I always have a bowel movement before lifting. My body knows this and complies; it either happens at home right before I leave, or immediately after arriving at the gym.
I’m the opposite of Prof X, I like odd numbers. I can end sets on an even number, but I prefer odds. At the moment I’m doing a 5x5 program, and it’s beautiful.
I always grab the bar for squats or deads at exactly the same place. And I always use the same bar.
There are 3 brands of dumbells in my gym; I always use the same one brand, which happens to be the oldest and ugliest. It just feels right, though.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
redsox348984 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
All sets must end in an even number of reps. I don’t think I have ended on an odd number in ten years.
what if you were aiming for 6 reps and your having a bad day? you stop at 4?
No, I would stop at six.[/quote]
HAHA. Great answer.
[quote]helga wrote:
Question for whoever wrote about the rattling. How does it make a difference to the rattling and movement if the hollow part is out or in. They still have the same contact area.[/quote]
No they don’t. When you put the plates on the correct way you put the bigger plates on first and the hollow part facing in. This means the lip on the hollow side is touching the flat.
If you put the bigger plates on first and the flat part on the inside the lip does not touch the smaller plate.
Unless you just use 45s for everything like a real man does.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
redsox348984 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
All sets must end in an even number of reps. I don’t think I have ended on an odd number in ten years.
what if you were aiming for 6 reps and your having a bad day? you stop at 4?
No, I would stop at six.[/quote]
lol
Before doing a heavy lift I visualize that I’m a barbarian warrior getting ready to hack down an enemy and each rep is another attack. Sometimes I’ll even tell myself “I’m a fucking barbarian!” right before crawling under the bar.
I have some of the same superstitious traditions when lifting, but when I’m skating, the real superstitions come out.
-When I put my skates on, I put the left skate on arrange the tongue of the boot, put the right skate on and arrange the tongue, then tie and strap up the left skate, and tie and strap up the right skate.
Everybody in short track thinks that the right skate is more important because thats the skate you “pivot” on (going around the apex of the turn, on your right skate, left hand on the ice) and the point on the track where you experience the most G-forces - but if you can’t push off your left, you’re only skating with 50% of your legs. Everybody can push off their right, the truly good skaters can get as much power out of their left as their right.
When I deadlift, I have to do five pullups as fast as I can before each set to psych myself up.
When I squat I stare at the bar for a few minutes and yell and swear at it (I think most of the time I do it silently in my head, sometimes I probably say it out loud).
The plates at my gym are not round so the edges on each plate has to be lined up perfectly before I can start.
This is easy
When I bench my left wrist wrap always goes on first.Chalk goes on my callus, but enough to smear around. I sit at the end of the bench and clap my hands and chalk clouds when I am ready to lay down. I roll the bar to the front of the rack before I bench.
When I squat I have to go to a certain corner to adjust my belt then approach the bar. Then the bar must be pushed forward in the rack and centered evenly. THen I bang my back up into the bar until I feel a good spot then explode out of the rack.
When I deadlift I have to have the left side of my suit pulled up first. I wear the same shorts every deadlift day and dont wash them the entire training cyle.
[quote]ledfist wrote:
The hollow parts of plates face inwards… I learned this a while ago, but never learned why. Any reasons?[/quote]
Looks bigger.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
helga wrote:
Unless you just use 45s for everything like a real man does.[/quote]
Well of course, who uses anything else???
[quote]Professor X wrote:
redsox348984 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
All sets must end in an even number of reps. I don’t think I have ended on an odd number in ten years.
what if you were aiming for 6 reps and your having a bad day? you stop at 4?
No, I would stop at six.[/quote]
But this one goes to eleven
This thread RULES! I always felt like a g-damm weirdo. Not so much anymore.
Have to do odd reps: usu. 1,3, or 5’s.
I wonder if the hollow parts out make the effort of lifting a little easier… b/c more weight is out towards the ends of the bars. If the bar is slightly springy, you could use the extra spring … has to be a small effect though.
I have to wear my lucky Russel Athletic shorts and shirt.
I think of a few things to get me jazzed before heayv sets:
A. Charles Poliquin watching my set with disgust.
B. Ripping the doors off a wrecked car ala Unbreakable.
C. Simple phrases such as “Rest Later”
The bar absolutely has to be lined up with the wall or ceiling.
I would search/wait for 5 minutes to get matching plates.
Before heavy squats (can you tell I like squats?) I’ll raise my knees really high like a sprinter or hit the catch position that I would in a full clean - seems to prep things.
i share alot of similar quirks as you guys (the bar has to match the ceiling tiles, i tap my feet before i bench)
a couple of my own, when deadlifting, the bar has to be paralel to the lines on the floor, and durying any big lift i rub my calluses on the bar to smooth them out oh and anytime i use a dip belt i have to hike it up.
[quote]Norwell Bob wrote:
ledfist wrote:
The hollow parts of plates face inwards… I learned this a while ago, but never learned why. Any reasons?
I wondered this myself. I have a theory though.
My guess is so the plates don’t rattle as much. Since you stack them larger plates to smaller plates, you have the outside ring of the smaller plates snugged up against the flat surface of the larger plates. Less rattle.
Make sense?
Bob[/quote]
The old plates usually have a lip around the outer edge. It is safer to remove the plates if you can grip this lip with your fingers as opposed to just your thumb. Thats why they should always face in…safety. That’s how it was explianed to me by a old timer guru.