You guys actually count the bar?

You guys actually count the bar?

  1. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    you don't even lift

  2. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >he counts both sides of that bar
    that was a 90 lb bench

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >he doesn't subtract his bodyweight on his lifts
      Impressive -80 lb bench, hahaha. Keep at it little guy

  3. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    No one does

  4. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Why wouldn’t you, last time I checked, the bar has weight

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Do you count your bodyweight into a squat too?

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        No but I count the bar

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        He’s not counting the weight of his arms during the bench you homosexual, if you’re going to talk shit at least get it right

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Do you count your bodyweight into a squat too?
        No because it's not a valid addition, since the lower part of your body weight isn't being supported on your legs... retard.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My bodyweight isn't an external stimulus.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        So the bar is part of the body now?

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Brutally BTFO, if you count the bar you are a DYEL and a homosexual

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Different bars have different weights. So of course you count the bar

      • 3 weeks ago
        Himbo Chad

        Do you count your bones when you weigh yourself in the morning, retard?

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          I've got a bone your sweet mother can count homosexual

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        do you count the weight on the lat pulldown? if you arent pulling more than your bodyweight it doesnt count as weight

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >I'm a 45lb stick
        That's all you had to say bro

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      The bar is free because it just is bro.

      Even if you lift dumbbells you need to subtract 20kg because you just do bro.

  5. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I do not count the bar because people don't actually know the weight of the bar they get it wrong and want to argue about it it's so dumb just count the plates with the big legible numbers

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It's almost always 45lb

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      u are a retard

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Unless you are working on a garage gym, bars are almost always standard Olympic weight, so 45lb/20kg

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Im homegym and my bar is 35kg

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Even then, that's actually a reason to count the bar, soif you go to a gym with standard bars you would be 15 kg stronger by the no counting logic

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      What are you talking about? The bar is 45 pounds? Everybody knows this..

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I weighted the gym bar and it’s 15kg

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      during the plandemic I bought myself an Olympic bar. I think it weighed 12.5kg (28 lbs). Then again scales could be off too. Everything is a lie.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >olympic bar
        >womens olympic bar

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          pretty sure a womens olympic bar is 15kg and not 12.5, he bought a toddlers olympic bar

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Oh no no no Olysisters

        How do we damage control without appearing assblasted? I'm not sure it can be done tbqhwy

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          https://www.alphafit.com.au/12.5kg-shorty-barbell
          How long is it? The first 12.5kg bar I came across had a 25mm shaft and was only 6 feet long.

  6. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I guess doing these mental jedi tricks on yourself works for some people

  7. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    It's only 45 pounds why count it KEK makes the math easier

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >can lift 200 pounds
      >decide to add another 45 pounds
      >tell everyone i can lift 245 pounds
      >they say i can only lift 200 because 45 is so light its not even worth mentioning

  8. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    bad b8 m8 if u were srs u'd be retard m8 8/8

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      this meme was never funny and I'm glad it's practically dead

      the blue check on twitter let’s you know they’re fishing for engagement so it makes them money. now he has over 1000 meatheads quote tweeting at him angrily like he wanted so he can collect a check

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        How is posting on twatter making money for the poster?

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          you can get paid now based on the engagement if you have a blue check. elon made the change earlier this year iirc

  9. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    this trend of posting twitter screenshots is so fucking gay it's unreal
    a nuclear holocaust would unironically be a good thing

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >a nuclear holocaust would unironically be a good thing
      Bit of an overreaction to someone posting an image on an imageboard.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        OK, so hes advocating for thermonuclear mutually assured destruction, but did you realise that by flat-out contradicting him you're taking an equally hardline and absolutist position, just one that happens to be in the other direction? A more mature position would be to meet him halfway.

  10. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >why yes i too indulge in selectively ignoring how gravity works to feed my psychometric demons how did you tell?

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      oh? Do you count the weight of your arms too?

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        No, I make my arms count.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        aren't you supposed to add bodyweight to 1rm?

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >lay on back
          >do bench motion
          Just hit my new pr of 400lbs bench

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        on bench arms are neglectable.
        I do calculate with bodyweight and squat and DL but i use my own charts.

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          delectable

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        yes

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        You don't?

  11. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    this meme was never funny and I'm glad it's practically dead

  12. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Holy fuck all my 1rms just went up by 45 lbs m0xyya

  13. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    You have to divide the weight in half because you only spend half the time lifting the weight

  14. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >he counts the bar
    >he doesn't count the clips
    >he doesn't take into account the holes in the plates

  15. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Only sometimes. I'd rather just count the plates.
    Here's a nice 2/3 plate for Egyptian fraction lovers.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >Egyptian fraction
      an Egyptian fraction can't have a number greater than 1 in the numerator. 2/3 would be 1/3+1/3.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        There you go, 1 in the numerator! Egyptians even had a hieroglyphic for it. They also had one for 1/(1+1/3) or 3/4.

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          The more I really delve into ancient Egypt the more retarded they seem.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        The more I really delve into ancient Egypt the more retarded they seem.

        They wouldn't repeat fractions either, so 2/3 would be 1/2 + 1/6 if they bothered to break it down.
        2/3 and 3/4 were part of the ancient egyptian fraction set (1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4) that all had special symbols. They just kind kept using 2/3 as a fraction, but sometimes 3/4 would be broken down, and sometimes not. They are odd birds for sure.
        Pictured, nice 1/15 plates and 1/36 plates before they became 1/45 plates with a grinder.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Here's a nice 1/3 plate plate, goes well with the 2/3 plate plate! Then you could have 1/9 plate plates (5 pounds) and 2/9 plate plates (10 pounds). Nice little set!

      What fractions of a plate do we use now? 1/18, 1/9, 2/9, maybe 1/3, 5/9, 7/9, 1, 11/9, sometimes 13/9. Odd. Only 2/9 and 7/9 add to one!

  16. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    numbers are meaningless I legit don't even know my lifts off the top of my head half the time I just remember how many plates I use then add a small plate when the weight gets too easy

  17. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I also count the butterfly that lands on my bar during my PR attempt.

  18. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    OP is a homosexual.

  19. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    The guy should just feel good he can do 225+bar but instead he shits on a guy that can do 225.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >The guy should just feel good he can do 225+bar
      he can't
      that guy doesn't lift at all
      he's a wannabe eceleb making up stories and saying blatantly wrong shit so that redditors like OP spread it around and he gets exposure.

  20. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    stupid thread.

  21. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Numbersfag jerking off to his numbers is upset that someone is getting their own numbers wrong.
    Big habbenings

  22. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Probably didn’t even weigh the weight before the lift.

  23. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    You always count the bar you no lift cunts 45lb

  24. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I count the bar, because it has mass.

  25. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    When I was completely new to lifting, I thought you weren't supposed to count the weight of the bar, but it turns out I was being fucking retarded and counting the bar weight is standard practice. If someone doesn't count the bar then it is a sign they're either a noob or just have straight up never lifted before

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >If someone doesn't count the bar then it is a sign they're either a noob or just have straight up never lifted before
      I think it's just a sign that they're retarded enough not to understand that the bar has mass.

  26. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    people will find the smallest reasons to feel better than one another

  27. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Not only do I not count the bar, I subtract the weight of the holes, any pl8 wear and also account for the position of the moon, sun and other planets and make corrections based on latitude, altitude, temperature and humidity and minutes and seconds of angle the bench or floor may be canted.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >witnessed

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >and also account for the position of the moon, sun and other planets and make corrections based on latitude, altitude, temperature and humidity and minutes and seconds of angle the bench or floor may be canted.
      based SwoleShack lifter

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      impressive. v nice

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      show calculations or fuck off

  28. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    In Olympic weightlifting they count the bar as apart of the weight that is lifted.

    Verification not required

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Of course, the bar could weight differently to counter higher weight bending.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        No they don't, all Olympic bars have a standard weight of 20kg/45lb

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >all Olympic bars have a standard weight of 20kg/45lb
          The term Olympic bar refers entirely to the bar having a 5 cm/2" rotating sleeve on the end of each bar where the plates are loaded. It is not in reference to weight. You can have a 60" Olympic barbell (maybe 25 lbs), an Olympic technique or women's barbell (usually about 15k), or a deadlift bar (weight can vary though these are usually longer than the standard 20kg olympic barbells and are more flexible, i.e. spaghetti bars).

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Retard. The standard for all barbells used to clean, snatch, squat, deadlift, and bench with in competitions are 45lb/20kg, including Olympic bars. It would be a fucking mess if barbell companies just made them weight whatever the fuck they wanted them to weigh. A 20kg bar is considered “full weight” in competitions. Technique bars weigh less because they are used to train TECHNIQUE with young and weak lifters and would never be allowed in a competition.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      ok but you count the weight of the clamps at the end?

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Do you count the dust on the plates?

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        competition collars weigh 2.5kg, and yes they obviously count them

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          ok but do YOU count them?

          Do you count the dust on the plates?

          my plates are not dusty unlike yours anon
          i lift in a clean room

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            But do you count the atoms and mass of air being displaced?
            How many grams per mole do you bench?

            • 3 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >not subtracting the mass of the holes in the plate
              >not subtracting the buoyancy of displaced air
              >not accounting for the centrifugal force of the earth's spin
              >not counting the tidal force of the moon
              >not offsetting the mass by the coefficient of vertical displacement from the mean average of radius from the earth's core

              Why don't you fags just award yourself a participation trophy every time you go to the gym, since apparently accuracy is irrelevant??

  29. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >don't count the bar
    >use a womens 15kg bar
    >1rm instantly goes up by 5kg

  30. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    accounting for elevation and wind assistance that is probably actually more like 100lbs

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      does weight way more depending on elevation?
      >The difference between your weight at sea level and your weight would not be noticeable but it is measurable. eg: a person who weighs 150 lbs at sea level would weigh 149.92 lbs at 10,000 ft. The difference is only . 08 lbs (1.28 oz).

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        The further you are from the barycentre of a mass, the weaker the force of gravity it exerts on you. The higher your altitude gets, the weaker earth's gravity becomes until you get so far away you're in space and are effectively weightless.

  31. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    225 is 2 plates so the bar is included in 225... are you people retarded?

  32. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    And 5x5 means 5 plates on each side of the bar. 5 BY 5…

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      But you DO count the bar there, right chud?

  33. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Calling his "friend" "lil man"
    How low is his ego?

  34. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Yes? Are you retarded? Everyone does including all official lifts. If you were starting out with just a bar doing curls/military press etc. Do you count that as 0 kg?

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >If you were starting out with just a bar
      That's not something I'd ever do that's something a guy who was in a coma for 3 months would do it's not normal

  35. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >he counts the plates
    >he doesn't count the bar
    The weight that has an impact is the bar. It's the only thing you should be counting.

  36. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Bars at my gym are labeled with their weight, so that you can add it properly. Is OP retarded?

  37. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    bro I consider the position of the moon and stars and add additional weight to compensate for increases in earth's gravitational pull

  38. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I actually use a very rigid rope for my benchpresses.

  39. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    no, I tie helium balloons to the bar to negate its weight since it isn't supposed to count, then I add an extra 20 kg in plates

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >almost 2024
      >Not using electromagnetic levitation floor panels
      Shiggidty

  40. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >twitter retard is retarded
    Thanks for the fucking news flash OP

  41. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    do y'all count the pl8s? lmfao my rm is 0 kg because i dont count nothin

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Based beyond reason and belief. Just lift the air that happens to have weights in it.

  42. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I do but I am a woman :') I just want to feel strong

  43. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    What fucking bar weighs 45 pounds?

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      There are still a few around.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >bushing
        >nonononono the bar isn't supposed to roll in your hands or on your back so why?
        >captcha WHYG24

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      all american ones

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Pretty much every single bar that is used by any serious gym, since it's the Olympic standard

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      every single olympic bar because they are standardized and the only one that can actually hold more than 240kg ?

  44. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >all these retards who dont understand levers
    try lifting 100kg plates without a bar and tell me its the same as lifting 80kg plates with a bar

  45. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Don't forget also to subtract the centripetal force created by the Earth's rotation. For people at latitudes within the United States you should take about one ounce off your already dogshit PRs

  46. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Wait a minute are you guys counting double? The weights are symmetrical so you only count the weights on one side. 1plate = 20 Kg for example.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      i only load one side of the bar at a time.

  47. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    the bar has the weight of 1 plate, so yes obviously

  48. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    1 45lb plate = 1lb
    It's really that simple

  49. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    as long as the bar has mass
    yes
    if i pick up a plate(kitchen plate) that is 5kg and then put 15 kg of food on it how much weight am i holding?
    yes the answer is 20 kg

    if you dont want to count the bar fine, just tie some rope around the plates and lift them in each hand

  50. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I use a 5ft bar for some lifts and I never checked its weight so I actually do not count the bar when I take notes, since it doesn't matter as long as I keep using the same bar.

  51. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I don't count the weight at all. I have lifted 0 lbs for years.

  52. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Do you count your body weight when you're doing weighted pull-ups? If you do, you might as well count the bar. There's your answer.

  53. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    So if you're only able to bench the bar, you're lifting 0 lbs?

  54. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    whats the point in counting the weights just add more if it isnt heavy enough

  55. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I only use a single bar at a time so no need to count

  56. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >he counts warmup plates aka first 2 plates
    please tell me youre not doing this.

  57. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I bet this homosexual goes to Planet Fitness and only has Smith Machines. If he actually doesn't count the freeweight bar he should kill himself for being below 40IQ

  58. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    We have a low weight partially plastic bar at our gym, how do people deal with this?

  59. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    225 / 2 = 112.5

    How do you evenly distribute 112.5 on either side of the bar if all the plates are whole numbers?

  60. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I use bar with negative weight, makes it really easy to bench 8pl8.

  61. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    The twitter man is insecure
    Laugh at him

  62. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Wait I've never cared but is the olybar really actually 45lbs??
    They are so light though.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I have an old cheap bar that came with a 300 pound weight set, that's 45 pounds. My newer bar is 20kg, came out to 44.2 pounds on the legal-for-trade scale, 100g or so extra for free!

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