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Types of Barbells

Cambered Bar
Cambered Bar

Using the rackable cambered bar with the bar positioned at a similar level, the plates on the barbell rest much lower, as the camber in the bar offsets the plate loading sleeve 14″ beneath the standard seven foot olympic bar.

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Curl Bar (aka EZ-Bar)
Curl Bar (aka EZ-Bar)

That slight angle of the EZ curl bar will put your wrists, forearms and elbows in a more comfortable, natural and safe position, thus reducing the risk of common injuries that many people develop over time from curling with a straight bar (most commonly medial epicondylitis aka golfer’s elbow aka pain at the inner part of your elbow aka a super annoying injury I’ve personally dealt with in the past aka a nice way for me to overuse ‘aka’).

Olympic Weightlifting Bar
Olympic Weightlifting Bar

The women’s Olympic barbell is slightly shorter at 2.1 meters long (6.9 feet) and weighs 15 kilograms (roughly 33 pounds). The shaft is also slightly thinner at 25 mm thick (.98 inches). Women’s Olympic bars do not have center knurling. Olympic barbells have a couple unique characteristics.

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Safety Squat (Yoke) Bars
Safety Squat (Yoke) Bars

While many specialty bars have this advantage, the Buffalo Bar is the only one that allows you to squat with the same technique and setup as with a normal bar. In other words, a squat done with a Buffalo Bar is the same as one done with a straight bar.

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Standard Bar
Standard Bar

Standard bars in most prepackaged weight sets are only 5 ft or 6 ft long and are not going to fit on these. Thickness The middle portion of the bar, or shaft, is a slightly larger diameter on olympic bars. A standard bar is typically 25mm (1″ exactly), while olympic bars normally range from 28mm (1.1″) to 32mm (1.25″). There are also special 25mm women’s bars.

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Swiss Bar
Swiss Bar

A conventional barbell is fine, but if that's all you use you're missing out on strength gains and a little novelty. Change your bar to improve your training.

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Trap Bar
Trap Bar

The trap, or hex, bar is a specialized training tool that lifters use for two exercises: the deadlift and the shrug. The trap bar deadlift has several advantages over the barbell deadlift and, overall, is a more effective exercise.

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