What is holding the plates on?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What is holding the plates on?

Posted: 11/13/2020 4:21:06 PM EDT

Posted: 11/13/2020 6:57:54 PM EDT

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gravity

Posted: 11/13/2020 9:02:43 PM EDT

[#2]

Static friction

Posted: 11/17/2020 6:45:35 AM EDT

[#3]

The gravitational pull of his biceps

Posted: 11/17/2020 2:21:48 PM EDT

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I would have said his lats but yeah, he was kind of like his own planet.

Posted: 11/24/2020 10:24:21 AM EDT

[#5]

How much is that in the top pic? WOW!

Posted: 11/24/2020 4:22:02 PM EDT

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At a swag, 655-675

Posted: 12/3/2020 3:36:27 PM EDT

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If you make some assumptions...

12, 45 lb plates =540
The bar = 45
2, 25(maybe 35?) plates = 50
4, looks like 5 lb plates = 20

Total 655 lb

But, those plates might metric and so maybe some variation from the pound estimate.

Posted: 12/25/2020 8:01:52 PM EDT

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Franco Columbu

greatest, possibly the strongest, body builder ever.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What is holding the plates on?

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