matt bush when americans use "moon" as excuse even though the whole scientific community supports and uses metric. Only industrialists and commoners without any perspectives cling to imperial units.
As someone who recently moved myself and my training to Japan, it took me several months to get the math down, but now I feel really comfortable with KG and I actually like it more.
+MeVsGravitY Sprichst mir aus der Seele. Wie ich die umrechnerei immer hasse wenn ich mir Videos gebe von amerikanischen Powerliftern, wegen Rogue fängt der blödsinn jetzt auch noch bei den olympic Liftern an xD
+MeVsGravitY One system is using kg and lost 2 world wars. The other one got us to the moon and won 2 world wars. Tell me again how metric is supperior
It's actually easier math with KG. Bars weight 20kg (all of this is mostly standard) and you can add on 25kg plates instead of 45 pound plates. For 25kg it goes like this (this is one side): 1 plate = 70kg. 2 plates = 120kg. 3 plates = 170kg. 4 plates = 220 kg. 5 plates = 270 kg. See the pattern?
The problem is that we've grown up using, and thinking in, imperial units. 6' is 6', I don't even want to figure out WTF that is in CM... a pound is a pound, KG is logical to me in it's basis in 10s, but as an actual weight, I have no idea how that feels...
Now you now how we from other countries feel. We always have the trouble converting lbs to kg when we watch fitness channels whitch mostly are from the USA :)... Those who use kg plates usually will say the actual weight, and not the number of plates. And usually, whole numbers are check points like 50kg, 100kg, 150kg etc. For me it was at the beggining unusual why its 315 and not 300 or why its 405 and not 400 etc, like you have and count only 45lbs plates.
Brandon Campbell Diamond yes, that is the best thing to do. Don't think about how much pounds you have on the bar. Learn how heavy you're in kg, learn your max, learn what's heavy an not. The rest might come later.
Definitely know the feels of adjusting to those weight plates when calculating the weigh haha Ps, the way you introduced the nasm at the end was legendary lol
What people might not realize is that with less "real estate" taking up the bar, you will also get less whip of the bar. This makes it more difficult off the floor with deadlifts. Yes, even a stiff bar like the westside, or the Ohio bar still has a little bit of whip.
BC your HOME GYM R4 kicks ass...GREAT upgrade to the kgs.... went with the r3 rack same exact time you got your setup and I got used ivanko competition kg...It was and is the best investment i ve ever made.....The limited space i had to work with led me to the r3 compact size but i did have to bolt it to the ground..anything over 3/4 plates squatting or benching it has to be bolted to the ground.......One and only drawback.. ....Thanks for the home build motivation!!!!!!....
The plate math got me lost warming up at a meet having never used them but The biggest difference will be on your deadlift, the width of the bumpers make breaking the floor easier hence harder with narrow plates.
it's easier if you only count the plates on one side of the bar first, let's say you have 6 red plates that's 150kg multiplied by 2 that's 300kg first then you add the bar 20kg a total of 320kg. Keep on working Brandon
Just wanted to point out that it's easier to think in terms of bar and collars as one whole unit, in other words, 20+2.5+2.5 = 25kg, which is the same as one red plate (assuming 20-kg-bar of course).
Bumper plates--DL, OLY WL. Steel plates--squats, bench pressing...not to be dropped. If some one is buying quality plates for the first time...coming from owning Amazon.com brands...cast iron...I'd go with Rogue bumper plates. the black ones. So that you CAN drop them when you start lifting"heavy enough". Eventually most of us do. (non-competitors).
I am more than happy with your sponsorship taking, knowing you spend it on improving the content of your home gym and videos! This'll actually help me and the Europeans track your workouts on fitocracy. :D
An easy way I've found to go from lbs to kgs in your head is to double the number in kgs then take hundreds place digit and add it to the tens place digit. Say 120 kg x 2= 240. Add hundreds place 2 to the tens place 4 and get 6. So 120 kgs is approx. 260 lbs. You can go to the ones place if you like. Just add the tens place to the ones place to get 264lbs which is the exact answer.
Watch European golf early Sunday mornings to use a similar method for meters to yards. 100 meters add first two numbers "10" to 100 gets about 110 yards
I know the rogue plates sold out fast, as soon as I got the in stock email, I went to order and by the time I go my order in the 25kg plates were all sold out, so I got everything except them and the .25kgs I forgot to order. But you should have held out for them, they are great plates and very accurate, plus a lot cheaper.
+Jonathan Harder I was actually one of their first orders (if not first order). I was in Columbus the day they released them. However there were other circumstances which caused me to cancel my order.
I grew up with metric math cause I live in NZ. It just seems way more intuitive to be using metric cause each plate is exactly 1/2 of the previous one (20kg, 10kg, 5kg, 2.5kg) vs (45lb, 25lb, 10lb, 5lb). It seems it would make more sense for it to be 40lb, 20lb, 10lb, 5lb but I guess they want it to be similar to the metric plates. Then there's also the 25kg and 15kg plate but they kinda don't fit with the 2x system. In my mind 25kg is just a 20kg + 5kg plate. 1 plate = 60kg, 2 plates = 100kg, 3 plates = 140kg etc.
In my mind, 25 kg plates are just big masses of weight used to fill up the bulk of the weight, and then you fill the rest in with smaller plates. It's easy to tell how much the bar weighs before you get to the small plates, whether the big plates are 20s or 25s. 60, 100, 140, 180, 220, etc., or 70, 120, 170, 220, etc.
Those plates look sick dude. I'd definitely want to see the feeling of pulling with those. On another note, "wild card bitches" was clearly the highlight of this video
+Schwester Yeah I hear you! Since I was spending the money I wanted to emulate competition as much as possible. I kind of wish I had bought more 55lbs bumpers when buying my Rogue set initially as well.
+Brandon Campbell if you calculate the collars with it, ist super easy again: 25 (bar + collars), then always um 50kg, so 25/75/125/175/225/275 and so on
I ended up getting some adult orthodontics aka braces (no not dentures) and as part of that I am still trying to figure out how to talk without lisping. Part of it is I think it's funny and over emphasize it in some instances. Maybe worthy of a future video...
If you want to do even more math, don't forget with the conversion every approx 216kg you add an extra pound (i.e. 220kg is not 484lb but 485lb). I lift metric weights and the numbers are so easy, I'm like why the hell did someone decide to use 45 as a multiplier?! My recommendation is to use spring collars and sack off the extra 5kg blocks
See Brandon, being a Englishman and watching all these American lifting channels, I have a superhuman ability to convert lbs into kgs as I have to do it on a daily basis! I know it's difficult at first but it quickly becomes easy, it's much easier to calculate when you use the 20kg plates (equivalent to 44 let's say 45 lbs plates) 1 plate is 60kg 2 plates 100kg 3 plates 140kg and so on and so forth, the kilogram system is in fact much easier as it goes up in round numbers not 45lbs. Great video as always
+Chris Brooker I think part of my issue is I'm still wrapped up in lbs, I'd like to get to a point where I don't think about it in that sense, but just can speak fluent kilo.
I've been squatting in oly shoes (adipowers) for two years. I left them at home this morning and had to squat in Chuck's and everything felt faster and smoother and more comfortable. Even felt more upright believe it or not. Think there's something to it or just a one workout anomaly? Definitely need more data points, just looking for feedback. Thanks Brandon (or anyone else)
+Brandon Windley I think a lot of it depends on your stance and your own mechanics. There are WR who prefer flats over heeled. If if felt that solid, maybe work them more into your training to get a better idea.
The main reason for still teaching freedom units to kids is to understand what a quarter-pounder is. All of science and everyone on this planet who actually needs to get shit done, uses metrics.😂 But since we somehow joined the lifting community, its about numbers. Huge numbers. So just today i improved my bench from just 86,5kg to 191lbs and oh boy, it feels amazing. Never going back!!💪
My meathead math game has to be strong since all my plates have been picked up from yard sales & second hand shops. I've got 45,44,35,33,25,11,5 & 2 1/2"s. I just think of it as fighting dementia & atrophy at the same time. Those over 40 feelz are real
What are the Ivankos and Rogue made from? Guessing cast iron for the ivanko and rubber for the Rogues? Couldn't afford Eleiko plates right? Triple the price. They're super expensive in Australia.
Easy way to do the math is, add the KG's, multiply by 2. Take that number, move the decimal over one and add. 100KG's * 2 is 200. Move the decimal over 20.0. Add, 200+20 is 220.
In this video, it looks like when you rise from the squatted position to the fully extended position, half way through that movement your upper torso tilts forward. Is this good form? Is this cheating you of the optimal workout of all targeted muscles intended for this exercise, or worse, are you setting yourself up for injury? I'm not an expert on proper form, it's just interesting and I'd like to know. I would be interested in seeing you do a video where you demonstrate the proper movement with just a bar with no weights, and then demonstrate the movement again with progressively more weight, just to see if there's a difference in form.
If the competition bumpers were the same price as the disks, would you still have gotten them over bumpers? The only Olympic workout I do is Power Cleans
Question: ivanko is not ruberr or pu coated its cast iron. Wouldnt it damage more? The bar or the floor. The competition rubber coated are better for home. ?? Please do share your pov
The lifting culture has helped me to learn the metric system... But it will be a cold day in heck before I give up the ‘Merican system... But, I am close to 69 kg in bodyweight.
Canada uses pounds as well. Pounds actually make more sense than kilograms, because kilograms are measurements of mass, not weight. If you were squatting on the Moon, 100 kg is still 100 kg. The mass has not changed. But that load would only weigh 36.45 lbs on the Moon while on Earth it would weigh 220.4623 lbs. Depending on the effect of gravity, your ability to move mass can change. But your ability to move weight is static across different gravities.
@@BasementBrandon Mass is a measurement of how much stuff there is. Weight is how tough it is to move it. Case in point, those assisted dip machines at big gyms. You body mass does not change, what changes is how hard it is to move as the machine lowers the amount of energy you have to input to move that mass.
I would invest in the iPhone app called BarCalc. All you need to do is put the amount of weight you want and it tells you what plates to put. Also convenient if you're competing and the warm-up room only has kilo plates. It's a fucking hassle when you have to try and calculate it on your own, I had to do that at the Arnold.
kgs > lbs. But in all honesty, coming from someone who had to lift in lbs for 4 months after using kgs all my life, it was pretty confusing and I ended up just converting it back to kgs in my head. I'm sure you will have greater success!
when I started bodybuilding in 1978 in England it was all pounds. then kilos started to come in. and all of us had to think in kilos and pounds. for international competition it's all kilos. I don't get confused cos I can work it out in my head what the conversions are.
Welcome to what the rest of the world uses
+Vitor Bassi Slowly catching up.
Exactly haha I have the opposite problem!
I have another problem. I can´t lift the weights.
Welcome to the moon, o wait, never mind.
matt bush when americans use "moon" as excuse even though the whole scientific community supports and uses metric. Only industrialists and commoners without any perspectives cling to imperial units.
As someone who recently moved myself and my training to Japan, it took me several months to get the math down, but now I feel really comfortable with KG and I actually like it more.
+Midnight Marauder hopefully I get there soon!
Calculate only in kgs in the future :P
The metric system should be the only system :D
+MeVsGravitY Sprichst mir aus der Seele. Wie ich die umrechnerei immer hasse wenn ich mir Videos gebe von amerikanischen Powerliftern, wegen Rogue fängt der blödsinn jetzt auch noch bei den olympic Liftern an xD
+MeVsGravitY There are two weight systems in the world. One for countries that put men on the moon. And another for everyone else.
+MeVsGravitY lol I'll get there.
+MeVsGravitY One system is using kg and lost 2 world wars. The other one got us to the moon and won 2 world wars. Tell me again how metric is supperior
+MrPikkabo America, the only country with a history book 3 pages long, half filled with pictures
It's actually easier math with KG. Bars weight 20kg (all of this is mostly standard) and you can add on 25kg plates instead of 45 pound plates. For 25kg it goes like this (this is one side): 1 plate = 70kg. 2 plates = 120kg. 3 plates = 170kg. 4 plates = 220 kg. 5 plates = 270 kg. See the pattern?
Not when you grow up your whole life lifting in pounds :)
Not being American I've always counted in kilos but when I started lifting I just sort of learned the 1 plate = 135, 2 = 225 and etc lol
+Scarx2gt ah right on!
Smooth transition into the ad haha
+TheJiujitsumaniac Have to make it interesting!
TheJiujitsumaniac smooth as always
45lb bar = 20,4kg. just because we like to be precise
+Falcaryy lol
20,41kg or 3.21 Stone or 47,19 Footballs ... just in case!
Man I couldn't stop laughing with the chump chain ending because it was done Soo smoothly
+Abdul basit Those things helped pay for these plates!
Sometimes you got to do what you got to do
@@BasementBrandon gotta do what you gotta do , man.
welcome to the metricside, the only logical messurments. Only meters, and liters left now.
+CT H lol let's not push our luck!
And don't forget to change to Celcius too
The problem is that we've grown up using, and thinking in, imperial units. 6' is 6', I don't even want to figure out WTF that is in CM... a pound is a pound, KG is logical to me in it's basis in 10s, but as an actual weight, I have no idea how that feels...
Now you now how we from other countries feel. We always have the trouble converting lbs to kg when we watch fitness channels whitch mostly are from the USA :)... Those who use kg plates usually will say the actual weight, and not the number of plates. And usually, whole numbers are check points like 50kg, 100kg, 150kg etc. For me it was at the beggining unusual why its 315 and not 300 or why its 405 and not 400 etc, like you have and count only 45lbs plates.
Yeah I can def feel your pain now!
all the plates at my gym have primarily the # of pounds but also have the kgs printed on them.
+Brandon Campbell I took a 10 lbs plate from my gym and put it on the scale and it said 9.6lbs another one said 10.1lbs
multiply ore divide by 2.2 in your head, not that hard.
Just do programming in KGs?
+Thomas Nilsson I am.
Brandon Campbell Diamond yes, that is the best thing to do. Don't think about how much pounds you have on the bar. Learn how heavy you're in kg, learn your max, learn what's heavy an not. The rest might come later.
How about every just fucking does life in KG? you fucks
Mrchair i had a stroke reading that
MrChair549 nearly the whole world is metric...
Definitely know the feels of adjusting to those weight plates when calculating the weigh haha
Ps, the way you introduced the nasm at the end was legendary lol
+Mark Macqueen have to pay da bills somehow!
25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25, 0.5. It's so much easier than the imperial system and I'm from the UK that use's both systems.
That's true, I get mindfucked thinking of weight in lbs, we either use kg or stone as a weight unit.
+ViPER iTE Yeah likely would be easy but I've learned the other way for 20 years
What people might not realize is that with less "real estate" taking up the bar, you will also get less whip of the bar. This makes it more difficult off the floor with deadlifts. Yes, even a stiff bar like the westside, or the Ohio bar still has a little bit of whip.
+Steve Pritula yup!
Brandon, how much is a membership for your home gym and do you have a sauna and juice bar?
+Anthony .Varone Your soul and you can juice me.
BC your HOME GYM R4 kicks ass...GREAT upgrade to the kgs.... went with the r3 rack same exact time you got your setup and I got used ivanko competition kg...It was and is the best investment i ve ever made.....The limited space i had to work with led me to the r3 compact size but i did have to bolt it to the ground..anything over 3/4 plates squatting or benching it has to be bolted to the ground.......One and only drawback.. ....Thanks for the home build motivation!!!!!!....
+Tony Taylor That's awesome, if I was tighter on space I would have done the exact same!
The plate math got me lost warming up at a meet having never used them but The biggest difference will be on your deadlift, the width of the bumpers make breaking the floor easier hence harder with narrow plates.
+dan wilkes I've actually found it to be somewhat opposite with the bumpers and a stiff bar.
I Didn't factor in a stiffer bar, it would clean up the difference a bit.
stiff bars and narrow plates ftw
it's easier if you only count the plates on one side of the bar first, let's say you have 6 red plates that's 150kg multiplied by 2 that's 300kg first then you add the bar 20kg a total of 320kg.
Keep on working Brandon
Right on! Thanks!
That ending though!!!! Well played sir!
+raytor12 Have to pay for these things!
our boy Brandon chump changin hard. i aint mad. need more content man!
+BadBandar59 ain't nobody got time fo content!
lol that ad you threw in at the end of the video was hilarious.
+Philip McAuley Glad you liked it, I have another interesting idea for the next one.
Just wanted to point out that it's easier to think in terms of bar and collars as one whole unit, in other words, 20+2.5+2.5 = 25kg, which is the same as one red plate (assuming 20-kg-bar of course).
+Erik Hillbom Yeah I'm learning quickly!
Finally an american that trains in kilos... LIKE THE REST OF THE FREAKIN' WORLD LOL haha nice vid brandon
+BroFitARG Now I just need to work on being able to post the numbers as part of the video.
Brandon Campbell which will for sure double the time you take to edit a video lol
+BroFitARG I guess it's a good thing I pretty much stopped uploading then lol.
Loved the segue into the NASM advert at the end. It truly was all pro.
+Magic Haha appreciate it!
In all honesty, the hardest part for me when switching from powerlifting to weightlifting was learning to count in kilos. I feel your pain.
+Alex Yao How are you managing these days with it?
The calculator is your friend. *cough 2.2046 lbs in a kg
Bumper plates--DL, OLY WL. Steel plates--squats, bench pressing...not to be dropped.
If some one is buying quality plates for the first time...coming from owning Amazon.com brands...cast iron...I'd go with Rogue bumper plates. the black ones. So that you CAN drop them when you start lifting"heavy enough". Eventually most of us do. (non-competitors).
appreciate the feedback
Excellent choice Brandon those plates are clean and you deserve them! I hope you have a great time hitting new prs with your new plates
+Joshua Clewes Thanks Joshua!
Welcome to the 20th century.
Yes, I said 20th...
lol
Thumbs up for the smooooth transition.
+colakanne Hah need to make money to pay for these plates!
Word Brandon! You have a sweet ass home gym setup!
+Wesley Hovis Thanks! I've really enjoyed making the switch!
I always laugh out loud when I see a NASM plug. I always hope for one every video and when you finally put one in it makes me really happy
+Eric Main I have a pretty good idea for my next one if I can pull it off.
+Brandon Campbell oh god I can't wait
Nasm should be paying you more for these ads they are great
+mcnabyyyyyy Hah glad you enjoyed it.
I am more than happy with your sponsorship taking, knowing you spend it on improving the content of your home gym and videos! This'll actually help me and the Europeans track your workouts on fitocracy. :D
+MrGunfunfun Haha it's been an interesting switch there for me, I base it more off the points I get from the training now instead of the weights.
An easy way I've found to go from lbs to kgs in your head is to double the number in kgs then take hundreds place digit and add it to the tens place digit. Say 120 kg x 2= 240. Add hundreds place 2 to the tens place 4 and get 6. So 120 kgs is approx. 260 lbs. You can go to the ones place if you like. Just add the tens place to the ones place to get 264lbs which is the exact answer.
Right on
Watch European golf early Sunday mornings to use a similar method for meters to yards.
100 meters add first two numbers "10" to 100 gets about 110 yards
Simpler is divide the 240 by 10 and add it to get 264 (240 + 24).
Strong segue to the ad there at the end. Mirin.
+freakied0550 Need to pay da bills!
I know the rogue plates sold out fast, as soon as I got the in stock email, I went to order and by the time I go my order in the 25kg plates were all sold out, so I got everything except them and the .25kgs I forgot to order.
But you should have held out for them, they are great plates and very accurate, plus a lot cheaper.
+Jonathan Harder I was actually one of their first orders (if not first order). I was in Columbus the day they released them. However there were other circumstances which caused me to cancel my order.
“We lift our feels.”
😂😂👌🏽 Love the delivery.
Hah thanks for taking a look!
your commercials for NASM = GOAT
+platnum960 Hah glad they aren't too annoying
I grew up with metric math cause I live in NZ. It just seems way more intuitive to be using metric cause each plate is exactly 1/2 of the previous one (20kg, 10kg, 5kg, 2.5kg) vs (45lb, 25lb, 10lb, 5lb).
It seems it would make more sense for it to be 40lb, 20lb, 10lb, 5lb but I guess they want it to be similar to the metric plates.
Then there's also the 25kg and 15kg plate but they kinda don't fit with the 2x system. In my mind 25kg is just a 20kg + 5kg plate.
1 plate = 60kg, 2 plates = 100kg, 3 plates = 140kg etc.
Makes sense
It just makes sense!
In my mind, 25 kg plates are just big masses of weight used to fill up the bulk of the weight, and then you fill the rest in with smaller plates. It's easy to tell how much the bar weighs before you get to the small plates, whether the big plates are 20s or 25s. 60, 100, 140, 180, 220, etc., or 70, 120, 170, 220, etc.
Those plates look sick dude. I'd definitely want to see the feeling of pulling with those. On another note, "wild card bitches" was clearly the highlight of this video
+KP Fitness Thanks Kunal!
if you use regular, non competition plates its super easy. One plate is 20kg each, so its 60/100/140/180/220/260/300 kg with a 20kg barbell.
+Schwester Yeah I hear you! Since I was spending the money I wanted to emulate competition as much as possible. I kind of wish I had bought more 55lbs bumpers when buying my Rogue set initially as well.
+Brandon Campbell if you calculate the collars with it, ist super easy again: 25 (bar + collars), then always um 50kg, so 25/75/125/175/225/275 and so on
In 1980 all but 5 countries on earth are using the metric system, we would like to welcome Brandon Campbell for joining us.
+SmartAceHole82 Fashionably late.
Lifting our feels - the forever struggle
+Ron T you know this!
the way you made transition to NASM~ lol~ nicely done~ hope one day I will be able to get myself a home gym~
+Heeman Park Thanks my friend!
Home gym is looking awesome. Debating doing one myself when we move into our house this summer
+Nick St Pierre Have truly enjoyed mine!
The stuggle is real!
I always have to convert the weights watching American Powerlifter's videos.
Nothing wrong with some nice Ivanko plates though.
+Julia.Kunzner.Powerlifting Yeah once I start posting the KG I'm sure my US viewers will want the LBS as well, can't win!
Brandon...... Smooth segway into the NASM plug....
+Ernesto D819 back on that chump change.
+Brandon Campbell something's gotta pay for them plates
congrats B hope you hit big numbers with those
+Ali Let's hope so!
I ended up getting some adult orthodontics aka braces (no not dentures) and as part of that I am still trying to figure out how to talk without lisping. Part of it is I think it's funny and over emphasize it in some instances. Maybe worthy of a future video...
love the sunny reference
+mike childers Wasn't sure if anyone would catch that.
'Nope WIldCard Bitches'... hahahaha. Dead.
Setup looks slick brandon.
+Simon Kealy Thanks my dude!
i use BarCalc to convert lb to kg, they can include 2.5 kg collar and any size bar
Right on, have been using that too
Those math gains and home gym goals right there. Did you already do a vid on your 2016 big 3 goals yet?
+Jay Delacruz I didn't, I had a few set backs so I'm just hoping to get back to making progress
Metric system for the win. Come at me you Imperial system peasants
+Rtyuu aw
Lol
If you want to do even more math, don't forget with the conversion every approx 216kg you add an extra pound (i.e. 220kg is not 484lb but 485lb). I lift metric weights and the numbers are so easy, I'm like why the hell did someone decide to use 45 as a multiplier?! My recommendation is to use spring collars and sack off the extra 5kg blocks
+Chris Thomas It's been getting better after only a week, I'll get it eventually!
See Brandon, being a Englishman and watching all these American lifting channels, I have a superhuman ability to convert lbs into kgs as I have to do it on a daily basis! I know it's difficult at first but it quickly becomes easy, it's much easier to calculate when you use the 20kg plates (equivalent to 44 let's say 45 lbs plates) 1 plate is 60kg 2 plates 100kg 3 plates 140kg and so on and so forth, the kilogram system is in fact much easier as it goes up in round numbers not 45lbs. Great video as always
+Chris Brooker I think part of my issue is I'm still wrapped up in lbs, I'd like to get to a point where I don't think about it in that sense, but just can speak fluent kilo.
+Brandon Campbell eventually you'll become bilingual in weights
That /fit/ reference at the end
;)
BC always seamlessly plugging that NASM ad lol
+Jwitzzz My damn lisp and the naSm is going to be making for some interesting plugs
That transition at the end LOL
Need to pay for these bad boys.
Plugging in on a dailyyyy
+Ροβέρτος Παπαναστασίου haha in my case, weekly
Really nice weights. Someone is making serious money. Dat shit ain't cheap
+peter mullin Ha def not very economical for a home gym.
+Brandon Campbell lol but great set up
I've been squatting in oly shoes (adipowers) for two years. I left them at home this morning and had to squat in Chuck's and everything felt faster and smoother and more comfortable. Even felt more upright believe it or not. Think there's something to it or just a one workout anomaly? Definitely need more data points, just looking for feedback. Thanks Brandon (or anyone else)
+Brandon Windley I think a lot of it depends on your stance and your own mechanics. There are WR who prefer flats over heeled. If if felt that solid, maybe work them more into your training to get a better idea.
Welcome to the metric system! That last bit had me laughing out loud on the train. Getting some weird looks lol
+Mitch Child Hopefully it's a smooth transition!
Your setup is awesome. I'm mad jelly.
Thanks, been enjoying it!
The main reason for still teaching freedom units to kids is to understand what a quarter-pounder is.
All of science and everyone on this planet who actually needs to get shit done, uses metrics.😂
But since we somehow joined the lifting community, its about numbers. Huge numbers. So just today i improved my bench from just 86,5kg to 191lbs and oh boy, it feels amazing. Never going back!!💪
You mean a royale w/cheese?
My meathead math game has to be strong since all my plates have been picked up from yard sales & second hand shops. I've got 45,44,35,33,25,11,5 & 2 1/2"s. I just think of it as fighting dementia & atrophy at the same time. Those over 40 feelz are real
+twr74 that there muscle confusion!
nice segue to NASM at the end lol
+Davinci Fitness & Performance Have to pay the bills!
You get me with that NASM shit every time!
+TooTallPowerlifting Got to get it in!
Those rogue 25kg sold out fast and won't be back in stock for 2 months. I had to grab a pair of the 20kg, 15kg and 10kg.
+Jason Grenier Nice! I had ordered the 459kg set on release but ended up having to cancel it.
What are the Ivankos and Rogue made from? Guessing cast iron for the ivanko and rubber for the Rogues?
Couldn't afford Eleiko plates right? Triple the price. They're super expensive in Australia.
+Solid Air To get the same set up with eleiko it would have been close to 33% more.
Easy way to do the math is, add the KG's, multiply by 2. Take that number, move the decimal over one and add. 100KG's * 2 is 200. Move the decimal over 20.0. Add, 200+20 is 220.
+Daniel Tran Yeah def have been doing that, just not at the point yet where it's second nature, getting better though!
+Daniel Tran Easier to use the actual conversion factor which is 2.2.
Hope you really enjoy the plates man!
Blessings
+Garrett Blevins Def enjoying them!
Those ivanko plates are sick. Any chance for IRon master review?
+victor arroyo To be honest I've barely touched them. Just haven't been in my regular programming.
Its weird seeing new ivanko plates. At meets theyre usually beat up and chipped ones
+RagingOatmeal Hah yeah, will all comp plates that's bound to happen!
In this video, it looks like when you rise from the squatted position to the fully extended position, half way through that movement your upper torso tilts forward. Is this good form? Is this cheating you of the optimal workout of all targeted muscles intended for this exercise, or worse, are you setting yourself up for injury? I'm not an expert on proper form, it's just interesting and I'd like to know. I would be interested in seeing you do a video where you demonstrate the proper movement with just a bar with no weights, and then demonstrate the movement again with progressively more weight, just to see if there's a difference in form.
It's fine, no issues.
I literally cracked up at "nope, wildcard bitches, 2.5kg collars" keep up the hilarious content broski
+Ajdin Ibrisagic Thanks my friend.
nice transition!
Thanks!
On the bright side you'll be golden for warmups come meet day instead of being like me and spending more time doing math than actually warming up.
+Colin DeWaay Hah yeah, was hoping to emulate some meet conditions with these!
This Channel keeps getting better. ;)
+Gregory P. Well my gym does, the channel not so much :)
Using my 20kg/44lb bar doesn’t bother me too much. I throw on my rogue clips which are about 1lb together and call the bar 45lbs.
Right on! I think with plates though it makes more of a difference as you get heavier.
Now we just have to make you messure in meters aswell to know if it's possible to convert someone
Now let's not get greedy :)
If the competition bumpers were the same price as the disks, would you still have gotten them over bumpers? The only Olympic workout I do is Power Cleans
I think if I had to do it again I'd have gotten the competition plates initially
Love those I been looking into geting the KG plates from Rogue for the same reason.
+James Hogan II Yeah def get more bang for your buck with them!
They should be back in stock in July figured I get used to counting KIlo since im powerlifting
That’s quite a difference in real-estate!
Most def!
Subscribed for meme at the end.
appreciated.
Question: ivanko is not ruberr or pu coated its cast iron.
Wouldnt it damage more? The bar or the floor.
The competition rubber coated are better for home.
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Please do share your pov
With a proper floor, like shown here, it doesn't make a difference.
Only missing a ER / comp rack now 😎
+hagenissepuler I thought about that, but I think for training purposes (especially since I train alone), prob not a good idea.
The lifting culture has helped me to learn the metric system...
But it will be a cold day in heck before I give up the ‘Merican system...
But, I am close to 69 kg in bodyweight.
hey now!
Great review! I am deciding between the Ivanko or the Rogue but can't make up my mind..
+Schnitzel I'd likely go rogue depending on how much you're getting, it will be a good amount more affordable.
The NASM phoenix rises again. Damn B
+Good Vibes Training Systems we back!
Great investment man!! Looks really nice
+Dave Lotito Loving them
Your plug-ins are fucking hilarious!
+Tommy Pham Glad they're not too obnoxious.
Very informative videos, thanks for posting.
+Andrew Prater PPG Thanks for taking a look
Canada uses pounds as well.
Pounds actually make more sense than kilograms, because kilograms are measurements of mass, not weight. If you were squatting on the Moon, 100 kg is still 100 kg. The mass has not changed. But that load would only weigh 36.45 lbs on the Moon while on Earth it would weigh 220.4623 lbs. Depending on the effect of gravity, your ability to move mass can change. But your ability to move weight is static across different gravities.
Deep thoughts
@@BasementBrandon Mass is a measurement of how much stuff there is. Weight is how tough it is to move it. Case in point, those assisted dip machines at big gyms. You body mass does not change, what changes is how hard it is to move as the machine lowers the amount of energy you have to input to move that mass.
But nobody is squatting on the moon.
@@getstrongby4038 Not yet anyway
I would invest in the iPhone app called BarCalc. All you need to do is put the amount of weight you want and it tells you what plates to put. Also convenient if you're competing and the warm-up room only has kilo plates. It's a fucking hassle when you have to try and calculate it on your own, I had to do that at the Arnold.
+Luke Graham I actually bought it last week and have been using it. I figure I could do a separate video review on it.
sup man, what are your squat and deadlift competition numbers? your squat tips video was very helpful!
+Ade One Best squat in comp was 556lbs, Deadlift 622lbs. Not sure what it was in KG off the top of my head.
kgs > lbs. But in all honesty, coming from someone who had to lift in lbs for 4 months after using kgs all my life, it was pretty confusing and I ended up just converting it back to kgs in my head. I'm sure you will have greater success!
+Clement You Will just take some time!
Weightlifting is what really got me to use and understand kilos.
Right on!
when I started bodybuilding in 1978 in England it was all pounds. then kilos started to come in. and all of us had to think in kilos and pounds. for international competition it's all kilos. I don't get confused cos I can work it out in my head what the conversions are.
nice!
"But perhaps our feels" favourite quote ever lol
+MrEdesirirob Had to find a way to work that NASM in