anyone else ocd about which way the plates face when working out?

[Feny]

i've grown up with the numbers always facing in when working out... anyone else ocd about this? I mean, it's not that important, just wondering if anyone else feels this way

[John Prophet]

numbers have to face in..end of story

now..in my gym we have like 5 different types of plates floating around. I used to really obsess over getting matching 45's, matching 10s etc. Now I dont obsess quite as much

now, say on squats or bench, I might find a matching pair for the inside pair, but then I just grab whatever as I add plates


There was this strong dude in our gym for a while...benching over 4 weighing 198ish. he used to like to do drop sets sometimes so he'd load up with a crapload of 10s. So he is loading up one day and i was like "uhmm, u know youve got some kilogram plates mixed in dont you?" (we have some 5k plates, which r 11 lbs) he just shrugged like "so?"

lol


one thing that I see that IS wack is people deadlifting with the inside plate not matching. makes a big difference in our gym because we have some ivanko plates with the grab holes and they are bigger diameter than other plates. So if you are mixing and matchign on deads that means u have one side of the bar like 1/2" or 1" lower, lol

another time I was squatting what I thought was 315 and dude came up and said "315 huh?". Then he said 'wait, 305'

hehe, I had a 35 on one side instead of a 45. I had already done one set of 5 or whatever. i THOUGHT it felt funny

[:::JMANN:::]

the plates at my gym have the #'s on both sides. so that doesn't matter to me, however i have to have all the plates in the same position. as in the #'s at 12o'clock on all the plates. why? i have no idea, i just like it that way!

[MissThing]

I've just "graduated" from fixed barbells to the squat rack and becnh station. Is this what I have to look forward to?

[OneBetter]

i'm the same way.. at the gym at my college we have real old weights, and i always put the flat blank side facing out and use the same type of plates on each side.

[de_barathrum]

i dont even pay attention to it.

[crawford62]

The inside and outside of the plates at my new gym are the same. At my old gym, I had to have the numbers facing in. No matter what. I brought my girlfriend to the gym once and she had them all facing every which way. I had to unload the bar and do it again before I could get to my deadlifts.

[DJAuto]

I like to have the same type of plates on both sides (for example, the same brand 45's). Other then that, no. I think the plates are the same on both sides though.

[pkirk330]

I always pick the plates up with the numbers facing away from me. So they always face in when i lift. And if Im lifting with somebody else and they put a weight on with it facing out i go turn it around. So yes i would say it is a pet peeve, not necessarily ocd though.

[Oh_Riginal]

The numbers on the 45s must face inward. Any smaller plates must face outward.

That's one of the few things I'm really OCD about.

[3doz]

the plates at my gym have the #'s on both sides. so that doesn't matter to me, however i have to have all the plates in the same position. as in the #'s at 12o'clock on all the plates. why? i have no idea, i just like it that way!

same here, at my college gym it's identical on both sides. my home gym has the old plated and i always have it facing inside.

[Feny]

haha, yea ... the thing that got me was just when i noticed some dudes pictue in his bodyspace... and i looked back there and saw the number facing out ward... i was like .... wtf????? hahah...

[908]

numbers facing in. When I first started I had always had them facing out because i thought it looked better but then one day this kid told me the plates should be facing in because his uncle told him any other way is dangerous?? It didn't really make sense but to this day I've been facing the plates in cuz of what that kid said with no real logical reasoning behind it. oh and all the plates have to be matching. I'm anal about that. If it doesn't look right and I see it before I lift it then I feel weird when i'm lifting.

It shouldn't really matter though right a silver 45 should be the same as a black 45 right?

[stealth_swimmer]

i dont even pay attention to it.

x2, but I do make sure that I have the same types of plates on both sides.

[TheGreatPrince]

When I first started I had the plates facing out so I would know how much weight is on the bar and to this day I still follow that. It's a pain in the ass to me when I'm all discombobulated from a heavy set to figure out if that's a 25 or 35 on the bar.

[John Prophet]

what about this. Does it drive u crazy that guys dont know how much weight they have loaded?

I mean, like this one guy in our gym. One of the bigger guys, gets lots of looks and compliments etc. Dude always asks me how to load 255 or whatever.

to make it more complicated this other guy wrote him a bench program with all these "odd" numbers like 290. So dude spent 10 minutes scratching his head trying to add up the plates.

I mean, this guy doesnt even know AUTOMATICALLY that 2 plates per side is 225. he has to think or ask someone.

for whatever reason I think thats wack.


I went thru the same thing when I did a sheiko program where its all these percentages etc. I had to keep the 1.23 and 2.5 lb plates handy unless I felt like rounding up.

That was in 05 and I havent quite beat my bench max from then which was 322.5, lol. that was using the 1.25lb plates etc. people ask me "whats your bench max?". im like "322.5" and they just look at me funny and walk away really slow

[cap10raygun]

people ask me "whats your bench max?". im like "322.5" and they just look at me funny and walk away really slow

[Oh_Riginal]

I mean, this guy doesnt even know AUTOMATICALLY that 2 plates per side is 225. he has to think or ask someone.

for whatever reason I think thats wack.

???????

If you lift weights regularly, not knowing that is like not knowing that there are 12 inches in a foot.

[Colossal Spoons]

Haha, gotta be facing in for me.

[SHOWTIME]

Haha, gotta be facing in for me.

x2 but at one gym i go to it doesnt matter because its the same on both sides

[MrSinister]

i dont even pay attention to it.

lol same

[Feny]

If you lift weights regularly, not knowing that is like not knowing that there are 12 inches in a foot.

haha so true!

[METAL VIPER]

I'm the opposite. The numbers have to face outwards...always

[Bill_Rizer]

I'm only OCD when they're easier to take off when they're facing a certain way.
Luckily at where I go the plates are symmetrical so it doesn't matter.

[Machvayne]

numbers have to face in..end of story

one thing that I see that IS wack is people deadlifting with the inside plate not matching. makes a big difference in our gym because we have some ivanko plates with the grab holes and they are bigger diameter than other plates. So if you are mixing and matchign on deads that means u have one side of the bar like 1/2" or 1" lower, lol

My gym has the same sort of thing and I always see people benching and stuff with big plates on one side and smaller plates on the other side. Even though they weigh the same, there is no way in hell I'd be doing it. Just looks plain wrong like, they gonna tip over at any time!

[MattyG]

The numbers face in for the 45's 33's and 22's any smaller face however.
It makes sense to have the numbers face in because you can grab hold of the disc properly when unloading

[dom996]

Numbers on both sides, but must have same colour on both sides.

[Beach Boy XL]

facing in definitely!

[Lowerthefever]

That scene went on for WAY too long. It's not even funny.

[eiker_ir]

first plate facing in, the rest facing out, that's how i like it