Why do people count the bar in their bench press total?

[Schnitzl]

But you are connected to the earth via. the bench you lay on which means people are actually lifting 0lbs.

[moofthedog]

There was a weeaboo in high school who couldn't bench the bar,
"but is extension of ur arms"

[LinuxJon]

How do you remember to breath?

I keep a post-it note on my computer monitor

[Lolzing]

ITT 40 lbs doesnt weigh anything

[WillBrink]

I keep a post-it note on my computer monitor

A good thing brah. You trolling right? I sure hope so....

[LinuxJon]

A good thing brah. You trolling right? I sure hope so....

Well, I started off trolling. But then I started to make such good points defending the trolling, that I've changed my view and believe this.

[illesBKLYN]

explains your join date i guess

[cardioman_23]

so u are some sort of mutant like in xmen where u walk around with a barbell attached to your hands all day? ahhhhh ok makes sense then, you would count the barbell as your bodyweight in that case

[JohanXDash]

LOL i lose my chit errytime you make one of these

[VmissileX]

Thanks OP. I learned alot.

[stockbridge]

I add 2.8lbs to all my figures to account for Atmospheric pressure but I am not sure how many square centimeters my bar takes up of course being round it is aerodynamic so I should probably use a square bar to be more accurate and I am at 1,000 ft so the 2.8 is for sea level so I need to subtract 1,000 ft of atmospheric pressure too.

[Answer1o1]

[ThaShaolin]

If you don't add how much your arms weigh to the total your doing it wrong

[StrongPost]

interesting. I'll be sure to spread the word at my local gym. Thanks OP

[OhhHai]

strongphysics/10

that poorly dressed and bearded guy on the corner of Livernois & McNichols might not have his PhD after all

[YIAMSOMEBODY]

U wot?

[YouAwareBro]

Do people not understand that the bar is connected to their hands/arms and thus doesn't weigh anything? Obviously the weights aren't, which is why they are hard to press. The bar, on the other hand, just goes up and down with your body. So why are two plates counted as 225lbs and not 180lbs?

And the weights are some what connected to the bar thus you are benching 0.

[miishkka]

[CalvesofPeace94]

Roll bread

[ExNavy]

So I just lost 45 pounds on my bench? You just wrecked my Friday mate.

[PegLegGregx]

5 stars

[DatSocratesBrah]

Op is right can confirm am engineer.

[Slugrunner79]

This is why I do pushups instead of bench. When I am benching I am only pushing the bar plus the weight in my arms which is connected to my body and the bench itself which is included in the weight. But when I do pushups I am pushing against the earth itself, which means I am repping 6E^24kg. Mirin' my numbers?

[miscdontlift]

so op, does your bench in your sig include the bar?

[blackbull2k13]

Lol this is an old troll staple, saw this on 7chan's /fit/ board


BRB going to go outside get under a semi-truck and connect my hands to a Semi-Truck and lift it since it is connect to my arms and thus doesn't weigh anything

[lockdev]

[RippedManlet]

So I just lost 45 pounds on my bench? You just wrecked my Friday mate.

If you benched at the bottom of the sea the pressure would increase your lifts by over 350

[InItForFitness]

My question is...why does it matter?



You still bench less than half the Misc. even if they don't count the bar.

[Cjjlpsp]

This is why I do pushups instead of bench. When I am benching I am only pushing the bar plus the weight in my arms which is connected to my body and the bench itself which is included in the weight. But when I do pushups I am pushing against the earth itself, which means I am repping 6E^24kg. Mirin' my numbers?

But your feet are touching the ground, removing 99% of the gravity making you practically weightless

May as well be lifting on the ****ing moon m8

[YouAwareBro]

This is why I do pushups instead of bench. When I am benching I am only pushing the bar plus the weight in my arms which is connected to my body and the bench itself which is included in the weight. But when I do pushups I am pushing against the earth itself, which means I am repping 6E^24kg. Mirin' my numbers?

No, if your arms are connected to the ground the earth weighs 0 didn't you read the op.