Did you really....
SouthernDaisy4
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.... put the itty bitty 2.5's on the bar for the bench or did you use the 5's the first time you added weight? I know we are supposed to check our ego at the door..... buuuuuut... ??? Fess up, who added 5 # instead?
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actually I did my first bench press set with just the bar.
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Then I went for the 10lbs right away because wow, that was light xD (I had been doing bodyweight stuff for 2 years and then some already. Push-ups at 200lbs means some decent pressing strength)0 -
I meant the first time you added weight to the bar
I used the nekkid bar last Monday, but I am just trying to picture those tiny plates on there. I know I will be very grateful for them in the very near future, but 45 wasn't hard and I was considering jumping. 0 -
For bench? No... I started bench before SL by a couple of weeks so didn't go back to start with the bench, though first couple gym sessions that bar felt pretty heavy. So, day 1 when I decided to go ahead and start things, I had 10 lbs added. I hadn't lifted in years (like almost 10 really for free weights) before starting at the gym not long ago.
OHP, however, I did 1 set today with the tiny 2.5's and yeah, they be little but prove quite the weight in certain circumstances. Then again, I barely can do 5x5 with just the bar for OHP but i'm at 70 for bench so far. *shrugs* But not I just add the 5 each time, we'll see how 75 goes Saturday.0 -
I put on the 2.5s and laughed so loud everyone in the gym looked at me. They look hilarious. But that's what I started with -- screw anyone who judges. 0
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i used them on bench and i probably deadlifted with them at some point. just used them again this past week for the overhead press. sure they look silly, but y'know . . . my shoulders are fragile. i've already gone through a couple of phases where i overreached myself on the squats and ended up harbouring some kind of small injury for a couple of weeks, and then trying to work my way back. there's nothing quite as silly as having to rotate your whole body like a dalek because you've given yourself a neck pinch, for instance. or having to walk like a duck so you can favour one knee.
so to me, yeah i feel silly with the little why-even-bother sized plates on the bar, but hey - 5 pounds is more than 10% of the bar weight alone. in relative terms it's far more impressive to add fractionals to a naked oly bar than when you've already got bigger plates on it. and i think i've decided i feel silliest of all wandering around the gym in those times when i've damaged something, making half-assed tries at various lifts and just giving up.
fractionals are a point i have to go through to get to the next place past them. and in the grand scheme of your life, what's however long it takes you to do 25 reps of some lift? that's pretty short-term mortification really.0 -
Also, I plan on putting my tiny little 1.25 lbs. plates on the bar for my first step up in OHP now that I'm finally there. I'll take a pic for you gals.
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yeah, besides . . . 2.5's might be small, but they're not as small as my boobs. size ain't what counts, right? it's how you use it
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I use the 2.5s all the time. I feel lame but what can you do?
I need to get the 1.25s, too.0 -
lol, that was the first time I did Bench Press altogether. I went straight for 10s (wasn't doing stronglift at the time). I've used the fixed bar and the 2.5s alone on the oly bar for OHP though. They do look silly. But not as silly as thoe guys who stack on plates and then can barely move their bar ;P0
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I think I put 5s on by accident. Oops.0
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thanks ladies.
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LOL Canadianlbs!0
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2.5 plates look pretty big compared to the 1.25 ones I bring to the gym. I'd like to get some .75 plates for OHPs if they exist...0
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I think I posted the first week I was doing SL and was like, "Uh, this seems too easy, should I add more weight?" And someone wise (can't remember who) was like "TRUST THE PROGRAM". And I did, to include using 2.5 lb weights and feeling like a dork.
I've just kind of gotten to the point of eff it at the gym. I do not care what others think anymore, because stuff is HAPPENING, son.
This morning I put the 45s on my squat bar and pwned it. Come Monday it will be the 45s PLUS the dinky 2.5s. Anyone who has a problem can suck it.0 -
Adding them to other plates doesn't strike me as funny at all... Just when you *only* have them. It's more I am going to have to look up at them on the bench and try to keep a straight face. LOL. I
@ Nancy If people glue the big washers from Home Depot together to get (I think) 2 lbs and some change, you could surely just use half the number of washers to get clost to .75.0 -
Sonething like this http://mannixcastro.com/2011/10/08/cheap-fractional-plates-for-microloading/0
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Awesome! Thanks summerdaisy!0
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Probably not on the bench press, but I still use them on the dreaded OHP. Just can't get anywhere on that one.0
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Selfishly, I'm kind of glad to hear others aren't going anywhere on OHP either!
I totally rocked those 2.5's. But I agree, after a few weeks, I don't really care. The turning point for me was seeing a woman that was literally stick thin in Target and thinking "I wish I was thin like that", and then I thought "But I can lift heavy stuff, yo." Things are happening, so I don't care if people are judging.0 -
Yeah, I knew what you meant. I'm saying that there are lots of folks on here who started out with the 2.5s.0
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I think I posted the first week I was doing SL and was like, "Uh, this seems too easy, should I add more weight?" And someone wise (can't remember who) was like "TRUST THE PROGRAM". And I did, to include using 2.5 lb weights and feeling like a dork.
I've just kind of gotten to the point of eff it at the gym. I do not care what others think anymore, because stuff is HAPPENING, son.
This morning I put the 45s on my squat bar and pwned it. Come Monday it will be the 45s PLUS the dinky 2.5s. Anyone who has a problem can suck it.
You're a bada$$
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Maybe I did it wrong, but if I started with an unloaded bar (45#) and then added the recommended 5# for my next SL A workout out, I would be pressing with the bar and 2 "itty-bitty" 2.5# plates, cuz, you know, 2.5x2 = 5lbs.
If I added the 5# plates, that would be an incremental increase of 10#, right?????0 -
Calliope610 wrote: »Maybe I did it wrong, but if I started with an unloaded bar (45#) and then added the recommended 5# for my next SL A workout out, I would be pressing with the bar and 2 "itty-bitty" 2.5# plates, cuz, you know, 2.5x2 = 5lbs.
If I added the 5# plates, that would be an incremental increase of 10#, right?????
You did it right. Next time you use the 5# plates, then the next time after that the 5# plus the 2.5 % fractionals.0 -
Well I used them. It was really easy, but I focused on form.0
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SouthernDaisy4 wrote: »Calliope610 wrote: »Maybe I did it wrong, but if I started with an unloaded bar (45#) and then added the recommended 5# for my next SL A workout out, I would be pressing with the bar and 2 "itty-bitty" 2.5# plates, cuz, you know, 2.5x2 = 5lbs.
If I added the 5# plates, that would be an incremental increase of 10#, right?????
You did it right. Next time you use the 5# plates, then the next time after that the 5# plus the 2.5 % fractionals.
No! The incremental increase is 5lbs each session until you reach failure after 3 attempts, then you deload by 10%. Because the progression is 45#, 50#, 55# etc. NOT 45#, 50#, 60# (50 +2x5), 75# (60 + 2x(5+2.5)).0 -
Calliope610 wrote: »SouthernDaisy4 wrote: »Calliope610 wrote: »Maybe I did it wrong, but if I started with an unloaded bar (45#) and then added the recommended 5# for my next SL A workout out, I would be pressing with the bar and 2 "itty-bitty" 2.5# plates, cuz, you know, 2.5x2 = 5lbs.
If I added the 5# plates, that would be an incremental increase of 10#, right?????
You did it right. Next time you use the 5# plates, then the next time after that the 5# plus the 2.5 % fractionals.
No! The incremental increase is 5lbs each session until you reach failure after 3 attempts, then you deload by 10%. Because the progression is 45#, 50#, 55# etc. NOT 45#, 50#, 60# (50 +2x5), 75# (60 + 2x(5+2.5)).
I think we are saying the same thing, that you did it correctly. You added 5 # total using the incremental plates and next time you would just use the 5 # plates to add 10 pounds total, then after that you add the incrementald back in but keep the 5 # plates to add 15# total. That's 45 ( bar only), 50, 55, 60.0 -
Rereading my post, I typed % instead of #. They are next to each other on my tiny iPhone screen. If that is what you are referring to I meant 2.5# fractional plates, not 2.5% fractional plates -which isn't a real thing as far as I know. If so, sorry for the confusion.
Or maybe I misundestood your post. I thought you were saying that you completed your second squat day and added the 2.5s for a total +5 lbs, which was correct, then I just was saying you go to the 5 lb plates (only) after that then add the 2.5 lb incrementals again. .. So "next time" was referring to the session after the incrementals, not after the bare bar.0 -
And then when you have to deload a few times because you can't progress anymore is the time where you start using 1.25lbs fractionals and upping by 2.5 total
(And you guys are doing it right. Don't jump to 65 right away if you've never lifted or trained! xD)0 -
SouthernDaisy4 wrote: »Rereading my post, I typed % instead of #. They are next to each other on my tiny iPhone screen. If that is what you are referring to I meant 2.5# fractional plates, not 2.5% fractional plates -which isn't a real thing as far as I know. If so, sorry for the confusion.
Or maybe I misundestood your post. I thought you were saying that you completed your second squat day and added the 2.5s for a total +5 lbs, which was correct, then I just was saying you go to the 5 lb plates (only) after that then add the 2.5 lb incrementals again. .. So "next time" was referring to the session after the incrementals, not after the bare bar.
OK, yes, I see we are talking about the same thing, just using different frame of reference 0 -
What is a minor annoying situation is when you need those 2.5 ones and they are no where to be found. Setting up to do squats last night, I needed them to do the proper increase. Could not find a single one near the squat rack. My gym has the weights split in two sections: upper and lower. I had to go over near the benches in order to find a set of fractionals to use in order to get my sets done.
I'm also pretty sure I saw a couple guys doing curls in the deadlift spot. Or something very similar to them. That was kinda weird...
Anyways, quite the nuisance when you need those itty bitty plates and they aren't around.0
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