Quit Putting Your Plates on the Bar the Wrong Way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Mark Rippetoe explains why the plates face in when loading a barbell and face out when loading a plate tree. Get it right.
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This man was holding in his frustration for so many years untill he discovered TH-cam.
I’m laughing so loud at this comment lmfaoooo
On so many topics.
🤣
It’s what I love about RIP!
Lmfaooooo
Bold of you to assume that people rerack their weights
I hit the gym early and the bars are pre-loaded for me.
fucking dead
Sad
Hahahaha 👏🏻💯
LOL! Although when I started going to commercial gyms in my "mid-40's", this info would have been useful.
This man is actually 29 years old - the stress of holding this knowledge has aged him 30 years.
This comment section is wonderful.
Everyone should listen to him. He's ripped.
Dude is so outta shape he can barely breath. Just gies to show how useless lifting is for overall health. Cardio should be your focus
@@cherobinson6371 you added A and B and got to Z my dude. You said this dude lifts, and he isn't healthy, therefore lifting isn't good. Kinda bullshit is that? Just do both. Both are great for different things.
@@cherobinson6371 Good nutrition should come before either.
I wish this guy would do condescending instructional videos for everything.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... Me to!
Lol
No lie. I love it.
He has non-condescending videos?
Could you imagine him doing introductory workplace videos? Amazing.
This added 30kg to my deadlift. Thanks Rip
CoolGuy 420 did it really
Just 30? Watch again.
@Omne Obstat dedlyft
Lol
@@TartarianTopG It honestly wouldn't be out of the question for a new lifter. It would increase your grip strength giving you more control on the bar, all with greater muscle activation across your body. There is white paper research confirming that.
Lifting weights is killing my gains
Hahaha everywhere I look athlean x is getting savaged.
Try handless cardio it works a treat
Bru your everywhere
Bro I see you in so many different comment sections
Existing on this Earth is killing your gains.
I would love to see his reaction to me putting a 45 on one side and a 25 and two 10s on the other
Lol
Dude... makes me cringe just thinking about it lol
I'm gonna do whats called... *A PRO GAMMER'S MOVE*
Wouldn’t the moment be different?
@@iandungeon273 Probably but is that really significant
Why do I always feel like he’s disappointed in me?
Cuz he is
the only human being mark is proud of is chase
Fight Pals, don't get me started, I don't have time to type, all the disappointing moments you have wrought.....LOL!
😂
Are you catholic?
Never dropped a plate doing it the “wrong way.” Having said that, he’s convinced me to change my ways.
well man i have and it sucks
Didn’t think I’d see u here :)
What convinced me to change after ages of doing it the “wrong way” is just to not have D-bags think I’m a novice when I lift more then them. I never went to the gym to make things easier for myself anyhow.
@@Someguy8822 it’s same weight either way these guys who care have LDS ;)
But if you drop a plate on your foot, here comes the pain!
As a courtesy to other gymgoers, I just leave the weight on the barbell so it's ready for the next person after I'm done doing bicep curls in the squat rack.
🤣
I like those people. And once I'm done, I leave the weights there as well because I didn't rack it in the first place.
😂😂😂
Yes, and leave one of the gyms spray bottles and wipe down towels hanging on it so that the next user knows that they can go ahead and use it
Bicep rack
That gym looks empty. Probably because he kicked everyone out for not reracking lol
Never once in my life have I ever thought I'm going to be watching a video about how to hold the plates correctly, yet here I am...
bahahahaha same...the comments though...ded
Some 15 year old dip at my gym told me I was putting the plates on the bar wrong. Turns out he knew what he was talking about.
David Hance never underestimate anyone
@@jamesroberts5875 underestimate nearly everyone without compelling evidence otherwise and then admit the truth of your wrongness when wrong. So much more efficient.
@@sarahlittlefarm5070 truth
@@sarahlittlefarm5070 Wrong.
@@userer4579 nah ur right bro just trust everyone with any amount of responsibility and then just deal with the consequences after
Am I the only one that wants to hear this guy say the word diabetes just to hear how he says it
You know damn well he says " die ah bee tiss"....kinda sounds like Wilford brimley or however ya spell it
Di bee tus
Diabet-is
"This guy"? You mean Mark Rippetoe? Show some respect.
See my comment. Bruh...😂
This man makes passive aggressive a lifestyle choice.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is the demeanor of a well-educated man who's had to deal with a few Knuckleheads.
Grandpa yelled at his children “get the damn camera ready I got something to say”.
And use two fingers.
He sounds like a passive aggressive woodshop teacher.
He yelled that at his children? The parents of his grandchildren?
No he is trying to teach you something. Just like it is proper etiquette to put the dumbbells back on the rack when you are finished and the barbell loaded with weights shouldn’t be left out in the middle of the gym. And leave the cell phone in your locker and quit checking your Facebook or instagram or tweeter account for 5 minutes between sets. It’s a gym not Starbucks.
@@glensenterfeit4556 bet your fun at parties
Sounds like my dad telling me shit I'm still not gonna do.
TaoistTiger lol
Sounds like you have daddy issues. Sorry for you
tonymiami54 I’m pretty sure it’s Normal too disobey your parents here and there. If you’re a teenager that is. Don’t act like you’re an angel and do everything you’re told to do.
@@tonymiami5480 why you gotta make it gay lol
Lmao!!!!!
When he said “see how I flipped it up? That’s a hand skill I’ve learned over the years.” I died😂😂
Me: “Rip is about to school these dummies.”
*watches video*
Me: “Oh, I’ve been doing it wrong.”
Truth be told, no one ever told me how to handle the plates like this. It makes so much sense now, it's like I've been living in a lie!
Ha! I know, right? Now, I've been putting the plates on the rack correctly, but I haven't been doing so on the bar. Huh.
Yeah, I honestly assumed the side with the numbers on faced outwards.. Thankfully all my plates are symmetrical though.
LH it does face outwards when you want everyone in the gym to see how much you lift bro!
Dan Mitu wait... I’M the dummy?! 😂
“Join me next week when I show y’all how to put the toilet paper roll the right way on the holder”
Haaaaa
Damn beat me to it
for real tho niggas don't know
Hmmm underhand or overhand? Which is better?
@@leesonneville1817 sidehand
This guy sounds like everyone's Uncle lecturing us about whatever
Their uncle, their dad, their teacher, their boss...
Facts lol
Your comment actually made me laugh out loud! I was thinking pretty much the same thing. My uncle would have made me go through the whole thing just to show him I understood what he was talking about.😂
The "get off my lawn" speech for the gym.
he should have the lip facing outward when the weight is on the bar. I think thats more important for drop sets- then the speed of taking the plate off the rack before you load your bar
Lmao!!!
Just thinking about what happened in his gym that lead to this video.
"A lot of you people"... yup, you can tell he's seen it a thousand times, tried to educate people along the way but never got the message. He's pretty damn annoyed.
Like I mentioned previously, no one has ever told me that plates are to be handled this way, so I appreciate the lecture. I feel like I should atone for my gym sins now!
*led to this video
DieFlabbergast sick bro
Before the age of hypersensitivity, we had actual gym teachers like this, mildly abusive and a little short of patience, and thank goodness for them all.
Right, and everyone just laughed at them, even back then. 🤣🤣🤣
💀
@@narigon3942 Fools laugh at wise instruction... A wise person will look past the delivery and accept the truth that's presented.
Before the age of hyper sensitivity we didn't have fat boomers making whiny videos crying about plates being backwards
@@finestjellybeansrawlol9486 LMAO facts.
My biggest pet peeve is when people put a 45 lb plate on a spot where a 10 lb plate goes
bonus points when they put it over the top of all the 10's
Or when it looks like a discombobulated Christmas tree.
Swank Mastermind I believe the smallest should be on bottom
Joseph Devisfruto I agree. Same with the dumbbell rack. Why put 120lb dumbells on the bottom rack? Or the 45 lb plates. I guess the pros have never pulled thier backs out.
J Napier Learn how to pick the weight up from a low position properly and stop being lazy
Brings back memories of working on the car with my dad, “hold the flashlight right there, RIGHT THERE SO I CAN SEE GODDAMNIT!!”
WHAT'S THE MATTER SON WHY CAN'T YOU HOLD THE LIGHT POINTING TO THE CARB? Well dad I was never taught what a carb is, what it looks like, or where its usually located. Dad you have to remember this is the first time I looked under a car hood trying to fix something. THAT"S NO EXCUSE! LUL
Chuck Noob yep brings back memories. LUL ;)
Can't you do anything right!!
I 'm dying laughing!!!!
😂😂😂😂 I needed to read this today. Thanks for the laugh
My dad is a car mechanic. I can totally relate.
I’m glad I have Rip to show me how to put the plates on correctly, I was putting them on laterally and they always fell to the floor.
lol
😂😂😂😂
Neighbour: Hey Rip! Have you seen the new Avengers movie?
Rip: Why yes I have, I gave it 8 fingers up
Neighbour: 8 fingers?
Rip: Yes because 8 fingers is better than 2 thumbs
Legendary comment
🤣🤣🤣💀
Lmao
This Is gold
Top tier 😂😂
Grandpa's porridge wasn't at the right temperature today.
John Kleemeier ikr, like ok boomer
Lmao
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Jesus that killed me good thing I wasn’t in public when I read that,, I looked insane
Lmao!!!!!
William Storm #teentwatTriggered
POV: your dad is yelling at you about gym etiquette
I love how you can see this guy actively try to manage his rage as he talks about how to properly handle those damn weights.
How many weights has he seen been dropped in his career? Probably a lot because people didn't know how to handle them correctly.
That's his general personality from what I've seen.
@@rxonmymind8362 They weren't drinking their gallon of whole milk a day, so they were too weak to hold onto the weights.
Serenity now!
"A hand skill over the years" that was some crazy shit
Lol master of his craft
Youpron grandmaster
10 000 hours to master this thing
Your no - nonsense approach to presenting common sense knowledge is very practical . Common sense is the most uncommon thing these days . Love your videos .
1:32 that face he makes when he says “now when I want to take this off” had me dying
The face at 2:22!
Lmao.
I read your comment, then immediately watched it happened hahaha
😂😂😁👍🏾.
lmao
I want this guy to teach me all aspects of my life I’ve been doing wrong.
someone Pin this comment🤣😂🤣 Have you been using a single square of toilet paper as efficiently as possible? if done right all you need is 1 sheet when you have a BM
@@arnoldduran4953 gross.
We don't have that much time.
Mark Ripptoe is a national treasure. Hard to find better books on strength building than the ones this man turns out.
This is gonna be the voice I hear in my head whenever I pick up a plate from now on.
Oh no... it’s true
This video was made specifically for the bottom 3%. And here we all are.
it's weird because I thought only smart people did starting strength
@Crockett Eight fingers are better than two thumbs.
@Crockett you have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs, you figure it out.
We are trying to understand
I properly lol’d when the video started with his gut entering from stage right
practice this for fahve sets of fahve, until you get it right
What is this heresy, its only THREE SETS OF FAAHHHHVE
Unless its accessory work hmmm?
Don't forget yer heyip draaaahve
@@r.lohengramm8709 use the fahve pound plates for accessory work, for three sets of fahve
dave b three sets of fahve
ahahah I see what you did there
"8 fingers are better than 2 thumbs" Rip - 2019
giggity ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
That's what she said...
Not for hitchhiking.
lol
Ever try to grab your coffee cup with 8 fingers?
This guy looks like someone who is just mad about everything all his life
yeah, he can't say anything without coming across as irrationally upset or maligning guys who weigh under 200 pounds.
He's mad because you didn't re rack your weights you scrub.
@Anarchyfan You're not as insecure or as easily intimidated as @antieverything1
Haha I got the same feeling
Its guilt from ripping off Bill Starr's 5x5.
This guys so genuinely pissed at just how incorrect people can be at the gym & I love it. His face at the end is my favorite
Immediately after the video ended ,we missed him yelling FUCK !!!!
This guys great 👍 and true people r just lazy especially steroid heads
Billy Bob thats a retarded statement gg mate
I’ve been using 2 thumbs my whole life and never dropped a plate on my toes. I guess I’m just a freak athlete.
2 thumbs stronger than 8 fingers.
Cody Thrive r/iamverybadass
😂🤣🤣🤣 the old dude has it right but yeah, same for me
So is everyone at my gym. That includes this 70+ year old man.
Maybe it's a hand skill you 'have learned over the years'
Things like this are what keeps me coming back.
I suddenly have a desire to break into his gym just to turn all the plates around
I'll help you!
For all his grumpiness and growling about working out he certainly isn’t going to be running you down any time soon. Provided you aren’t in a wheelchair.
LMAO
Change his toilet paper to under the bottom while you’re there
That or super glue them all together.
I'd trust this guy's advice. He looks like an expert in carrying an extra 45 pounds at waist level.
DocIncredible my thoughts too
Haha holy shit
yeah fat jokes don't really work in the powerlifting field. I've noticed a lot of the strongest guys have enormous waists, not least of which is Eddie Hall. look elsewhere for bodybuilding advice
@@slick_Ric He's saying the guy has a massive dick. There's the fucking joke, guy
Do you know who he is? If you do not, carry on.......you opinion doesn't matter.
This guy is a highly trained plate handler!
I love how his belly got into frame before he did 😂 sorry dude
Lmfao
I watched this over 4 times just to see that lol
Mass pushes mass. lol
I didn't even notice that haha
Hahaa fat fuck
One thing at a time, Rip. I'm still working on rolling up extension cords.
Good one!!
Glad I've been doing it right out of OCD sense all these years
“Then I catch it, see I flipped it up.. it’s a hand skill iv learned over the years”
Took him 10 years to master
That WAS a skill! Haha
I thought that was sarcasm
See how I grabbed it then pumped it up and down really fast? That's a hand skill I learned over the years but only my right hand.
@@djgiga2 😂
"Hello Rip, this is the casting director for Grand Torino. We decided to go with a Mr Clint Eastwood for the role, but thanks for coming out."
I heard Rip was Clints stunt double for that movie. :)
I was actually taught this without an explanation and naturally intuitively do this. It is at the point where the weights the other way “feels funny” because my peripheral vision would see something it wasn’t supposed to see!
It was never explained but muscle memory makes me do it like this every time. Thanks to my coach who showed me the right way and thanks for exposing why!
At the gym where I work out, I am lucky if anyone even returns weights. My first place to look for plates is the floor.
tempered well this pisses me off to high heaven. I train at 2 different gyms and one of them is atrocious for weights and dumbbells on the floor. It’s almost like people have a disease of putting plates away and if they do it will sabotage their gainzzzzzz
And then all 8 fingers and 2 thumbs are required.
I hit the gym early and the bars are pre-loaded for my work sets. Trouble is, I don't start with work sets.
@@48Boxer the rack is fine just not against the drywall.
See it as a light deadlift session, picking up those weights off the floor. Always look on the bright side of life. I now got that song in my head again. Argh!
“Sorry sir you didn’t leave enough slop so I can manipulate it with only 4 fingers securely. Please re-rack it.”
Sounds like my boss when I’m not getting his demands quickly done
When you have a 10 page paper to write and only 2 pages of actual content.
RIP needs a “you know what grinds my gears?” Show
I think it is easier getting it off of the rack "backwards" because the way he shows it, you have less grip on the pickup because it is angled away from the lip. You're going against gravity and optimal angles.
When he takes it off of the barbell, it is the other way which optimizes grip.
Either way doesn't really matter because you have to make compromises either way, so it really doesn't matter.
i agree. he also a rack my gym doesn't have, the weights being at an angle. with the rack being parallel to the floor, its really easy to grab the plate with 8 fingers and transfer directly to the bar, the front of the plate facing away from you the whole time
They all have handles cut into them now anyway
His stomach looks like he really knows how to pick up plates. Buffett plates.
You, my friend, are a judgemental idiot. Mike Ripptoe would pound you into dust.
Props on the comment....And your Tube handle..
When he said “2 hands, 2 thumbs. 2 hands, 8 fingers.” I felt that
Prostate exam!!
Shouldn't they be put onto the rack the same way they're put onto the barbell (for exactly the same reasons, 8 fingers instead of 2 thumbs)?
Next video: “stop peeing on the toilet seats people!!”
Lmao!!!
Open the toilet both parts and here is a tip if u dont wanna let nobody know u r peeing just aim at this walls right here!!
Honestly though, stop peeing on toilet seats
Ya see here, there's a seat... And you lift it up! then, you pee...!
Dude's gonna give himself a heart attack.
How many fingers should I use to hold the plate?
I keep imagining him explaining which direction the toilet paper roll was supposed to be facing when put back on the dispenser.
I’m thinking this is just a test, much like the toilet paper scenario, who’s true intention is to draw serial killers out into the open
@@K-bob_45 Wow!! That cat is deep!!
So upset. “Finger Supremacy” Thumb Lives Matter!!!
"Now Goddamnit Janine, you grab the coffee cup by the handle damnit... And don't let me catch you loading the dishwasher with the silverware first... Damnit."
Lmfao
Can't you do anything right? FUCK!!!
Mark then proceeds to extend his kinetic chain to Janine's jaw.
In the UK we have employed an even safer measure to not hurt yourself and significantly decrease the chance of injury in the gym.
We set up the bar, load up the weight, and when we're done we just walk away. No de-rack, 50% less chance to injure.
Jokes on Rip, all my bumper plates have no lip
My gym doesn't have those kind of weights what fingers should I use 😥
Yes!!!
Don’t go!
3 toes 1 nose hair and 2 butthole
Both middles.
8...fingers
I was at Gold's Gym and always noticed this one dude who just hung around and occasionally wiped down the benches and equipment. Then went back to sitting down and chillin' on his phone. I got to talking to him one day and asked what he does and he says he makes $15 an hour to clean the equipment and rerack the weights left on unused equipment. I haven't racked a weight since to give that guy stable work.
You got 4 reps left, Rip.
He tells us the obvious. That's why we need more people like him
now that thats cleared up, what do i do with my hands and the plates?
I have a feeling like this was filmed expressly to be played at Rip's funeral one day.
Pallbearer instructions: "The coffin is designed with a lip..."
@@yessum15 I'M DYING STOP LUL:)
@@yessum15 By then his gut will be larger,and the lid won't close.
@@yessum15 Don't put it here. Put it over there!! You people got to learn about coffins!!
I also have a hand skill with years of experience.
Don't you know it's November? You gotta take it easy sometimes.
Anal fisting takes yrs to get the technique just right. The dp takes decades.
Yeah, but can you do it with just two thumbs?
Guys, what are you talking about?
By "hand skill" I meant flipping the weight plate as shown in the video.
Alternative title: *Man finally figures out how to use opposable thumbs*
When I get strong enough to put plates on the bar I'll follow your advice. It's a promise.
Glad to see you're focusing on the things that matter Mark
1.4k people were taught the WRONG way to lift weights, this guy knows the RIGHT way
In 1985 a power lifter/ football coach told me the same thing. He told me that it was bad luck to put the plates on with the lip out. I have been doing what he and coach Ripp said. Now,it finally makes since. Thanks Coach Ripp
In the next lesson, Ripp will teach us how to use a power drill.
Hold the damn flashlight still
You can tell he's been holding this in all these years. Bravo brother great advice as usual.
When your Dad sees you doing it wrong
underrated comment
When does he show us
How to open a beer?
The plates at my gym have three evenly spaced, hand sized, holes near the edge.
If I’m ever in a gym with those exact plates and that exact plate rack, I’ll be sure to try it out.
Right? Lol most gyms use bumper plates that don’t have a lip anyways
Djxkoxx F
Yep, last time I saw plates like that was at some gym in Thailand. I can’t remember the last time I saw a plate rack with skinny bars on it either.
dyel
Sam Black All metal ones look like that, as do the racks lmao
@@samblack5313 you must be a crossfitter lol.
You know what really grinds my gears . . . .
This is how I was taught to put in on the bar. I always thought it was unusual. Glad there is a reason behind it.
This guy could author all the "For Dummies" series of books.
0:08 'You people'... What's he mean YOU PEOPLE?!
Lmfao
Sam Railton N
Exacly what it means dumbass
You know... USE.
What do YOU mean, you people?
Bless this video. Should be required viewing upon any public gym registration. Assuming people put plates back!
I think this video was made with the intention of creating some "Comments From the Haters" fodder. :)
If this guy is not a walking, talking gym meme I don't know what he is.
If I have a really strong thumb from texting a lot should I still put on the plates his way?
My favorite part was when he’s bragging about his hand skill of flipping/catching the plate. All he did was raise it to his other hand. It is so freaking funny if it wasn’t meant sarcastically.
He needs a spot on the local news, “what grinds my Gears”
Thank you Strong Swanson
Wait till he finds out I have a wrist and can just orient my fingers to grab either side of the plate.