Do you guys count the weight from the bar? For example if you have a bar that weights 20lbs and your bench pressing 100lbs, do you guys count it as 120lbs bench press or just 100lbs?
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06-22-2008, 07:56 AM #1Registered User
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Weight from the bar?
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06-22-2008, 09:10 AM #2Kwizatz Haderach
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Please give one logical reason for not counting the weight of the bar.
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06-22-2008, 12:27 PM #3Registered User
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staying modest?Originally Posted by C Man
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yeahh definately count the weight! cause if you have a decent bar, thats an extra 45lbs. added.
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06-22-2008, 02:25 PM #4Ghost Negger
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Last time I checked the plates were not slid on a bar made of oxygen. The bar is weight that must be lifted like anything else so why you not count it?
Let me ask you this. If you're lifting 2 45's using a 200lb bar how much weight are you lifting?
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06-22-2008, 02:35 PM #5Registered User
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...Originally Posted by DiamondDelts
90 lbs?
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06-22-2008, 02:37 PM #6Registered User
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what's weight of the short curly bar?
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06-22-2008, 02:55 PM #7Registered User
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Some people do some dont. I dont because my bar weight does'nt mean anything to me. Unless someone I know wants to compare weight lifts. 100bs. is 100lbs. another 20 isnt worth keeping track of.
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06-22-2008, 03:01 PM #86100+ posts
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Yeah, some people say "I benched 4 plates" meaning 4x45lbs on a 45lb bar, for a total of 225lbs.
Then you try for 6 plates, being 6x45lbs on a 45lb bar, for a 315 bench, which is quite a lot.
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06-22-2008, 03:24 PM #9brb
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I never get why people wouldnt count the bar weight, you have to lift it, therefore you count it.
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06-22-2008, 03:49 PM #10Registered User
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Yeah because if your old max was 250 and you try again in a few weeks and hit 270, that's just not worth keeping trackOriginally Posted by MaxEnergy
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06-22-2008, 03:51 PM #11Grumpy Achy Mod
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Keep track of the bar weight
powerlifting does it
if you have 4 25's on there, you are frikkin lifting 120 NOT 100
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