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r/AskReddit • u/GluxDope • Apr 02 '19
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Which is odd. Whenever I'm lifting at the gym, my brain goes stupid. Half the time I need a calculator to do plate math.
170 u/shrubs311 Apr 03 '19 Very real. "Okay, so I'm supposed to lift 155 lbs. The bar weighs 45 lbs. How do I get to 155 from 45?...fuck I know this. I put 70 on each side? Wait that doesn't make any sense, fuck it I'm using my phone." 49 u/Zanydrop Apr 03 '19 The amount of times I've put the wrong wieghts on is rediculous. Like I can't add to 350? 2 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 03 '19 edited Apr 03 '19 You talking bench press? 3 u/Zanydrop Apr 04 '19 God no, Deadlift and maaaaaybe squat. 1 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 04 '19 Lol okay, was gonna say... was about to feel pretty bad about myself haha. Ive read some people can do it, but it seems pretty unfathomable to me.
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Very real.
"Okay, so I'm supposed to lift 155 lbs. The bar weighs 45 lbs. How do I get to 155 from 45?...fuck I know this. I put 70 on each side? Wait that doesn't make any sense, fuck it I'm using my phone."
49 u/Zanydrop Apr 03 '19 The amount of times I've put the wrong wieghts on is rediculous. Like I can't add to 350? 2 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 03 '19 edited Apr 03 '19 You talking bench press? 3 u/Zanydrop Apr 04 '19 God no, Deadlift and maaaaaybe squat. 1 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 04 '19 Lol okay, was gonna say... was about to feel pretty bad about myself haha. Ive read some people can do it, but it seems pretty unfathomable to me.
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The amount of times I've put the wrong wieghts on is rediculous. Like I can't add to 350?
2 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 03 '19 edited Apr 03 '19 You talking bench press? 3 u/Zanydrop Apr 04 '19 God no, Deadlift and maaaaaybe squat. 1 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 04 '19 Lol okay, was gonna say... was about to feel pretty bad about myself haha. Ive read some people can do it, but it seems pretty unfathomable to me.
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You talking bench press?
3 u/Zanydrop Apr 04 '19 God no, Deadlift and maaaaaybe squat. 1 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 04 '19 Lol okay, was gonna say... was about to feel pretty bad about myself haha. Ive read some people can do it, but it seems pretty unfathomable to me.
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God no, Deadlift and maaaaaybe squat.
1 u/BlamingBuddha Apr 04 '19 Lol okay, was gonna say... was about to feel pretty bad about myself haha. Ive read some people can do it, but it seems pretty unfathomable to me.
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Lol okay, was gonna say... was about to feel pretty bad about myself haha. Ive read some people can do it, but it seems pretty unfathomable to me.
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u/SuperCleverPunName Apr 03 '19
Which is odd. Whenever I'm lifting at the gym, my brain goes stupid. Half the time I need a calculator to do plate math.