Comments on: How do you safely remove weight plates from a bench press bar?

By: pants on the ground

pants on the ground — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:49:59 +0000

the bar/rack is made so that it wont do that... dont worry about it
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By: Pradeep

Pradeep — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:33:59 +0000

Yes, at the time of doing bench press, place first set is very set alight, second set should be small heavy and third set should be your last set. e.g 1st set 10 LBS, 2nd 15 LBS and third should be 20 LBS.References : http://www.astonishinglifestyle.com/

By: rpw3bst3r

rpw3bst3r — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:25:59 +0000

if its a normal length olympic bar just remove one plate at a time switching sides. if it is a short bar, (like more low end home gyms have) then you can buy clasps for the bench. They look like the letter L and fasten so that they lock the bar in place so that when you remove a large enough weight from one side the unbalanced bar that would normally immediately tip off the bench will be secure while you remove the plate from the other side.
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By: InDanielWeTrust

InDanielWeTrust — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:37:59 +0000

The bar that is used on a bench press station is called an Olympic Bar. It is long, thick, and weighs 45lbs by itself. The bar is designed so that it can hold an uneven amount of weight on each side. A general rule of thumb is, whatever weight you add to the initial side, match the other side before you place anymore weight on the initial side.

So for model, if you add a 45lb plate to the first side, don’t place anymore weight onto the first side until you matched that 45lbs on the other side.References : http://www.BodyCoreStrength.com

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:20:59 +0000

have someone to hold it for you or ask a trainer at that gym where i go benchpress has it's stand so you can climb under it lie down and start pressing
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By: Jack A

Jack A — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:01:59 +0000

If you get an Olympic weight bar, I doubt you will have that problem unless you put more than one plate on at a time on each side. Seriously though, if you're gonna do a home gym, you should use dumbells. You will earn much better tone and form.
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