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FrnkLft
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Which looks worse lol Benching just the bar, or benching the bar with two 2.5lb plates on it? Discuss.
* Don't take this seriously it's just funny to think about.
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* Don't take this seriously it's just funny to think about.
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...benching just the bar, or benching the bar with two 2.5lb plates on it?
I chose C - Threads mocking people that aren't as strong as you are yet.0 -
What's the problem? I started with benching the bar, then putting 2.5 pounds plates on it..then more plates on it..
Pretty sure that's how you're supposed to do it.0 -
I have to say, seeing my 6'4" husband squat the bar with 2.5 lb weights on it IS pretty funny...
I agree, no shame, at least he is using the Olympic Bar, which is more than me!0 -
Some people might be trying out Strong Lifts 5x5 or another loading type strength training.0
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...benching just the bar, or benching the bar with two 2.5lb plates on it?
I chose C - Threads mocking people that aren't as strong as you are yet.
Aww, he was picking on me and himself, jokingly. I told him that I felt ridiculous benching the bar with 2.5 lb plates on it, last night. He's not being mean--he's surveying for answers.0 -
I say for sure with the 2.5lbers. Why do they have to look SO tiny?!0
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I say for sure with the 2.5lbers. Why do they have to look SO tiny?!
^^THIS!
With the bar alone, you can be like: this is just the warm up before I add some REAL weight to it...then, you put those tiny little plates on there. :laugh: They should be big like the rubber deadlift weights. haha!0 -
Uh, curling the bar in the squat rack with 2.5s.0
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OP, when you're done on that squat rack, you can just leave those weights on...I'm just gonna do a few curls.0
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@WhiteRabbit13
Actually I had this conversation with my GF the other night and we were cracking up. She's in the same boat you are.
To all the guys who are taking this seriously... seriously... this is meant in good taste.0 -
@WhiteRabbit13
Actually I had this conversation with my GF the other night and we were cracking up. She's in the same boat you are.
To all the guys who are taking this seriously... seriously... this is meant in good taste.
Oh, good! Maybe, she and I can spot each other on 55 lbs. You tell her that! I really DO need someone to spot me. :laugh:0 -
Am I warming up, or is it a working set?
I did have an Army friend who could only bench 65lbs. Lets just say, he heard about it all the time0 -
LOL...I have to say that when I started back to the weight room after about a decade plus off...and I started with SS and followed the program exactly as laid out...I felt pretty much like a *kitten* benching the bar...the 2.5 Lb plates did really make me feel much better...but the weight started piling on pretty quick and soon enough I was longing for those days when I just looked silly underneath an unloaded bar rather than looking silly having to do the roll of shame...0
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LOL...I have to say that when I started back to the weight room after about a decade plus off...and I started with SS and followed the program exactly as laid out...I felt pretty much like a *kitten* benching the bar...the 2.5 Lb plates did really make me feel much better...but the weight started piling on pretty quick and soon enough I was longing for those days when I just looked silly underneath an unloaded bar rather than looking silly having to do the roll of shame...
I dunno man I think the 2.5s look worse lol0 -
Lol sometimes I even feel silly popping on the extra 2.5ers when I've already got 45lb plates on there! They are just so embarassingly weensy.0
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I never wanted anything to do with the 2.5ers, like I would be embarrassed to even touch one, let alone use it.0
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this was me last night. did bench press with just 10lb on each side. made me feel wimpy
for a moment
then i realized i squat more than most men in my gym
so i carried on and didnt give 2 craps0 -
Both. They are both worse. I was so embarrassed when I started with the bar and 2 five pound weights. Had to start somewhere though.0
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this was me last night. did bench press with just 10lb on each side. made me feel wimpy
for a moment
then i realized i squat more than most men in my gym
so i carried on and didnt give 2 craps
I use it as encouragement to do more. When I was lifting with my boys in the Afghanistan, we played the 5lbs more game. "alright, you just made that lift, now do it with 5 lbs more you wimp." I went from what I considered a shameful bench to 315x2 in about 6 months. I miss being shamed/encourgaed into doing more.0
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