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Originally Posted by Willygt
Hey guys when you list all those weights, how are you considering them, the total weight of the bar at the end; i.e. 135 would be 67.5 on each side, or 135 on each side of the bar?
just to have an idea of how far I am from you guys  hahaha.
This thread has been a lot of help to shape up my gym schedule.  |
When talking about barbell lifts, it's total weight on the bar. So bar (45lbs) plus weights. As such, 135 is the bar with 45lbs on each side. When talking dumbbells, the convention is to talk about the weight of each db -- so a 100lb incline db presses are 100lbs *each* arm.
The other naming convention involved the term "pies." So on something like leg press, I might say 14pies x 8. That means 14 45lb plates loaded on the leg press (7 each side). Might use the same naming convention for t-bar rows.
Hope that helps.