Math is hard

[olddognewtricks]

Coming back after a week on the road - it's press night (dammit). I set out to do my 5s, only to find that the most I can manage are triples.

Take another look at the bar and realize that I've overloaded it by 10 lbs. I think I've just had a "senior moment".

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Could be worse. I set an inadvertent deadlift PR with a pair of 45's and a ten, then a 35 on one side and a 25 on the other. I didn't notice what was wrong - but knew something was - until I'd finished both sets.

[Jacob R]

Could be worse. I set an inadvertent deadlift PR with a pair of 45's and a ten, then a 35 on one side and a 25 on the other. I didn't notice what was wrong - but knew something was - until I'd finished both sets.

I see people say this quite regularly so it seems not unusual. I've never misloaded and not known it straight away, which lead me to wonder how people do not notice straight away?

Perhaps it makes the difference is more noticeable with heavier weights than it is with lighter weights?

[Mark E. Hurling]

Plate math. The bane of my existence.

[Jacob R]

Plate math. The bane of my existence.

If you think thats annoying, imagine having to convert every single number in this forum by dividing it by 2.2 to understand what weights people are talking about

[Mark E. Hurling]

Not to mention having to correct for the reverse Coriolis Effect in the Southern Hemisphere.

[olddognewtricks]

Well, it had been a pretty grueling week on the road with no opportunity to train. My *plan* was to just repeat my last workout from before the trip - I was feeling really bad that I'd lost so much ground in one week until I realized that I'd set an accidental PR. I suppose the fact that I've just got a set of black bumpers contributed to the miscount.

Those were some slow, grindy presses I must say.

[olddognewtricks]

If you think thats annoying, imagine having to convert every single number in this forum by dividing it by 2.2 to understand what weights people are talking about

At least they're honest-to-God, metric-based American pounds. I'm going to renumber all my plates in scruples just to make my numbers sound better.

[I_iz_a_fatass]

I see people say this quite regularly so it seems not unusual. I've never misloaded and not known it straight away, which lead me to wonder how people do not notice straight away?

Perhaps it makes the difference is more noticeable with heavier weights than it is with lighter weights?

I figured it was just a shitty setup making it feel all off.

[Mr. Bingley]

i do it more than i care to admit, and spend many a long moment staring at the bar as my mind misses a shift whilst trying to add up the weight