Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 3m 1d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 16/10/12 06:04 AM Share Posted 16/10/12 06:04 AM Cheers fellas.. Can do leg curls. Will give them a shot next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath Member 383 Member For: 14y 3m 18d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 16/10/12 12:24 PM Share Posted 16/10/12 12:24 PM Think of the bar weight this way. If someone asks you if your benching 2 plates or 3 plates, they are talking 100kg and 140kg respectively, not 80kg and 120kg. (1 plate meaning 20kg/45lb and also meaning how many plates a side) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 1m 5d Gender: Male Posted 16/10/12 02:21 PM Share Posted 16/10/12 02:21 PM Guy at work started gym last week.. Taller then me but a rake,, and reckons hes already doing 50kg shoulder presses.. This was brought up because he said he was laughing at a massive guy lifting 12.5kg plates for shoulder press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaponxr Donating Members 624 Member For: 13y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/10/12 02:33 PM Share Posted 16/10/12 02:33 PM Its probably 50lbs, and he thinks its kgs. We will see how long he goes before having a rotar cuff injury 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettenator Member 66 Member For: 13y 9m 30d Gender: Male Posted 17/10/12 12:41 AM Share Posted 17/10/12 12:41 AM Guy at work started gym last week.. Taller then me but a rake,, and reckons hes already doing 50kg shoulder presses.. This was brought up because he said he was laughing at a massive guy lifting 12.5kg plates for shoulder pressI'd say most likely he's using a machine with a number of pulleys that has 50 kg selectable via a stack. Sounds stupid to assume that someone would think a machine is directly comparable to free weights but I've heard it happen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 5m 11d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 17/10/12 12:56 AM Share Posted 17/10/12 12:56 AM Yeh for sure.. Pulleys is cheating I rekon. Free weights make you so much stronger for everyday activities than pulleys do. Theres a big difference between gym strong and everyday strong.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath Member 383 Member For: 14y 3m 18d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 17/10/12 01:08 AM Share Posted 17/10/12 01:08 AM In other words, functional strength versus absolute strength Your mate could also be doing half/quarter reps thinking that counts as a full rep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA91CK billet turbos and weathered engines dont mix Donating Members 1,346 Member For: 12y 5m 11d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 17/10/12 01:37 AM Share Posted 17/10/12 01:37 AM ^^ exactly... Haha. Pulleys are useful... Sometimes. But comparing them to free weights if he actually was is pretty funny. I do 120kg lat pulldowns, but stuff having 60kg strapped to me to-do Pupullups! I'd be lucky to do 6 with 15kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 1m 5d Gender: Male Posted 17/10/12 01:41 AM Share Posted 17/10/12 01:41 AM He reckons free weight.. Hes maco do talks alot of sh*t..Your not wrong with the more pullys less resistance thing. I was doing tri's the other day and normally do 17.5 pull downs.. Machine was taken so used a different one with f*ckload of pullys.. Was doing 32.5kg on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STIFLR Donating Members 572 Member For: 15y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 17/10/12 02:20 AM Share Posted 17/10/12 02:20 AM Even with doing only half reps, he won't be doing 50keg presses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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