Comments on: Counting The Bar: Yes Or No? https://evilcyber.com/fitness/counting-the-bar-yes-or-no/ Home workouts, fitness, nutrition, diet and the rest. Sun, 06 Dec 2015 20:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: evilcyber https://evilcyber.com/fitness/counting-the-bar-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-60228 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:00:46 +0000 http://evilcyber.com/?p=23480#comment-60228 In reply to Steve.

Good point! After all, they are one piece and their total weight is what it counts.

]]> By: evilcyber https://evilcyber.com/fitness/counting-the-bar-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-60226 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:00:08 +0000 http://evilcyber.com/?p=23480#comment-60226 In reply to Kim.

When I grabbed an empty barbell for the first time, I was amazed at how heavy it was. It seemed natural to me that all that weight has to count for something, too.

]]> By: Steve https://evilcyber.com/fitness/counting-the-bar-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-59573 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:14:38 +0000 http://evilcyber.com/?p=23480#comment-59573 Since ready made one piece dumbbells include the bit you hold (ie the equivalent of the bar) it seems logical to me that you should include the weight of the bar on plate dumbbells.

]]> By: Kim https://evilcyber.com/fitness/counting-the-bar-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-59511 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:07:09 +0000 http://evilcyber.com/?p=23480#comment-59511 Since, for years, I could barely bench the bar, I always count it!!!

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