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Just curious as to what the average bar weighs for a gym bench press?

too much!!

I think it's about 45 pounds in the old scale.

I thought you were talking about the reduction in size of Mars Bars and yet the price remains the same.

About 45 grams in the new scale.

Olympic Bars (those used in weightlifting) have a mass of 20 kg.

Most decent gyms use those for Bench Press.

Can get some lighter Bars (haven't got the thick ends) that are 15 kg.

am Bays wrote:Olympic Bars (those used in weightlifting) have a mass of 20 kg.
Most decent gyms use those for Bench Press.

Can get some lighter Bars (haven't got the thick ends) that are 15 kg.

Correct, but it does depend what length the bar* is.

I understand that a 7 foot bar with olympic plate sized ends is 20kg.

But you can get 5 & 6 foot bars with the same end that come in a couple of kg's lighter.

It can be deceptive.

Whoops sorry, thought this was a thread about bar weight of schooners, pints etc, sorry

what can some of you guys benchpress?

Real men don't include the bar haha!

I go to a backyard gym that has been running for years.

We have records, and get judged if we go for a record with the three white lights and all!

My best is 230lb which isn't much, as the gym record is over 400lb done by a 19yo 3 years ago!

Not sure what it is in Kilos??

overloaded wrote:what can some of you guys benchpress?

If the bar is 45lbs, then I reckon I can push out a couple of reps of the bar itself. Not bad huh.

I used to do sit ups with a boxed set of an Encyclopaedia as my weight in my teens.
I never new what they weighed but they felt about right.

White Line Fever wrote:Real men don't include the bar haha!

I go to a backyard gym that has been running for years.

We have records, and get judged if we go for a record with the three white lights and all!

My best is 230lb which isn't much, as the gym record is over 400lb done by a 19yo 3 years ago!

Not sure what it is in Kilos??

can we put all the weights into Kg's.

Divide lbs by 2 then subtract 10% is a reasonable approximation to get Kg.

Iron Fist wrote:

White Line Fever wrote:Real men don't include the bar haha!

I go to a backyard gym that has been running for years.

We have records, and get judged if we go for a record with the three white lights and all!

My best is 230lb which isn't much, as the gym record is over 400lb done by a 19yo 3 years ago!

Not sure what it is in Kilos??

can we put all the weights into Kg's.

Divide by 2.2

230Lb - 104.5KG (105kg was my old 1 rep max before I treated my shoulder like an amusement park!)

400lb - 181.8kg That's insane for a 19yo!!!

The best I've ever seen anyone do is a set of 5 with 150kg on the bar, so 170kg all up.

devilsadvocate wrote:

Iron Fist wrote:

White Line Fever wrote:Real men don't include the bar haha!

I go to a backyard gym that has been running for years.

We have records, and get judged if we go for a record with the three white lights and all!

My best is 230lb which isn't much, as the gym record is over 400lb done by a 19yo 3 years ago!

Not sure what it is in Kilos??

can we put all the weights into Kg's.

Divide by 2.2

230Lb - 104.5KG (105kg was my old 1 rep max before I treated my shoulder like an amusement park!)

400lb - 181.8kg That's insane for a 19yo!!!

The best I've ever seen anyone do is a set of 5 with 150kg on the bar, so 170kg all up.

the best I got was 112kg (3 reps)

there is a bloke that trains at a gym down our way, think he can push out about 180kg
which is absoultely huge.
Ive seen a video of him doing it
the actuall bar is bending, its ridiculous.

112 is a good effort. I'd be bloody happ with 3 reps at that weight.

The bar was bending when I saw the 170kg.

devilsadvocate wrote:112 is a good effort. I'd be bloody happ with 3 reps at that weight.

The bar was bending when I saw the 170kg.

yeah I was pretty happy with it.
we thought it was 117kg but 2 of the disks we had were a bit lighter then we thought. So had to take off 5 kg's
Mind you I think if I got back into doing weights I think I would be able to do more for sure.

Why would any one want to pick up a bar when you can get a beer in each hand. Some people are too bloody greedy.

Iron Fist wrote:

devilsadvocate wrote:

Iron Fist wrote:

White Line Fever wrote:Real men don't include the bar haha!

I go to a backyard gym that has been running for years.

We have records, and get judged if we go for a record with the three white lights and all!

My best is 230lb which isn't much, as the gym record is over 400lb done by a 19yo 3 years ago!

Not sure what it is in Kilos??

can we put all the weights into Kg's.

Divide by 2.2

230Lb - 104.5KG (105kg was my old 1 rep max before I treated my shoulder like an amusement park!)

400lb - 181.8kg That's insane for a 19yo!!!

The best I've ever seen anyone do is a set of 5 with 150kg on the bar, so 170kg all up.

the best I got was 112kg (3 reps)

there is a bloke that trains at a gym down our way, think he can push out about 180kg
which is absoultely huge.
Ive seen a video of him doing it
the actuall bar is bending, its ridiculous.

Are you talking about that Billy bloke IF? I've seen him before and he is HUGE. My mates reckon he speads all day at the gym!