7/6/23
We were emptying the customer’s storage unit, old crotchety said “take five”, inside the storage unit a coworker was doing a bottoms up press with a small bell…
8kg
There was a pair, when he set them down I said “I wonder” , found the ceiling too low having stacked the bells, lowered them, stepped outside, stacked the bells, and pressed it about half way up.
I was holding it there just fine, ready to catch the top bell with my free hand, unsure as to whether I’d have zero wrist wobble never having stacked bells before.
It bugged me to leave it at an incomplete rep controlled, half way up and half way down.
Eureka! Another (smaller) pair.
4kg
I stack the two 4kg bells.
Easy. Good rep.
Tell the coworker who’d had the kettlebells before me.
I stack a 4kg atop am 8kg.
Easy. Good rep.
THEN I, with the confidence of successful light practice lifts, lifted the stacked pair of 8kg bells.
When old crotchety came over to add the bells to the manifest “what do these weigh”, started reading them in the stamped weird with fractions poundages I went “there are two 8kg bells and two 4kg bells”.
“I’m logging the poundage.”
“The kilos are stamped atop the weird poundages – they’re kilo bells, not pound bells.”
“Well okay mr weightlifter” as he squatted down into an odd attempt at most muscular, and for the crew’s benefit “look at me I’m mr weightlifter, I know what the bells weigh”.
I laughed, gave him pointers on his posing, and told him he needed “to crab walk away for the complete effect”.
…..
We got back to the shop.
The manager’s son heckled me “can you do this” curling the SMALLER pair of the kettlebells.
“Yeah, can you do this”, jogged over and did another stacked bells bup with the 8s.
Set them down, and a moment later another.
Later old crotchety went “now to see if you really have balls, something I could care about seeing you do”.
“Oh god where is this going.”
He pantomimes “like this”, and another guy there chimes in “I’ve seen him do that before”.
I do.
Anything, pick axe, sledgehammer, 10lbs or less is in the bag.
Maybe I’m good for more now.
Can I stacked bottoms up press a 20lber atop a 16kg?
I almost always can bup a 32kg right, 24kg left.
I have access to a 20lb, 16kg, 20kg, and 32kg bell.
-J