This is both an simple and hard questions to answer. The easy answer is “Most likely an Eleiko or Ivanko bar and it will run you much more then a little car.” This, having said that, normally is not the answer most individuals are hunting for. What we have to actually establish is what the individual is asking so I have to answer the query with a query. What are you going to do with the bar? We carry a wide variety of Olympic bars, each with a specific purpose.
Most of the people today who ask that query are searching for a general purpose bar. They want to do largely static kind movements. Static movements are points like the Presses and the Squats and normally the Dead lift falls into this category as nicely. This trend has been slightly skewed recently with current surge of sport specific and higher intensity styles of training such as CrossFit. This style of coaching not only does the static lifts but the dynamic lifts also known as the Olympic lifts. These consist of the Clean and Snatch lifts.
For the power lifter the static movements are usually the concentrate. The weights on these lifts can be really higher, into the many hundreds of pounds. You want a stiff bar without the need of a wonderful deal of whip (or flex). These bars are commonly referred to as energy bars, and are at times referred to as a Texas Energy Bar. They often are rated at 1500 or 2000 lb capacity. Some will have a 28mm grip some will have a 30mm grip and all will have medium to heavy knurling and center knurling. When it comes to power bars we advocate the Troy Texas Energy Bar. It actually does not have a comparison in the price tag range. With a great knurling, a 1 1/8″ (29mm) grip, and energy markings, if you are looking to do energy lifting you can not beat Troy in this department.
The Olympic lifts demand a bar with additional whip and collars that spin incredibly freely and the fantastic bars have needle bearings in the collar. The whip is to enable absorb some of the weight as it is slung swiftly from the ground to the rack position or to the overhead position. It also will act somewhat like a spring in the pull element of the movement assisting to get the weight moving rapidly upward. While this is important in the O-lift movements, you can see why this might be negative if you are undertaking dead lifts. You are pulling slow and hard with a good deal of weight, a whippy bar will sort of pull in the middle and then the weight will adhere to. You want whip for speed you want stiffness for slow. Ordinarily a good O-lifting bar will have needle bearing or incredibly absolutely free collars. This is significant so you do not hurt your wrist as the bar turns under the weight to get in the rack or overhead position. If the collars do not spin totally free the particular person will not only be moving the weight up but around, but when the collars turn free it enables the bar to turn when pulling the wrist about and the weight stays stationary. York makes 3 wonderful bars for Olympic lifting. On the cheap end is the Standard Needle Bearing Olympic Training bars. Actually for the price you can not beat them. For serious education although we would recommend the USA Made Olympic Instruction Bars or the USA Produced Elite Competition Olympic Bars.
The true problem comes when you have to combine the movements into a single bar. Lets face it most folks do not have $2000.00 to devote on two definitely fantastic bars, one for the energy lifts and one for the O-lifts. In fact most folks do not want to commit $300.00 on 1 good bar! We normally try to convince men and women that the revenue really should be spent on the bar and get low-cost weight (note I did not say inexpensive weights). The bar is the connector and must be bought well.
We really feel that we carry two excellent all purpose bars that are very affordable. Although we carry two we only will sell one. Unfortunately in this division the a single organization had some difficulties with this style bar and even though we sell all kinds of their items we just can not stand behind a bar that we felt had flaws and would not be covered by the corporations warranty. So we suggest the Cap OB-86B bar.
The OB-86B is a 1200 lb capacity bar. It has sufficient whip and spin in the collars that you can do the O-lifts but is stiff enough to do the energy lifts without having noticeable lag. There are two other causes we like this bar for mixed lifting. The initially is that the bar itself if 28mm. There is a different outstanding bar that is on the industry these days that is particularly marketed as a mixed lifting bar that has a 30mm grip. Whilst 30mm is OK for energy lifts it is not superior for undertaking a hook grip which is significant for secure O-lifts. In Bar in Beverly Hills lifting bars are normally 25mm and weigh 15k (33lbs) for this extremely explanation. The second is that it has no center knurling. There is practically nothing worse then catching center knurling on your throat or nose when trying to do an Olympic lift.
The CAP OB-86B is the bar that we regularly use ourselves and we have hundreds and hundreds of these bars becoming utilised across the country. When they are not the excellent bar, we really feel that for the price you are obtaining extra then what you have paid for.