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26-07-2008, 04:28 AM
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| Newbie Trainer  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: glasgow
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 | anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold? I have a standard 5 foot york barbell does anyone know the max weight it can handle? right now im not goin above 60kg (cause i cant fit anymore on it) and thats plenty for most exercises, bar squats n deadlifts |
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26-07-2008, 04:50 AM
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| In the Cellar  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: VT, USA
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   | Re: anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold? If your talking about a standard olympic bar that weighs 45 lbs...the kind you see ppl in the gym benching with and your lifting 120 something lbs, I think you will be fine...I've personnaly seen 550 lbs...loaded with only a slight curvature...Google for the exact amounts... |
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26-07-2008, 09:11 AM
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| 99% ORGANIC......  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: south park
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 | Re: anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold? at 5 foot it sounds more like the argos york ones you buy in a set, wouldnt want 225kg on that lol, the olympic gym ones are more like 6 foot+ |
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26-07-2008, 01:00 PM
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| Newbie Trainer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Isle of Man
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| Re: anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold? I've got an old 5' standard bar that I used to use when I started training and it bends worryingly with any more than 80kg loaded, so I've never been inclined to take it past that. I spent a bit of cash on a decent 7' bar(still standard) and I've had as much as 140kg on that with only a slight bend. Tbh, I think it's probably time to think about going Olympic. |
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28-07-2008, 03:05 PM
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| Newbie Trainer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London
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| Re: anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold? yea i have that bar too, 5ft chrome plated spinlock bar, the weight limit on it is 125kg http://www.yorkfitness.com/Standard-...rbell-Bar.html its all good considering im only small and put my muscles under strain from smaller weights than most people so it will be a while before i reach that limit |
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28-07-2008, 06:00 PM
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| 250lb starting weight ^ lots of work to follow.....  Join Date: Sep 2007
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| Re: anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold? Quote:
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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29-07-2008, 09:40 PM
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| Garage addict....trying to grow.  Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 932
| Re: anyone know how much weight a standard 5ft bar can hold? Quote:
Been loading them on a bench?!   600lb on a cheapo olympic bar is feasible because i do it often but it's ready to snap. The 'black' olympic bar(that has no flex) will hold a serious amount more than that,but just dont try bench pressing a max weight like i did with one a good few years back.....it almost smashed through my chest!! | |
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