I built my home gym around standard plates, barbells, dumbbells. I bought my "barbell" from a steel manufacturing company. 7 foot bar of the highest quality "aircraft grade" steel I could get Put iron inner collars on and athletic tape for grip/"knurling". I have no fear of bending or overloading it. Fits fine in olympic rack.
@@Huzkies Budget I would say CAP but the steps above would be Body Solid or Philosophy Gym if you can afford the extra dollars. Those bars are pretty solid as far as standard bars go.
Standard weight sets can be found at yard sales and thrift stores. I leave mine outside and touch up with Paint as needed. I use a old school bench with narrow rests.
I just bought a pair of 2" 55 lbs plates to use with a standard bar. All you need is an adapter, which you can make yourself. IMHO it's totally worth it
standard is def easier to get into. You can find used weights at thrift stores, buy and sell online markets, among other cheaper used places, and therefore you can get into a home gym without paying ridiculous store market prices for some decent amount of weights (so long as u take the time to search out good Vs. bad deals, but even if you just bought what was available it'd be cheaper). The biggest draw back is exactly what you highlighted: lots of new equipment sold is made for Olympic sizes, or they just don't load up enough. I see 200lb-350lb seems average for a barbell of this kind, and virtually nobody offers better either on amazon at least (I've seen some promising results from other sites, but usually because they are cheaper rather than better). It kinda sucks to get into a home gym a lot and then u have a bunch of 1 inch equipment just to realize it kinda peeters off in weight somewhat quickly. I'd still say trying to get a high end but hard to find 1 inch barbell would be worth it tho, given the utter savings you'd make using it as opposed to olympic. Once you can get your hands on even a single 1 inch that is decent weight capacity, ur basically set. So ig like everything in the realm of saving money with 1 inch training, u gotta give it time and look for deals and oddities. 1 inch training is definitely as much about growth initially as it is the slow attainment of cheap 'new' equipment pieces.
I kind of got stuck because I got some of "standard" weights when the covid BS started. I had a spinlock bar with an old school squat rack, then I found a 7" smooth standard bar that works in my cage. Found some 50lb plates and my set up works for me pounds are pounds in the end and I am an old dude that's never gonna be benching 300#. But if I was starting from scratch I would definitely go with a decent Olympic bar.
standard bar works best for me cause my gym space is only like 6ftx7ft. a full length Olympic bars, power racks etc. wouldn't fit. a 5 ft barbell etc will fit on an adjustable squat rack which is what i use, since i lift alone in whats basically a wooden shack, i doubt ill ever try to lift more than about 80kg, so the bar is plenty strong for the kind of work i do.
The default would be Rogue Fitness but REP or Titan would probably be fine as well. If you can use a 45 lb bar you have more options as a lot of the lighter bars might not have a center knurl for squats. My wife has a Bella Bar from Rogue but she like a pad on it when she squats so it doesn't matter that it doesn't have a center knurl. I'm assuming you are in the USA. If you are in Canada probably go with a Canadian company just for price. (Bells Of Steel or someone like that.). Hope that helps.
It's going to very greatly depending on the bar. I'm finding that a CAP 72-inch Solid Threaded Standard Bar is rated for 250 pounds. There is also something called a Hulkfit that support 350 pounds. Now being 1 inch you might be able to go to a place that sales steel rod and get one cut to your length that might be able to do more. Sorry not much help as I don't really know much about metals.
Usually used for arm movements like bicep curls and tricep extensions. The curve in the bar helps put the hand in a position that usually feels better for people over something like a straight bar.
I built my home gym around standard plates, barbells, dumbbells. I bought my "barbell" from a steel manufacturing company. 7 foot bar of the highest quality "aircraft grade" steel I could get Put iron inner collars on and athletic tape for grip/"knurling". I have no fear of bending or overloading it. Fits fine in olympic rack.
Not a fan of spinlocks on barbell but absolutely a standard bar is worth it. Plus the weights are cheaper. Pounds are pounds.
Do you have a recommendation for a budget friendly barbell?
@@Huzkies Budget I would say CAP but the steps above would be Body Solid or Philosophy Gym if you can afford the extra dollars. Those bars are pretty solid as far as standard bars go.
@FrankZen that's funny because right after I sent that comment I decided on philosophy gyms standard barbell
@@Huzkies Nice! Those are great bars!
Standard weight sets can be found at yard sales and thrift stores. I leave mine outside and touch up with Paint as needed. I use a old school bench with narrow rests.
I just bought a pair of 2" 55 lbs plates to use with a standard bar. All you need is an adapter, which you can make yourself. IMHO it's totally worth it
I had to buy a 7ft bar to fit my squat rack but I have no problem and they are good if you are on a budget
standard is def easier to get into. You can find used weights at thrift stores, buy and sell online markets, among other cheaper used places, and therefore you can get into a home gym without paying ridiculous store market prices for some decent amount of weights (so long as u take the time to search out good Vs. bad deals, but even if you just bought what was available it'd be cheaper). The biggest draw back is exactly what you highlighted: lots of new equipment sold is made for Olympic sizes, or they just don't load up enough. I see 200lb-350lb seems average for a barbell of this kind, and virtually nobody offers better either on amazon at least (I've seen some promising results from other sites, but usually because they are cheaper rather than better). It kinda sucks to get into a home gym a lot and then u have a bunch of 1 inch equipment just to realize it kinda peeters off in weight somewhat quickly. I'd still say trying to get a high end but hard to find 1 inch barbell would be worth it tho, given the utter savings you'd make using it as opposed to olympic. Once you can get your hands on even a single 1 inch that is decent weight capacity, ur basically set. So ig like everything in the realm of saving money with 1 inch training, u gotta give it time and look for deals and oddities. 1 inch training is definitely as much about growth initially as it is the slow attainment of cheap 'new' equipment pieces.
I kind of got stuck because I got some of "standard" weights when the covid BS started. I had a spinlock bar with an old school squat rack, then I found a 7" smooth standard bar that works in my cage. Found some 50lb plates and my set up works for me pounds are pounds in the end and I am an old dude that's never gonna be benching 300#. But if I was starting from scratch I would definitely go with a decent Olympic bar.
standard bar works best for me cause my gym space is only like 6ftx7ft. a full length Olympic bars, power racks etc. wouldn't fit. a 5 ft barbell etc will fit on an adjustable squat rack which is what i use, since i lift alone in whats basically a wooden shack, i doubt ill ever try to lift more than about 80kg, so the bar is plenty strong for the kind of work i do.
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Exactly the information I was looking for, thank you.
as a 5'3 woman who wants to just do deadlifts and squats what brand barbell should I get?
The default would be Rogue Fitness but REP or Titan would probably be fine as well. If you can use a 45 lb bar you have more options as a lot of the lighter bars might not have a center knurl for squats. My wife has a Bella Bar from Rogue but she like a pad on it when she squats so it doesn't matter that it doesn't have a center knurl. I'm assuming you are in the USA. If you are in Canada probably go with a Canadian company just for price. (Bells Of Steel or someone like that.). Hope that helps.
Please answer how much weight can you put on a standard barbell???
It's going to very greatly depending on the bar. I'm finding that a CAP 72-inch Solid Threaded Standard Bar is rated for 250 pounds. There is also something called a Hulkfit that support 350 pounds. Now being 1 inch you might be able to go to a place that sales steel rod and get one cut to your length that might be able to do more.
Sorry not much help as I don't really know much about metals.
@@scielth no that was good help 🙏 thanks
Ivanko offers the B86 standard barbell, which is rated for 1,000 lbs.
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What is the different between ez curl bar and straight bar? The ez curl bar look special, what is it use for?
Usually used for arm movements like bicep curls and tricep extensions. The curve in the bar helps put the hand in a position that usually feels better for people over something like a straight bar.
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Don't dive into any kind of bar, it might hurt you 😅
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