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Old 28-07-2008, 06:00 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold?

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Originally Posted by Greekgoddess View Post
On the York around 100 kg, on the olympic bar I have seen 600 plus.
600kg on a regular olympic bar, no chance.
On a specialised powerlifting bar yes it can hold that much but a regular olympic bar starts bending and wobbling at around the 220kg mark and then when you go over 300kg it bends.
I have currently bent 3 bars in my local gym no one has said any thing yet
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