So sorry to hear that our powerlifting bar isn't up to your standards. We have other bars that offer more of what you are looking for such as our olympic bars which have a larger sleeve collars more to what you are used to, as well as less aggressive knurling and sleeve ribbing. Our IPF powerlifting bar is built with thin sleeve collars to keep the weight closer to the bar to make the bar stiffer as the weight is close to the center, as well as to maximize its loadble sleeve length for heavy lifters especially those with bumper plates all without extending the bar. The ribbed sleeves prevent the weights from moving so much (Since it can strip paint, we recommend center steel hubbed plates to prevent this). These features are not for everyone of course so we offer many other bars to help solve this!
It is an IPF competition spec bar. This would also happen is you dropped $1000 on an Eleiko bar. It's really annoying but these bars are not designed to be used in a power rack, they are intended for a competition combo rack/squat stand. It is annoying to deal with but I think more blame should be put on Rogue or whoever standardized 49 inch power rack widths. You are going to experience the exact same thing with an Ohio Power bar. Solution 1 which is less helpful is to clean up your walkout, but I bet it is already fine. Solution 2 is to put some 10lb plates as spacers inside the first 45 (ugly af), solution 3 that I took, is I bought a squat bar from Bells of Steel (StrongArm) but any squat bar will do. Last, bells sells narrower cross members for the hydra rack so it's the same width as a REP rack. It is about 2 inches narrower. The ribbing is valid and should be changed.
Thank you for the insight. The Ohio bar has thicker collars by a few inches so I think the issue would not be nearly as noticeable. The Texas Power Bar even more so. This bar is marketed by BOS as an ideal squat, bench, deadlift bar so most people would assume it belongs in any power rack. My solution has been to put my plastic clamp collars on the inside, which gives me at least 3 extra inches. I also recently bought a Kabuki Transformer bar for squats, which is an amazing piece of gear. Thanks again.
Yeah, the Texas bar is very wide and you might notice it with the Texas power bar however I would say the Ohio Power bar is superior (I find the Texas to have too much whip). The Ohio bar does suffer from the same issue when I use it in power racks for squats. I just wanted to point out that it is a more universal problem associated with rack width as opposed to bar width before spending a bunch of money on an Ohio bar. The collar trick is also super helpful. Good luck with the gainz!!
So sorry to hear that our powerlifting bar isn't up to your standards. We have other bars that offer more of what you are looking for such as our olympic bars which have a larger sleeve collars more to what you are used to, as well as less aggressive knurling and sleeve ribbing. Our IPF powerlifting bar is built with thin sleeve collars to keep the weight closer to the bar to make the bar stiffer as the weight is close to the center, as well as to maximize its loadble sleeve length for heavy lifters especially those with bumper plates all without extending the bar. The ribbed sleeves prevent the weights from moving so much (Since it can strip paint, we recommend center steel hubbed plates to prevent this). These features are not for everyone of course so we offer many other bars to help solve this!
It is an IPF competition spec bar. This would also happen is you dropped $1000 on an Eleiko bar. It's really annoying but these bars are not designed to be used in a power rack, they are intended for a competition combo rack/squat stand. It is annoying to deal with but I think more blame should be put on Rogue or whoever standardized 49 inch power rack widths. You are going to experience the exact same thing with an Ohio Power bar. Solution 1 which is less helpful is to clean up your walkout, but I bet it is already fine. Solution 2 is to put some 10lb plates as spacers inside the first 45 (ugly af), solution 3 that I took, is I bought a squat bar from Bells of Steel (StrongArm) but any squat bar will do. Last, bells sells narrower cross members for the hydra rack so it's the same width as a REP rack. It is about 2 inches narrower.
The ribbing is valid and should be changed.
Thank you for the insight. The Ohio bar has thicker collars by a few inches so I think the issue would not be nearly as noticeable. The Texas Power Bar even more so. This bar is marketed by BOS as an ideal squat, bench, deadlift bar so most people would assume it belongs in any power rack. My solution has been to put my plastic clamp collars on the inside, which gives me at least 3 extra inches. I also recently bought a Kabuki Transformer bar for squats, which is an amazing piece of gear. Thanks again.
Yeah, the Texas bar is very wide and you might notice it with the Texas power bar however I would say the Ohio Power bar is superior (I find the Texas to have too much whip). The Ohio bar does suffer from the same issue when I use it in power racks for squats. I just wanted to point out that it is a more universal problem associated with rack width as opposed to bar width before spending a bunch of money on an Ohio bar. The collar trick is also super helpful. Good luck with the gainz!!