Loading plates... Something I HAVE to know:

[twiztiddevil]

When you load the plates, is it letters facing in or out?

And if you load them facing inward, WHY O WHY?! Who started this? Why is it, it!? I want, no I NEED, a real awsner. I have yet to see a difference, but for whatever reason, have been told countless times, they should face in.


Obviously it doesn't apply to symetrical plates, but the standard kind with a lip on them.

[b0ngman]

letters facing in always. When you pull the weight off you wanna have something to grab onto, right? the little cleft on the letters in side is perfectly suited for this.

[twiztiddevil]

I can understand that, but there has to be another reason.

[Hola Bola]

I can understand that, but there has to be another reason.

It looks prettier?

[twiztiddevil]

Haha, I guess... I'm going to have to chalk this one up under "The Many Mysteries of the Universe".

[The Real Deal]

lol there jsut isnt a reason. just something done.

[$AJ]

i put it however they get put on

[hokiehokieVT]

i put it however they get put on

Yeah, i mean as long as they're on there...

[404gb30044]

i face em out. when i pull em off, i hold my thumb under the clef and grip the smoothside. that way its easier to put back on the rack

[SDFlip]

if you put the plate on with the letters out, there will be wind resistance on the ridges from the letters.

always load them faing inwards.

[Saviour]

I noticed that I'm the only one in the gym who load my plates facing in.

[KrushR]

I usually load mine with letters facing out, but as long as it's done the same way on both sides I don't really care.

One thing that bugs me though, is that our gym has both black and silver plates, and it annoys me when the colors are off, like

|b|s|b|--------|s|b|b|

Yeah, I know, it's stupid. Not claiming it isn't.

[SDFlip]

I usually load mine with letters facing out, but as long as it's done the same way on both sides I don't really care.

One thing that bugs me though, is that our gym has both black and silver plates, and it annoys me when the colors are off, like

|b|s|b|--------|s|b|b|

Yeah, I know, it's stupid. Not claiming it isn't.

i'm the same way..... i have to use all the same brand of plates, facing the same direction.

[rizay]

If I'm training at one gym, on my heavy set, I usually have to have the plates (hexagonal or whatever with the handles) aligned, straightened and flush on both sides. They're dual sided so there is no in or out.

The other gym I train at, it's usually facing in, but either way psychologically I need all the plates the same.

[maxiw]

I put them on facing up!

[Hola Bola]

I'm the same as the last couple posters... I need all the same plates facing the same way.

What really annoys me is when people put a 25, then a 10, then another 25 on the same side of the bar... I hate those gaps.

It seems we are all showing signs of serious obsessive-compulsive behavior.

[rizay]

I'm the same as the last couple posters... I need all the same plates facing the same way.

What really annoys me is when people put a 25, then a 10, then another 25 on the same side of the bar... I hate those gaps.

It seems we are all showing signs of serious obsessive-compulsive behavior.

If those plates aren't freakin within a mmeter of each other, and symmetrical, it bugs the living sh(t out of me during my set. If I don't have a good set, I'll probably blame that if it was in my mind.

[404gb30044]

as with my physique - symmetry matters when im lifting plates.. big with big then some more bigg'uns! ...color umm not so important, im not really thinking about colors when i lift.

[Andrew69]

as with my physique - symmetry matters when im lifting plates.. big with big then some more bigg'uns! ...color umm not so important, im not really thinking about colors when i lift.

Colors are important to me.
I have rubber coated oly plates, so I want to see as many blue plates as possible (45lbs)

[irishrunt]

i don't know if anyone has said this or not (i didn't see it) but i know a guy who has to line up all the gaps in the plates. if one plate is off, he will spin it to make the holes match up with the others

[BernieD]

What really annoys me is when people put a 25, then a 10, then another 25 on the same side of the bar... I hate those gaps.

It seems we are all showing signs of serious obsessive-compulsive behavior.

That crap annoys me more than anything. Seeing a small plate sandwiched between 2 big ones lol. It makes no sense. I mean, if you're going to drop weight, would you be more likely to drop 25 or 10? I'd say 10. Cuz we all know huge drops in weight aren't always that beneficial, except for perhaps with the Big 3.

[tb_06]

I have some kind of rubber plates that kinda interlock at my gym, so I put them so they fit together, kinda like legos, but not really.

[rizay]

i don't know if anyone has said this or not (i didn't see it) but i know a guy who has to line up all the gaps in the plates. if one plate is off, he will spin it to make the holes match up with the others

That's what I'm talking about...

[GimpyPaw]

I put the plates with the letters facing OUT. It's easier for other people watching to see how much I'm lifting.

j/k, I put them out, but it's because it leaves someplace for my fingers to wrap around the clamps. If the letters face in your putting the clamp against the fully flat surface, which leaves less room for your hand.

[littleD18AGON]

Hey what about the lock nut that holds the plates securely onto the bar? Do u put them on facing in or out, I've seen people put them on facing in. Anyway I think only a spastic would put the plate on letters facing in. No offence, but they were clearly made with the intension of putting them on letters facing out.

[Zensuji]

my plates are the sam eon both sides and they have handles

[superfunk]

I always load my plates with the letters facing out. One thing that i'm sure bugs someone in my gym is the way i load up the plates on my squat workout. My training partner usually goes first and he squats 80kg

|10|20|-----------------|20|10| but i squat 120kg and it is easiest to just put another 20 on each side
|20|10|20|-----------------|20|10|20|

[eiker_ir]

i usually load the first 45 plate with the letters facing in, and the rest of the plates with the letter facing out. That way the smooth side of the first plate makes contact with the smooth side of the second and there isn't any gap between them. Also i just like it that way hehe

[Downtheline]

to tell you the truth I had never really thought about it.
you bastards, now im gonna be thinking about it tomorrow

[wildman536]

its just a superstitious thing to me. (i dont know) i just always face them in.