When using a barbell and plates.........

[banslug]

When you are lifting using a barbell and plates, do you include the weight of the actual bar itself when calculating how much weight is on your bar? For instance...my bar is like 10 pounds (I think). When I add 2-10 lb plates, do you say you are lifing 20 lbs or 30 lbs? And....do we know what Cathe does? Does her weight that she tells us she's lifting, include her barbell?

Does that make sense?

Gayle

 

[momto2bratz]

Hi Gayle,

Yes, I always include the weight of the bar. My bar weighs 5 pounds and I always calculate it in addition to the plates.

HTH
Aila

 

[Bobbi]

I also include the weight of the bar.
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[DebbieH]

Gayle~Cathe always includes the bar when she tells you the weight. THANK GOODNESS!
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[CathydsRNA]

Yes. That is the way it's done.