If you don't re-rack your weights and wipe equipment after yourself you are not nice.

conzy wrote: »

People are different heights and people like certain bars etc.. So when the rack is free I may want to use a different bar, or drop or raise the current bar.. If its full this is a pain.

In general it make sense to totally strip the bar. If there is a rack "handover" then sure say "leave those 20s there thanks," or "Do you want help stripping the bar"

Strip the bar!

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This should be printed out and put on every rack.

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

"No curling in the rack" also

I've never seen anyone use a rack for curling. I've seen people curl in the rack as a superset between squats or heavy rows but never just to curl.

Thankfully.

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

"No curling in the rack" also

Agreed. It's completely unsuitable.

On the bar tipping off the rack issue, it definitely happens. I had a guy who was unloading a bar unevenly some shoulder height, he unloaded one side and 60kg of weight lead to it tipping entirely off the rack and nearly clocking my friend in the back of the head.

UCDVet wrote: »

Exactly. We don't know who is going to use it next. Why do we assume that 0 weight is better for them than 5kg on each side? Or 10kg on each side?

A couple of flaws with your theory.

An empty bar is probably optimal for all first sets. Just because dont actually do that, doesn't mean its optimal.

Most people will have 20kg as the inner plate, not 5kg or 10kg.
So using your example, I leave 20's on the bar, and you come along next and have to strip off my 40kg before you start. Relatively that's a lot to be moving about as its the same as your heaviest set.

The whole idea of making less work for the next guy assumes that he'll be using the same rack height, which is unlikely to be the case.
Somebody 6ft4, leaving his 60kg HBBS on the rack isn't "making less work" for the 5ft/50kg girl who is going to use the rack next.

NoQuarter wrote: »

I'm actually with UCDvet on this. I don't fully strip the bars for the same logic.

I wouldn't leave more than one plate on it though. If I came to a bar to deadlift, Id prefer there to be some plates on the end, no matter what they are, as it makes the bar easier to manage. It's awkward putting a first plate onto a bar unless it's sitting in a rack.

I don't mind what peoples methods are so long as they have at least give some consideration to it. In light of this thread maybe I will be a bit more vigilant but for the moment, I'm happy to leave 25s on the bar. I'm just going to keep an eye on who approaches the bars and what they do with them from now on. But to be fair, I barely ever see the girls on the bars, its mostly lads so I think it's optimal to leave some weight on.

Bent over rows with one hand on the dumbbell racks gets me every time. And occasionally find a disgusting bench not wiped down.

I have to say I always strip the bar unless the person after me asks me to leave the weights on. My wife uses the same gym as me and there is no way she would lift the 20/25kg plates from the position that I would have the bar in for squats and she would not necessarily ask a guy to do it for her either. Is it possible one of the reasons you don't see women using the bars is that they have to lift the weights off before doing their sets?

NoQuarter wrote: »

I'm actually with UCDvet on this. I don't fully strip the bars for the same logic.

I wouldn't leave more than one plate on it though. If I came to a bar to deadlift, Id prefer there to be some plates on the end, no matter what they are, as it makes the bar easier to manage. It's awkward putting a first plate onto a bar unless it's sitting in a rack.

I don't mind what peoples methods are so long as they have at least give some consideration to it. In light of this thread maybe I will be a bit more vigilant but for the moment, I'm happy to leave 25s on the bar. I'm just going to keep an eye on who approaches the bars and what they do with them from now on. But to be fair, I barely ever see the girls on the bars, its mostly lads so I think it's optimal to leave some weight on.

Bent over rows with one hand on the dumbbell racks gets me every time. And occasionally find a disgusting bench not wiped down.

Its best to strip it. Girls probably avoid using the bar after you as it is loaded. And frequently I see smaller people (usually girls/young lads) warming up with a weightless bar.

Some of this conversation is so silly:

- If I am pressing I start with an empty bar always
- If I am benching I start with an empty bar always
- If I am squatting I start with an empty bar always
- If I am doing Clean / Snatch Pulls I start with 40kgs on the bar
- If I am doing Power Cleans / Power Snatches I usually start with an empty bar
- If I am doing Deadlifts I start with 60kgs on the bar always

**If the bar is in a rack I more than likely need to move it to a different pin than you work off before I begin**

The vast majority of the time I am starting some warmup sets or some sort of drill with an empty bar. There are plenty out there stronger than me, but I wouldn't be particularly weak. Keeping 60kgs on the bar due to an assumption that is the minimum most people will use is so silly.

I assume some if not all of you are trolling of course in which case - well done, you got me to write this so you win.

NoQuarter wrote: »

You've missed the point again. I am well able to put it away. I consciously don't completely unload it because of UCDvets reasoning. That someone else is just going to load it up again.



I don't think I agree with any of that if I'm honest. I think the majority would warm up with weight on the bar. I do see some people warming up with just a bar, I also see some people warming up with weight. So it's 50/50 for me and I choose to leave it loaded. I would prefer to walk up to a loaded bar myself. Of course, the weight should be reasonable, and yes I know different weights are more reasonable to some than others, which is why I think 1 plate is fine.

There are always stripped bars standing in the corner of my gym anyway so they can be used. The bars in the rack and on the DL platform I see no problem with being constantly loaded.

The part in bold is the problem. Everyone depending on their strength will have a different idea of reasonable. You seem to be deviding the gym population 50/50 those that warm up with no weight and those that warm up with 60kg or greater. There are a good number of people in the gym I go to that max squat is 60. Their idea of reasonable might be bar +10kg each side so they leave this on the bar. I then need to strip these to put 20s on.

Or you leave the 20s on the bar and I want to do BB OH press. My warm up is 40 KGs so because you were too lazy to unload the bar I need to unload it for you. (I know you said it is not laziness but it kind of is. You don't want the hassle of loading/unloading the bar)

Nobody knows what the next person is going to do with the bar so its easier for everyone if you leave the bar stripped and ready for the next person. In reality only takes 30 seconds.

I've often left 60 KG on the bar at hip level.
I also work in the aforementioned gym.
I must be a monster according to the OP.