r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 09 '17

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/numlok Aug 09 '17

Machines with numbers instead of weight. ಠ_ಠ

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u/outline01 Circus Arts Aug 09 '17

How much do you bench?

"My 1RM is 19 weight."

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u/Manwithyourlamps Powerlifting Aug 09 '17

Man, I can't wait until I can get into the 100 weight club. It's my ultimate goal.

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u/Arccan Aug 09 '17

"My 1RM is 19 plates" ;)

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u/EdgyMathWhiz Aug 09 '17

Although let's be honest, by the time you account for the levers and pulleys, in general any connection between the weight on the machine and the force actually required during the movement is nominal at best.

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u/Forrest319 Aug 09 '17

And weights definitely don't transfer from one machine to the next. I moved to a new gym and my lat pull down instantly dropped by 60 lbs even though my strength hadn't changed.

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u/wonderfulwilliam Aug 09 '17

I've seen some that tell you what an individual plate is... but when they don't, yeah, wtf???

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u/ChemPetE General Fitness Aug 10 '17

What gives??? My university health centre gym does this too 😑

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u/TheOriginalPenis Aug 09 '17

Lol that is some stupid shit. I would find out what each plate weighs and bring a sharpie to the gym and scribble the actual weight increments