hah people should count the weight of the sled for the leg press, apparently they can weigh 80 to 100 pounds depending on the machine.
Go look at old plates. Their weights were never standardized. I’ve seen 33 pound plates and 20kg plates along with the 45 pound plates on the used plate racks at Play it Again Sports. I blame the French and their metric system.
Does anyone here use those magnetic weights to increase the weight by 1 or 2.5 pounds?
…that was a good question. lol.
If you lift it, count it.
Pretty funny thread on the topic, by the way…
http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=1544644
I would echo everything Professor X had to say in that thread.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Most people not trying to impress anyone simply count plates unless they are involved in a powerlifting meet, and that is simply for their own tracking of progress. I never even used the term, “405lbs” until I first explained it to someone else who wasn’t involved in my training at all. Other than that, it was simple, “4 plates a side”.[/quote]
[quote]mr popular wrote:
I can see including the weight of the bar if you are using an olympic bar.
However, if you are using a curl bar, or any other kind of bar that you don’t know the actual weight of, I don’t see the point in trying to figure out how much the bar weighs. Just remember which bar you used, and keep track of the amount of weight you put on it.
Do you count the weight of the bar you use if you were going to do cable curls?
How about the weight of the platform if you’re doing leg presses?
It really doesn’t matter.[/quote]
Only to satisfy my ego lol.
[quote]skw wrote:
Go look at old plates. Their weights were never standardized. I’ve seen 33 pound plates and 20kg plates along with the 45 pound plates on the used plate racks at Play it Again Sports. I blame the French and their metric system.[/quote]
More like, “I blame the rest of the world and their metric system.”
[quote]mr popular wrote:
I can see including the weight of the bar if you are using an olympic bar.
However, if you are using a curl bar, or any other kind of bar that you don’t know the actual weight of, I don’t see the point in trying to figure out how much the bar weighs. Just remember which bar you used, and keep track of the amount of weight you put on it.
Do you count the weight of the bar you use if you were going to do cable curls?
How about the weight of the platform if you’re doing leg presses?
It really doesn’t matter.[/quote]
The weight of the bar does matter if:
- The gym replaces the bars you used with different ones, or someone is using your normal bar.
- You find yourself in a new gym.
- You want to discuss how much you lift and have it be directly comparable to the other person’s experience.
Other than that, yeah, it doesn’t matter.
PS: The reason now one ever compares how much they can lift with cables and machines is because they aren’t directly comparable. Free weights are. That’s why saying you can leg press X amount means little to anyone but beginners.
If someone have a video of Dr John Berardi,Please guys it is Emergency!
For some reason my “olympic” bar is 55lbs? Figured it out when I couldn’t lift a weight that I normally could at the gym, got to counting plates and sure enough, I’m either 10lbs short of 310 or my bar weighs 55lbs.
Are the racks for the Barbell in a different location? i have a cheap home bench that forces me to either go close grip or wide grip, the place to put the bar is right at usual hand placement. As a result, i have to drop a little weight.
[quote]Digity wrote:
Does anyone here use those magnetic weights to increase the weight by 1 or 2.5 pounds?[/quote]
I made the chain weights as described on the 5x5 geocities webpage. 6 links of 5/16" chain from Home Depot and a carabiner weighs about half a pound. Fits the Oly bars perfect.
[quote]Digity wrote:
Does anyone here use those magnetic weights to increase the weight by 1 or 2.5 pounds?[/quote]
Yes. My school’s gym has 2.5lbs “platemates”, as they’re called. I generally use them on DBs.
[quote]skw wrote:
Digity wrote:
Does anyone here use those magnetic weights to increase the weight by 1 or 2.5 pounds?
I made the chain weights as described on the 5x5 geocities webpage. 6 links of 5/16" chain from Home Depot and a carabiner weighs about half a pound. Fits the Oly bars perfect. [/quote]
Damn! I like that idea. I need to hit up the Home Depot this weekend.
[quote]FightingScott wrote:
I was asking myself the very same question. Then I started doing Shrugs. Have you ever picked up a 100lb Plate? It’s too heavy. The bar starts to tip over and you need to shove it all the way into the J-hook so you don’t get smacked in the head.
And for most commercial and high school gyms, 45s, 25s, nickels and dimes allow you to put the weight you want on the bar without putting on a bunch of different plates.
45lbs was also chosen for plate weight because when you quickly need to gauge if someone is an absolute pussy or not, you test them to see if they can bench 135. [/quote]
WOOT im not a pussy =DD (as of today)
[quote]ahzaz wrote:
FightingScott wrote:
45lbs was also chosen for plate weight because when you quickly need to gauge if someone is an absolute pussy or not, you test them to see if they can bench 135.
WOOT im not a pussy =DD (as of today)[/quote]
Drink it in. drink it in
45pounds is 20kg rounded off