How to Load & Unload a Barbell

We're getting a little heated over here on our next topic: how to load & unload a barbell. The controversy! You've undoubtedly seen some pretty lousy ways to do this, learn which way is best and let us know if you've got a better one.

[Tarolyn]

Watching so I don’t look awkward af in the gym lmao

[keifer]

Loading & unloading is a whole set itself

[rao]

Took me a while to realise that there is a dog in the video lol

[deltaalpha]

Really appreciated this video. Loading/unloading a bar is what we do all the time but have never seen someone do a walkthrough of it. I learned something. Thank you.

[blackdog]

Dude, when you slid the bar out of the plates, my jaw hit the f*cking floor! All these years, that never occurred to me. I always awkwardly shimmy the plates off the bar on the second side. YOU ARE FREAKING GENIUS!

[juscute]

I was struggling to get off a plate off a barbell in a packed gym and no one helped 🙄. I’m glad that this is actually a common issue and I’m not just awkward haha.

[aoutsky]

He doesn't realize how helpful this video is.

[annebronte]

2:40 : and then you just do magic and suddenly there is a cute doggo!

[allthingsfelicia]

Completely COMPLETELY embarrassed myself loading AND unloading even with a bar support to roll it off and it was just humiliating lol, I tried deadlifts too heavy to test my strength, stopped, couldn’t take the weights off the last side and interrupted a person at the gym to ask for help with (light) weight to take off of my bar ... hated myself in this moment 💀😂

[Yatrix]

This is the kind of elite knowledge I subbed to get. *level up*

[CriticallyGnart]

I had avoided deadlift for like, ever, because I'm stupid and I realized a while ago that I was looking stupid trying to load/unload the thing. Great vid!

[anetanovakova]

Thank you SO MUCH for this! I always stuggle with loading and unloading a barbell and I’m glad I found a video that explains everything perfectly

[KRterrorKR]

Thank you for this. This is one of those awkward scenarios in the gym that no one talks about until it happens to you for the first time.

[graeme]

Just back from my first gym session. Made a complete ass of myself trying to load and unload a barbell on the floor.

Thanks to your video. It'll have been a one off!

[tiffandtimcostello]

As a beginner BB lifter, this was tremendously helpful, thank you!

[carolinekinikini]

I watched this randomly on my feed, and I’ve used this technique every since 😂

[rhodabaruch]

The doggo in the back is a VIBE! Chillin! Thanks for the vid!

[peteadambialecki]

Definitely one of the best videos on loading/unloading. Never even thought about how to effectively do this. I watched other videos and everyone else teaches by dropping the barbell or using some weird technique. I really appreciate this. Thanks so much.

[kay]

Omg! So simple yet so effective! You are the only one on YouTube to beautifully explain loading and unloading the bar. It can be daunting for a beginner so thank you!

[Hallusinate]

I have extreme anxiety and last time when I went to go do this for the first time ever I did pretty much everything wrong somehow and just felt like a dork. Lucky no one was around but in the moment easy stuff like this is hard for me, so thank you very much for this video