diamond trap bar

Dins_PR · 29-Jun-06, 01:53 PM

How much does that bar weight with the diamond shape?
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BDeadlift.html

This one, the one no one but me uses in the gym. I'd weight it but, there isn't a scale anywhere near.

Blaze · 29-Jun-06, 07:04 PM

I believe it also weighs 45lbs. The one I used to use weighed about that anyway. They have different ones for different heights of people, etc. I believe it's called a hex bar. Great for simple deadlifts if you don't wanna hurt your back too much

**tigz** · 29-Jun-06, 07:37 PM

I have an olympic trap bar at home, weighs 45 lbs. Identical looking to that one (from what I can tell).

I love that bar.

I do deadlifts with it too.

ebon00 · 30-Jun-06, 02:53 AM

I'll second the 45lbs. They where designed to weigh as much as a regular Olympic bar. I've never really liked them because I'm fairly tall (6'4") and I've never found a bar like these that allow me to really clear my knees when doing deadlifts. Plus, half the fun of deadlifting is scraping up your shins on the heavy sets!

luke.w · 30-Jun-06, 07:50 AM

Bob Peoples, a farmer and one of thee greatest deadlifter's in history, constructed a trapbar and used it in way that sky-rocketed his deadlift to new levels, in the 40's.

30-Jun-06, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by luke.w

Bob Peoples, a farmer and one of thee greatest deadlifter's in history, constructed a trapbar and used it in way that sky-rocketed his deadlift to new levels, in the 40's.

So you are going to keep us in suspense and not tell us how he used it? If you have access to that info, please share!!!

luke.w · 30-Jun-06, 09:00 AM

goggle him......thats how I found out, the trapbar seemed like "one" method that got his deadlift up.

**kungfu74** · 30-Jun-06, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by luke.w

goggle him....

how do you "goggle" someone?

rbuchman · 30-Jun-06, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ebon00

I'll second the 45lbs. They where designed to weigh as much as a regular Olympic bar. I've never really liked them because I'm fairly tall (6'4") and I've never found a bar like these that allow me to really clear my knees when doing deadlifts. Plus, half the fun of deadlifting is scraping up your shins on the heavy sets!

From powersystems.com, I talked my gym into buying it, and it works great. I use if for shrugs and have loaded 4 plates a side without much bending. Don't know how long it'd hold up if people doing deadlifts insist on slamming the weight on the floor.