I talked about how excited I was when the Aspen Club got bumper plates. Each plate is a different color for its weight, and I love them. Yesterday, I got a chance to love them for a different reason: humor!
A man who was previously using the leg press came up to me as I was repping out some back squats at 205#. I rack the weight and he says, “What are the funny-colored plates?”
I stare at him for a moment, baffled.
“How much is the red one?” he asks.
“45. They’re bumper weights. They bounce.” Silence. “For Olympic lifting.” Silence. “In case I have to drop it.”
He says, “Can you show me?”
Still baffled. No, I cannot show you how 205 pounds bounces when I drop it, because ideally I can squat it and it does not in fact need to be dropped. I grab a 15# weight and drop it on the floor. It bounces.
“Oh, so it bounces?”
I smile. “Yep.”
He walks away.
I cannot make these things up. The Aspen Club never gets old.