Whenever somebody asks you how much do you bench press, do you say the weight in total or just the weight one side of the bar?
It happens quite often I tell someone I bench press 25kgs and they think that's in total or I say that I lift 60kgs (25 * 2 + 10 which is the bar) to which they respond "Holy shit, you lift over 120kgs?!!!)
What's the correct way, Veeky Forums?
Owen Long
r u trolling
Jason Bell
Are you mentally challenged?
Wyatt Taylor
Yes, that's why we all workout, right? Now please answer me.
Dylan Murphy
>he counts the bar u know the bar doesnt really count because it is parallel to you and it is stretched over a further distance than the plates,
Benjamin Hernandez
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Jose Ortiz
bar+plates+clips
Jordan Gonzalez
Is this why I dumbbell press the weight of each plate only not including the bar ie I bench with 40kg each side I dumbbell press 40kg dumbbell only Whoa a on I never understood this until now
William Powell
you include the bar you retard. Say you bench 2plate, each plate is 45 pounds, plus the bar, so you said you bench 215
Brandon Peterson
"workout" is a noun. you mean "work out".
Joseph Wood
The correct way to say it is in lbs, doofus
Daniel Walker
If you bench 225 lbs with the barbell, you don't count the bar.
If you bench 225 lbs with dumb bells (110 lb (+- 5 lb each)) then you are benching 225 lbs.
Connor Martin
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John Baker
You say the weight that you are able to bench press.
Caleb Nguyen
The bar is also 45, thats 225
Hudson Jackson
No you idiot dumbbell excercises are harder since there's no bar to stabilize the weights, and your stronger side can't pick up slack from your weaker side.
Julian Walker
Don't dumbbell pressed work areas differently than barbell pressed?
Austin Rodriguez
>your
Xavier Evans
I never bench
Jack Lee
5/10 bait
Grayson Reed
Yes, but the same muscles that are worked with a barbell variation are worked as well. They're just worked harder because of stabilization.
Barbell is pushed heavily because you can use all kinds of tricks to lift heavy amounts of weight in oft retarded dangerous and inorganic ways.
Dumbbells are unforgiving and you'll have to respect them or they'll put you on your ass. It's RARE that you'll see a true natural, not half natty a REAL natty, lifting heavy ass dumbbells and doing clean efficient work with the weight. Ever.
Easton Martin
What is everyone's 1rm with a flat back and feet in the air?
Jose Martinez
Jesus fucking christ you idiots, why is no-one taking the hole in the plates to account? Fucking NYRes man
Isaiah Jones
hopefully this gets screenshotted cause this is honestly ridiculous
Carter Rivera
Gotta remember when using plates that have the handles on them to subtract the weight for the holes
Eli Anderson
if there's an s, i assume it's pl8s
>i only bench 45s vs >i only bench 135
Robert Parker
Barbell bench press being more stable and allowing for asymmetries allows you to lift heavier weights, which works your muscles better for overall strength, though.
David Flores
no faggot retard that was bait
Brody Powell
you only count the weight of the feels you feel as you press the bar