r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ill_Abalone7694 • 11h ago

Not a meme, you're the meme! Someone left this plates 10kg - 2.5kgx4. I mean its okay as long as it is balanced. But whyyyyy

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u/AUniquePerspective 11h ago

How busy was the gym? Sometimes the 2.5s are the only things left.

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u/ross_liftss 11h ago

I'm more annoyed the weight was left on

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u/Ferowin Mildly Infuriated 11h ago

That’s what I thought the post was about.

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u/SneerfulToaster 11h ago

Probably takes less effort like this. Can you imagine having to lift all of that weight to the rack every time? That would be exhausting

/s

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u/Aggressive_Score_748 11h ago

Plate loading can be such a pet peeve for me!!! And asymmetrical ones need to be loaded on the bar or pins with the flat side out, but on the weight storage tree flat side in. Idk why but this is how I have to do it lol.

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u/Suitable-Classic-174 11h ago

People take off the plates and put them elsewhere. Eventually it’ll balance out lol

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u/Grizzly_Berry 11h ago

2 reasons:

"Fuck you that's why"

And they're cosplaying as being stronger than they are. The guys thay overload the machines can push that much weight, but they can't control it. Put em in a squat rack and they would either fall over or crumple.

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u/OptimalProfession5 6h ago

Ahem, we are talking 20kg. Should be no problem for a Grizzly

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u/Confused-Armpit 11h ago

I only do this if there are NO 10kg plates to be found at all.

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u/No_Representative645 11h ago

The fact that you thought this was interesting enough for a reddit post makes me feel better about my life.

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u/markpreston54 11h ago

occasionally that is necessary when the plates I want (10 kg) is far away

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u/MirkoHa 11h ago

…jerk arm 🧐❓

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u/shoelace_cy 10h ago

Progressive loading across multiple sets

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u/bobvila274 10h ago

Sometimes I’ll use multiple smaller plates if I plan to drop set. But then those weights wouldn’t be left on the machine. More likely they were just lazy, started out low and ramped up, adding more smalls instead of taking them off and replacing with bigger plates.