is 225 pounds 225 pounds...?

[DZLS]

this may sound odd, but i think 225 pounds (2 45's on each side) feels lighter, than say a 45, 25, 10, and 2 5's on each side...

on my 5x5, i've been just adding weight to each side, and not bumping up to larger plates...

on Saturday i had to do 225 for 3, and decided to put on the plates, so i could feel "big"... and i did the 3 with ease, but the 220 i did on Monday for 5 reps seemed heavy which i had a bunch of little plates on the bar...

 

[Iliketolift]

And people tell me MY threads are pointless?

 

[DZLS]

And people tell me MY threads are pointless?

gee i wonder why...

change that avatar too, cause that's not you NOW...

watch who you talk shit to tiny...

 

[BUBBLES]

could that be because the little plates are spread on the bar more and that gives you a different muscle work out or maybe a different angle of the muscle is worked out more which you have not noticed/developed before?

 

[DZLS]

maybe i was just feeling stronger Saturday as opposed to Tuesday though...

dunno...

i guess there could be a couple of pounds lost on the 45's from chips if there were any...

 

[needtogetaas]

could that be because the little plates are spread on the bar more and that gives you a different muscle work out or maybe a different angle of the muscle is worked out more which you have not noticed/developed before?

ya it works difrant stabelizer musculs.

 

[cuthroat]

Dude, its not you I have noticed the same thing. Don't know why...

 

[anotherbutters]

You might have bigger discrepancies in the smaller plates. One of my 1.25kg plates actually weighs 1.4kg. That's another 12%.

 

[DZLS]

exaclty...

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

Either the weights are a bit different, or the weights being spread out more causes more balance to be needed and makes the weight feel heavier. Try putting 135 or 225 on the bar with 45's and put them further out, near the ends of the bar. I think it'd feel a bit heavier.