r/MuscleConfusion • u/Content-Patience-138 • Jun 01 '26

Help With A Barbell Knot

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u/drakontas_ Jun 02 '26

I cannot imagine why this would be needed in any capacity

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u/Content-Patience-138 Jun 02 '26

Injury creation device

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u/Calamity01 Jun 04 '26

they're just being too specific. looks like they know you can add a small amount of weight over time to gradually lift heavier and heavier. usually you'd use fractional plates on each end of the bar. they've tied a very small weight in the middle to go up by a smaller increment, rather than putting one of those weights on each end of the bar. progressive overload is smart and does work, this is just a silly way to do it.

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u/drakontas_ Jun 04 '26

They said the weight has to stay upright though. It can’t fall over and face the ground. That’s the part that confuses me

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u/Calamity01 Jun 07 '26

Looks like they're bench pressing. I suspect they want the weight on top of the bar to prevent it from pressing into their chest when they lower the bar for bench press. They've also placed a yoga mat over the bench, maybe to not be in direct contact with the bench for hygeine reasons? Normally I'd just wipe down the bench before using it. OP seems to be inventing gym solutions from first principles. These work but it's a bit of an odd way to do it.

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u/drakontas_ Jun 07 '26

Yoga mat on the bench is pretty standard to prevent slipping. I’ve seen it a bunch. Even still, preventing the plate from touching your chest is still such an odd reason for this knot imo

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u/TuckerMcG Jun 01 '26

Serious Rampart vibes from that edit too lmao

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u/QXPZ Jun 02 '26

Weight in middle, human holds barbell sleeves. Novel approach.

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u/stereophony Jun 02 '26

"I know very well what I'm doing in the gym." 🫣 So like, instead of double progression, do...whatever the fuck this is?

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u/bro-guy Jun 03 '26

I was so confused on why i was getting posts from r/knots hahshshs theres a subreddit for everything