>not counting the bar >laughing at those who do I never

>not using a bar made out of carbon fibers
My bar weighs only 100 grams but can handle a ton of weight. This way I can add a few kilos extra as weights that will be counted.

>>41413899
I always wondered but ignored

Pretty sure they are just fuckin' with you OP

>>41413899
>"What plates should I put on the bar?"
>"Let me just subtract an arbitrary 45 from my weight real quick first so I can figure it out"

Bar counters btfo! Will they ever recover?

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>using a bar
>literally lifting a big metal stick
>awkward and uncomfortable to handle
>tilts to one side
>adds meaningless weight

Just stick your fingers through the weights and lift them like that, what the fuck do you think the holes in the plates are for? Protip: bars are literally for total beginners, everyone in the gym cringes when they see you use the bar and girls think it looks retarded. Plus when you inevitably drop the bar and it rolls away and falls into the manlet pit, they can use it to pole-vault out. I swear all gyms should just fucking get rid of bars already.

>>41414808
Yeah I guess you're right, counting 45 as 45 is pretty arbitrary.

>>41413899
Yeahhhh when I started lifting I could only lift the bar alone. It's probably 50 lbs.

>>41415070
Yes, there's no point including a fixed weight as part of a variable. Unless you're trying to impress people. But mainly I just want to know how many plates I need to load onto the bar so counting the bar seems retarded in a gym setting

Jesus fuck op, are you fucking brain dead?
You aren't even lifting the bar, all it does is stabilize the weights you're actually lifting, distance from the center of gravity of the plates minimizes the actual "weight" of the bar to a negligible factor.

>>41415144
Good post.

>>41415144
Wow are you 12?

>>41415172
4u

>>41414979

Unironically good post

>>41413899
when you consider the position of the bar on your back it is not adding the entire 45 lbs.
Consider that the plats are outside of your torso whereas the bar is placed right in the middle for all lifts i.e. when the bar is on the middle of your backs during squats why would you count the bar? Are you counting the weight of your head too?

>op takes memes seriously
Once again op is a faggot

>>41413899
Everyone uses a bar, obviously. There is no point in including it when you talk about the weights you are using. It's implied that you are talking about the weights ON the bar.

>>41413899
If your bar isn't weightless then I suggest you take a few steps back and read Startling Strength by Mac Rippetone.