Olympic Bars

spodoinkle

Has anyone heard of or know where I can get an olympic style thick bar, which holds standard 1 inch plates? Cheers.

Hanley

spodoinkle wrote: »

Has anyone heard of or know where I can get an olympic style thick bar, which holds standard 1 inch plates? Cheers.

As in you want a bar that rotates at the collars, or your want a bar with a 2 inch thick middle and 1 inch thick ends for the plates to slide onto?

rubadub

Not sure if these are of interest, I have them and like them, a few others here liked them too.

http://www.fatgripz.com/

spodoinkle

Hanley wrote: »

A bar with a 2 inch thick middle and 1 inch thick ends for the plates to slide onto?

Exactly that, I have 180kg of standard plates and bent the standard bar I have so was hoping for something like this, rather than starting again with an olympic set.

PTC Frankston

Olympic bars are 28mm, not 2" which is 50mm, through the shaft

Good luck gripping a 2" bar though

drag0n79

Hanley wrote: »

As in you want a bar that rotates at the collars, or your want a bar with a 2 inch thick middle and 1 inch thick ends for the plates to slide onto?

Has anyone heard of such a thing?
A 20kg bar but with 1 inch ends for the (standard?) plates to fit onto.

Hailhail1967

drag0n79 wrote: »

Has anyone heard of such a thing?
A 20kg bar but with 1 inch ends for the (standard?) plates to fit onto.

I'm not saying such a one doesn't exist but I can hardly see a market for it so it may be hard to find one even if it did exist.

mdwexford

This would be your best bet but it would be next to impossible to source over here im guessing.

http://ivankobarbell.com/products/b86/

CWF

mdwexford wrote: »

This would be your best bet but it would be next to impossible to source over here im guessing.

http://ivankobarbell.com/products/b86/

Looks good, although shipping would be ridic I'd imagine

kedrek1

I have this problem too.Dont have the money to splash out on an olympic set.I found this one

http://www.profitness-supplies.com/york-80-beefy-bar-spinlock-with-collars-1.html
Now its just an 80 inch spinlock collar bar but its rated for 150 kg so should take a good bit more .If ya get one let me know how ya go.

rubadub

drag0n79 wrote: »

Has anyone heard of such a thing?
A 20kg bar but with 1 inch ends for the (standard?) plates to fit onto.

A lot of the 20kg of a oly bar will be on the big thick ends.

You would have to have a really thick and/or long bar to be 20kg. If the middle gets really thick you still have the inherent weakpoint of the thin ends. All things being equal a bar end with no threads should be a bit stronger.

kedrek1 wrote: »

Now its just an 80 inch spinlock collar bar but its rated for 150 kg so should take a good bit more .If ya get one let me know how ya go.

all the bog standard york ones are 125kg
http://www.yorkfitness.com/category/162-bars-collars.aspx
I was wondering if the rating went up as they got shorter. I would expect a shorter bar to be able to handle more without bending.

kedrek1

I emailed profitness about it and he told me it takes 150 kg .You could try Gorilla gym equipment in Limerick might be able to make ya something