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bench press question

  • 21-01-2014 11:28pm
    #1
    f140
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭


    if someone asks you how much you lift- do you add the weight of the bar itself or just the weights that are on it?


Comments

  • #2
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Include the bar weight man...after all, you are lifting it!


  • #3
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,903 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    I think the proper retort is 'do u even lift bro'


    You add the weight of the bar as you're lifting that too. To be used for tracking your progress only IMO, i wouldn't go around telling people how much I can lift...


  • #4
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    You add the bar. It makes no sense not to. Otherwise switching to a 15kg/10kg bar would instantly add 5kg/10kg to all your lifts


  • #5
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,901 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    the bar is 20Kg, for people with 60kg weights that exclude the weight there missing out on 25%.


  • #6
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    'do u even lift bro'

    I've been asked this before... What does it mean? I take it it is a implication that the amount the person is lifting is low?


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  • #7
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I've been asked this before... What does it mean? I take it it is a implication that the amount the person is lifting is low?

    That is correct.


  • #8
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    That is correct.

    Ah naive little me.


  • #9
    Sangre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,186 ✭✭✭✭Sangre


    ted1 wrote: »
    the bar is 20Kg, for people with 60kg weights that exclude the weight there missing out on 25%.

    Not all bars are 20kg. All decent ones should be though. Ask the gym if you have any doubt
    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    I've been asked this before... What does it mean? I take it it is a implication that the amount the person is lifting is low?

    Depends on context. Its used so much now its become satire and I can't imagine anyone would seriously use it in a disparaging way.


  • #10
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,589 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    f140 wrote: »
    if someone asks you how much you lift- do you add the weight of the bar itself or just the weights that are on it?

    Yes add the weight of the bar and then add another 30kg ;)


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