[flak]

Originally Posted by Bubble Boy

You benched 250. Damn you.

Congratulations you bastard.

So it's me and Stoney going for the bronze. This sucks.

As far as I'm concerned, we're all winners in this comp!

[flak]

Originally Posted by dexbot

Congrats on the PR and *thumbs up* to the DK logo

Thanks. For whatever reason, as soon as I benched 250 and was free to abandon the C.C. DeVille av, the first thing that popped into my head was "get a Dead Kennedys logo."

[Stonebreaker]

Originally Posted by flak

Thanks. For whatever reason, as soon as I benched 250 and was free to abandon the C.C. DeVille av, the first thing that popped into my head was "get a Dead Kennedys logo."

Which is odd, considering that the first avatar you went with was a Black Flag logo.

[Zerocrew1984]

Originally Posted by flak

FLAT BARBELL BENCH PRESS

Bare Oly bar (45 lbs.), 10 reps, 1 set

Most oly bars usually weigh 44lbs actually.

stonebreaker still has a chance maybe?

[flak]

Originally Posted by Stonebreaker

Which is odd, considering that the first avatar you went with was a Black Flag logo.

Couldn't find a DKs logo initially. Mentioned it in the pub, Dan Slobodin promptly delivered three. I'll probably switch back to 'Flag when I hit green belt.

Get in there tomorrow and kick ass.

[flak]

Originally Posted by Zerocrew1984

Most oly bars usually weigh 44lbs actually.

stonebreaker still has a chance maybe?

Ummm. Paging Old Man, paging Old Man. Houston, we have a problem.

Shit, I dunno. What do the rest of you geezers think?

I'm expecting to work out Sunday, I s'pose I can try for 255, er, 254.

[Stonebreaker]

Eh. Not a real problem. A 20 kg oly-bar is 44.1 lbs: I'm willing to either assume that the clips/clamps/whatever used to keep the plates in place make up the difference, or just ignore it entirely. This isn't a game of ounces we've been playing here, and unless your gyms are a far cry beyond my local YMCA indeed, they haven't been precision checking their weight plates, either.

A bar with 205 added on to it is 250 as far as I'm concerned.

[mschatz]

grats on the becnh pr. i hate you.

[flak]

Originally Posted by Stonebreaker

Eh. Not a real problem. A 20 kg oly-bar is 44.1 lbs: I'm willing to either assume that the clips/clamps/whatever used to keep the plates in place make up the difference, or just ignore it entirely. This isn't a game of ounces we've been playing here, and unless your gyms are a far cry beyond my local YMCA indeed, they haven't been precision checking their weight plates, either.

A bar with 205 added on to it is 250 as far as I'm concerned.

Okay, cool.

I did use spring collars on the bar when I hit 250. Most of the equipment at the big weight room on campus is York stuff that looks to date from the 80s or earlier, so yeah, I doubt anybody's been checking the plates.

Interesting point -- according to one of my coworkers, who's a fitness enthusiast, iron bars and plates can become heavier over time, due to rusting, ie. oxidation. Not sure if that's true, but it's an interesting thought.

[flak]

Originally Posted by mschatz

grats on the becnh pr. i hate you.

Thanks. I hope to earn more of your enmity real soon.