If you rack 25 lbs on each side of the barbell are you lifting

22 pounds. Gotta count the holes in the plates.

If you lift 95 pounds are you listing 95 pounds or not?

>>38674291

Did you even pass the math test before getting accepted for your gym membership?

the bar doesn't have any numbers on it because the weight is negligible, but the plates say 25 lbs because they're 25 lbs. so you would be lifting 25 lbs + 25 lbs = 50 lbs

>clips while benching

Don't forget the weight of your arms op

>>38674283
It's actually 50 lbs-bar=5 lbs

When you lift a 20lbs bag, do you subtract an arbitrary value from that weight, or do you acknowledge it's fucking 20lbs, no more no less?

>>38674305
I asked my own question? I wasn't answering Ops, poopy pants.

Does the bar weigh 45 lbs?
Yes?
Are you lifting it?
Yes?
Is 25+25+45=95?
Yes?
Well, there you go.

>>38674306
>his bar doesn't read 20kg on the cap

Stop trolling OP. You sound new but I'll help you. You don't really count the bar, you don't really count plates on both sides so, you are lifting 25lb.

You're lifting the weights on the ends of the bar, not the bar itself

I fell for the count the bar meme when I started and all it did was make me look like a tool for saying I could bench 225

>>38674283
the bar doesn't count, nor do the plates, it's all in your mind

You're actually lifting 0 lbs because equal mass (25lbs) on either side of the bar balances the system and they cancel each other out.

You're actually lifting like 900 pounds because it's 95 pounds times the force of gravity (9.8) which equals a billion kilograms.

>>38674544
this

Depends on how close to the equator you are.

I actually only count what I put on one side of the bar because it's easier for me to track my lifts and I'm not an ego lifting faggot who needs to impress other faggots with numbers.
Just remember that lifting a lot means jackshit if your body looks like trash. What really matters is how your body looks