I presume if you are doing a db exercise the logical way to write it is the same as my notebook, which is example Db Press 3 x 10 @ 30kg. This means 30kg each hand.
Is that how most people record weights for db exercises or Db Press 3 x 10 @ 60kg?
Nope, you got it that dumbbell exercises are typically written the first way - weight per hand. Writing the total weight used, like the DB Press 3x10 @ 130 pounds, is confusing and definitely not the standard way.
Barbell exercises are written with the total weight including the bar, so if there’s 70 pounds on each side, it would be written as 185 pounds, not “140 pounds”. Even saying “70 pounds per side” is less common, but slightly more accepted and understandable.
Also for general reference, something I see beginners sometimes switch around, it’s Sets x Reps. So 3x10 is 3 sets of 10, 8x3 is 8 sets of 3, 5x5 is 5 sets of 5.
Reminds me of when I started and I would just jot down the weight of the plates on the barbell (ie. I wouldn’t include the barbell weight). It just seemed easier.
Then I saw guys saying they lifted more than I did and I couldn’t have that, so I started including the bar weight.
I set a 20kg PR on all my lifts overnight… true noobie gainz.