Grew up in a hot and humid gym with patina on the bars and metal weights banging around and every dude was built. Now a bunch of skinny cross fit guys flood the internet with shiny bars , special coatings, and colorful bumper plates. This is the best and most practical review I have seen in the last two weeks of researching as I decided to build home gym and lift once again . Thanks
My gym is primarily a power lifting gym. We have TPB for most of the bars. Some of them are deadlift bars, most are power bars. I have a Rogue Ohio power bar at home. The patina on the bars in the gym gives it character, none of them are rusting. A good amount of competitive lifters are packing 500-700+ lbs in there, not a single barbell is permanently bent.
The biggest difference in my gym to me is the sleeve length with the ohio one I bang the plates on the sides of the rack cause I unrack a little weird doesn’t happen on the texas one
Same. I've heard others complain about it as well. The wider the rack, the more likely you are to smack the weights on the rack, and the OPB exacerbates that due to its dimensions.
I feel like the Texas bar has more spring out of the hole. Don't know if the stiffness has anything to do with that? I can tell the difference in the grip size and knurling between the two and the texas bar is my choice as well
Depends on your use, personal preference and if you compete in any specific powerlifting federation and personal preference. I can personally feel the difference between a 28.5mm and a 29mm bar. If you squat or deadlift heavy enough you’ll be able to tell the difference between 190k and 205k tensile.
@@davidrtrains i dont know to explain either but its definitely not stiffness.. Ive trained with barbell 29mm 225k PSI and it was less stiff than 205k rogue
I think for someone who competes in powerlifting in the IPF the Ohio power bar is the way to go since you'll simply train more comp specific. The Texas power bar would be to whippy compared to your eleiko bar on the platform due to the smaller diameter, less tensile strength and shorter sleeves.
Texas bar is a great value with chrome/chrome. It’s over $100 cheaper than rogue. With bar steel, it’s not much difference where rogue is $5 cheaper in shipping.
Thank you! I wish I did more videos like these, but unless the company is sending the product to you, it is quite difficult to review different products regularly
You mentioned that most of the differences are not really noticeable, but you said you would take the Texas bar hands down. I’m curious why it’s such an easy decision if the differences are negligible?
Oh the weight bench it made my wrist twist . Does same when I did deadlifts . It just messes up my reps . I have Texas deadlift bar and very good does not do that at all neither does my Ohio power bar of any other bar I tryed so far just that one I kind of hate that bar for that
So far I tryed 2 Texas pier bars at different gyms they both do the same makeing me also fail my reps or makeing weight fall on the bench in my chest not worth it to me
Grew up in a hot and humid gym with patina on the bars and metal weights banging around and every dude was built. Now a bunch of skinny cross fit guys flood the internet with shiny bars , special coatings, and colorful bumper plates. This is the best and most practical review I have seen in the last two weeks of researching as I decided to build home gym and lift once again . Thanks
My gym is primarily a power lifting gym. We have TPB for most of the bars. Some of them are deadlift bars, most are power bars. I have a Rogue Ohio power bar at home. The patina on the bars in the gym gives it character, none of them are rusting. A good amount of competitive lifters are packing 500-700+ lbs in there, not a single barbell is permanently bent.
Some more close up shots of the two bars would have been cool
If you're using this for deadlifts, that .5mm variance in diameter makes a difference when you only have average sized hands.
The biggest difference in my gym to me is the sleeve length with the ohio one I bang the plates on the sides of the rack cause I unrack a little weird doesn’t happen on the texas one
Same. I've heard others complain about it as well. The wider the rack, the more likely you are to smack the weights on the rack, and the OPB exacerbates that due to its dimensions.
I feel like the Texas bar has more spring out of the hole. Don't know if the stiffness has anything to do with that? I can tell the difference in the grip size and knurling between the two and the texas bar is my choice as well
best video I found man 10/10
I got the texas! Thanks for rev
Depends on your use, personal preference and if you compete in any specific powerlifting federation and personal preference. I can personally feel the difference between a 28.5mm and a 29mm bar. If you squat or deadlift heavy enough you’ll be able to tell the difference between 190k and 205k tensile.
Tensile strength does not equate to stiffness if thats what you're getting at. A 205k bar is not "stiffer" than a 190k.
@@bertgardner6570 What does it equate to?
@@davidrtrains i dont know to explain either but its definitely not stiffness.. Ive trained with barbell 29mm 225k PSI and it was less stiff than 205k rogue
@@Chrontard Damn if only there was a way to find out what it means... 🙄
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_tensile_strength
@@Chrontard what you were feeling was the thin collars
Thanks for this informative video!
Yessir! Hoping to do more videos like this in the future - stay tuned!
Great video! I just ordered my Texas power Bar
Nice! I wish @REPfitness would send me some of their bars, so I can review them too
Great review, totally agree with you 👍
Thanks for the comment man 🤙🏼
I think for someone who competes in powerlifting in the IPF the Ohio power bar is the way to go since you'll simply train more comp specific. The Texas power bar would be to whippy compared to your eleiko bar on the platform due to the smaller diameter, less tensile strength and shorter sleeves.
Texas bar is a great value with chrome/chrome. It’s over $100 cheaper than rogue. With bar steel, it’s not much difference where rogue is $5 cheaper in shipping.
Great video
Thank you! I wish I did more videos like these, but unless the company is sending the product to you, it is quite difficult to review different products regularly
You mentioned that most of the differences are not really noticeable, but you said you would take the Texas bar hands down. I’m curious why it’s such an easy decision if the differences are negligible?
Does the price include shipping? If not, does that change the price comparison?
*Price does not include shipping* because that will depend on where you live. Relative to where I am (OH) it did not change the price comparison.
Trivia question of the day: how many times do I say "with that being said..." in the video?
Didn’t even notice!
Shipping with Rouge is so fast, and only 25$. Both of my Rouge bars are stainless steel. Texas power bars don't have that option 😢
If thier ipf specific barbells, then they should be the same. The only difference would be the knurling.
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I actually don’t like the Texas power bar . It has a twist it messes up my bench and deadlifts I have Ohio bar and it’s perfect
Thank you for your comment! What do you mean by it has twists?
Oh the weight bench it made my wrist twist . Does same when I did deadlifts . It just messes up my reps . I have Texas deadlift bar and very good does not do that at all neither does my Ohio power bar of any other bar I tryed so far just that one I kind of hate that bar for that
So far I tryed 2 Texas pier bars at different gyms they both do the same makeing me also fail my reps or makeing weight fall on the bench in my chest not worth it to me