Changing weights on Olympic bar - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

Mrdaveyk · 19-05-2008, 08:15 PM

this may be abit of an odd question...........

on my old set up at home id place the bar on the bench rails, put two clips in to stop the bar tipping and then add weight, obviously if i didnt put the clips in, as i add e.g. 20kg to one side the bar would topple off

now im sure i seen a guy in the gym remove the weights one at a time without placing clips on (i couldn't find any either)

is this some secret of the Olympic bar, that you can add 20kg to one side then walk away and add the other 20kg?

last thing i want to do is to make an @ss out of myself so i just lifted the bar off the bench, placed him on the floor and then changed the weights

Lost Soul · 19-05-2008, 08:22 PM

you can get 2 and a half plates on a 20kg 7ft bar before it topples

push the weighted end in as close to the stoppers on the rack

Mrdaveyk · 19-05-2008, 08:25 PM

genius cheers buddy! when you say two and a half plates what weight are we talking?

Lost Soul · 19-05-2008, 08:36 PM

50kg

I do it all the time, go 55 and the other end springs up

so weighted end pushed as close to the fulcrum as possible

assuming thats using a 7foot 20kg bar

Mrdaveyk · 19-05-2008, 08:49 PM

aye it looks 7ft, either way i wont be loading more than 20kg each side at a time

cheers LS!

Lost Soul · 19-05-2008, 09:05 PM

try it

wogihao · 19-05-2008, 09:12 PM

That explains why you cant normaly get a olympic disc thats over 50kg!

ahh learn a new thing every day.

19-05-2008, 08:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mrdaveyk It's what you do on the outside that makes you Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wales, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke Dock Posts: 1,847 Blog Entries: 1	Changing weights on Olympic bar this may be abit of an odd question........... on my old set up at home id place the bar on the bench rails, put two clips in to stop the bar tipping and then add weight, obviously if i didnt put the clips in, as i add e.g. 20kg to one side the bar would topple off now im sure i seen a guy in the gym remove the weights one at a time without placing clips on (i couldn't find any either) is this some secret of the Olympic bar, that you can add 20kg to one side then walk away and add the other 20kg? last thing i want to do is to make an @ss out of myself so i just lifted the bar off the bench, placed him on the floor and then changed the weights

19-05-2008, 08:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lost Soul Curing the 'Arms & Supplements Syndrome' (ASS) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,141	Re: Changing weights on Olympic bar you can get 2 and a half plates on a 20kg 7ft bar before it topples push the weighted end in as close to the stoppers on the rack

19-05-2008, 08:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mrdaveyk It's what you do on the outside that makes you Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wales, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke Dock Posts: 1,847 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Changing weights on Olympic bar genius cheers buddy! when you say two and a half plates what weight are we talking?

19-05-2008, 08:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lost Soul Curing the 'Arms & Supplements Syndrome' (ASS) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,141	Re: Changing weights on Olympic bar 50kg I do it all the time, go 55 and the other end springs up so weighted end pushed as close to the fulcrum as possible assuming thats using a 7foot 20kg bar

19-05-2008, 08:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mrdaveyk It's what you do on the outside that makes you Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wales, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke Dock Posts: 1,847 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Changing weights on Olympic bar aye it looks 7ft, either way i wont be loading more than 20kg each side at a time cheers LS!

19-05-2008, 09:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Lost Soul Curing the 'Arms & Supplements Syndrome' (ASS) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,141	Re: Changing weights on Olympic bar try it

19-05-2008, 09:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
wogihao Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,352	Re: Changing weights on Olympic bar That explains why you cant normaly get a olympic disc thats over 50kg! ahh learn a new thing every day.

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