Do you factor in the weight of the bar when you tell people how much you bench press?

[HamSupLo]

The bar is about 45lbs. Do you count that towards the amount you can bench?

 

[Kishan]

depends. I use the Smith machine since I don't have a spotter.

The Smith machine's bar is only 15.

 

[Homerboy]

why wouldn't you?
You are lifting the bar aren't you?

 

[eigen]

of course.

 

[junkerman123]

yup.

 

[mercanucaribe]

The first time I benched I didn't realize the bar was that heavy, and I thought I was just really weak.

 

[SearchMaster]

I've never known that people didn't include the bar.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Nope.

 

[gigapet]

are some bars 55

 

[zbalat]

Dumbest question ever.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: eigen
of course.

 

[CreativeTom]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
The bar is about 45lbs. Do you count that towards the amount you can bench?

Yes considering I only bench about 230 (bar included). If I didn't include the bar weight it would only be 185, since I my weight is right around 200, that would just be sad.

 

[Ktulu]

of course, the bar is pretty damn heavy on its own

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
The bar is about 45lbs. Do you count that towards the amount you can bench?

yes

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: eigen
of course.

 

[gigapet]

l;now the real question is....do you tell ppl what your max is or what you do sets of?

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: zbalat
Dumbest question ever.

yup, of course you do...standard olympic bar is 45....never heard of a 55

 

[Saint Nick]

i tell people my max usually, i include the bar in that number.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Oh!

Here I was thinking I could only bench 120.

170 sounds much better

 

[KK]

I include the weight of the bench also for the hell of it.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Do you count the weights on the ends?

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I've never known that people didn't include the bar.

 

[LS20]

i tell them how much work i do in horsepower

 

[zerocool1]

yes

 

[exilera]

Originally posted by: KPSHAH316
depends. I use the Smith machine since I don't have a spotter.

The Smith machine's bar is only 15.

Smith machine isn't an accurate way to determine your max press.