The Bodybuilders Thread!

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Thor187 said:
I've dropped 2kgs before.... Not my proudest moment
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Side note - hands up if you've ever hauled 20kg off the bench bar without supporting the end (at least once) :D
Now THAT's embarassing lol.
 
Arietans said:
It's all relative to the size of the weights dropped. If they're 40kg dumbells and he's just finished bi-curls, rather just put up with it :D
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Agreed hence my previous post we have to create a small "within reason" judgeframe
 
Thor187 said:
It will flip with 40 not 20, tested this on varies occasions, you need a minimum of 40 left
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It all depends on the equipment - width of the frame holding the bar and the length of the bar. i.e. what % of bar sticks out either side of the brackets. Also depends on what % of total weight you're taking off. My bar won't flip on the power cage with 50+kgs on one side and nothing on the other, but the bench station will flip with 15 on one side and nothing on the other.
 
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Arietans said:
It all depends on the width of the frame holding it and the length of the bar. i.e. how much bar sticks out either side ;)
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True, I'm talking average bar the normal width not those small excuses in Virgin active I tested it in Van Der Stel
 
Arietans said:
Side note - hands up if you've ever hauled 20kg off the bench bar without supporting the end (at least once) :D
Now THAT's embarassing lol.
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Soooo embarrassing... I was a bit of a dumbass when I started, was clearing the bar and there was 2 x 20's on each end, I started clearing on the 1 side :p
 
Deadmanza said:
Soooo embarrassing... I was a bit of a dumbass when I started, was clearing the bar and there was 2 x 20's on each end, I started clearing on the 1 side :p
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We all had to start somewhere. There are those who have done it and those who won't admit they have :D
 
Thor187 said:
It will flip with 40 not 20, tested this on varies occasions, you need a minimum of 40 left
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it depends, on a bench etc where it is narrow, no 20 makes it flip, on a bench that is wide, yeah needs like 40.

I did it on a shrugs machine, so there was 60 on one side and 40 on the other, i wanted 2 x 20's, didnt see that it was unbalanced, took 20 off the 40 side... whole thing flipped like a mofo.
 
D3x! said:
it depends, on a bench etc where it is narrow, no 20 makes it flip, on a bench that is wide, yeah needs like 40.
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True, I'm talking average bar the normal width not those small excuses in Virgin active I tested it in Van Der Stel
 
Mr Feesh said:
thats the flavour I bought! Hopefully don't have the same side effect haha
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Nothing worse than unflavoured egg protein IMO. Bought some on a trip to Kenya once to use while I was away. Just glad I wasn't home to share that gas with the rest of the family. Eish!
 
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